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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Alex Hardiman, formerly of the NYT, has been promoted internally to become Facebook's head of news products — Alex Hardiman, formerly of the New York Times, has been promoted internally to take the job. — Facebook made an important hire in its effort to curb false news.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
In what appears to be a softening of relations between Trump and the NYT, the paper's Sunday Review will regularly look at what good he's done for the country — President Trump got a 100-day gift on Sunday from the paper he had called “totally failing” at a rally the night before …
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Business Insider, @jayrosen_nyu, @sarahkendzior, @pattymo and @moorehn
New Orleans Times-Picayune:
The New York Times and The Times-Picayune form an environmental reporting partnership focusing on the Louisiana coast and plan a documentary and 2018 conference
The New York Times and The Times-Picayune form an environmental reporting partnership focusing on the Louisiana coast and plan a documentary and 2018 conference
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Vanity Fair, @tripgabriel, @nothingsmonstrd, @maggieandresen, @gloriadickie, @melisaklem, @nicdawes and SABEW
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter partners with Bloomberg Media for 24/7 ad-supported live video news channel, expected to start in fall — New Service Comes as Social-Media Firm Fights for Video Ad Dollars — Twitter Inc. TWTR -0.78% has found its first partner for its push into round-the-clock streaming television: Bloomberg.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Ryan Seacrest confirmed as new co-host of “Live” with Kelly Ripa; the show will be renamed “Live with Kelly and Ryan” — Kelly Ripa has settled on Ryan Seacrest as the new permanent co-host of her syndicated daily morning show, which as of today is renamed “Live with Kelly and Ryan.”
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Sources: Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox is in talks with private equity firm Blackstone to make a joint bid for Tribune Media, hoping to beat a Sinclair bid — Move follows recent lifting of cap on US TV station ownership — Read next … Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox is in talks …
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CNNMoney:
NYT readers are canceling their subscriptions over a column by the paper's new conservative columnist Bret Stephens in which he questioned climate change — A new columnist at The New York Times and his views on climate change have prompted some readers to cancel their subscriptions in protest.
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Nieman Lab, Observer, Hit & Run, @niteshsrivastav, New York Magazine, SPLICETODAY.com, Washington Post and Slate
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The New York Times' addition of Bret Stephens follows paper's tradition of hiring opinion section columnists like Kristol and Safire for quality hate reading
The New York Times' addition of Bret Stephens follows paper's tradition of hiring opinion section columnists like Kristol and Safire for quality hate reading
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Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Fox News contributor Diana Falzone has filed a lawsuit against the network, alleging she was abruptly sidelined after writing about her medical condition — A Fox News contributor said in a lawsuit filed on Monday that she was taken off the air after writing an article about a medical condition …
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New York Magazine, Hollywood Reporter, @gabrielsherman and @emilysteel
Azam Ahmed / New York Times:
As deaths rise for Mexican journalists and few cases get solved, with March being deadliest month to date, leaders doubt whether country still has a free press — TIERRA BLANCA, Mexico — The calls come often now: another body discovered, broken and left in rags, felled by bullets.
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The Daily Caller, @meslackman and @sonipaul
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
As Longreads turns eight, a look at how membership fees have funded original reporting since the startup's acquisition by Automattic in 2014 — A lot of startups have wanted to be “a great place for writers.” Longreads appears to actually be succeeding at this. — At eight, Longreads is a bit of a wizened survivor.
Owen Bowcott / The Guardian:
UK parliamentary committee suggests fines for social media companies, including Twitter and Facebook, that fail to remove illegal or extremist content — An inquiry by the Commons home affairs committee condemns technology companies for failing to tackle hate speech
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Engadget and Business Insider
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Axel Springer-owned Android news aggregation app Upday expands into 16 countries, comes preinstalled on Galaxy S8 in Germany, France, Poland, and the UK — The Axel Springer-owned app gets an automatic leg up across Europe from being pre-installed on new Samsung phones …
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
In interview, Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discusses covering Trump's White House and his old boss, Stephen Bannon, and criticizes Fox News — Breitbart is the media voice most closely aligned with Donald Trump's candidacy. (Steve Bannon was, until last summer, its executive chair.)