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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
In a tweet, President Trump raised the possibility of canceling regular briefings with the White House press corps — In a mini-tweetstorm Friday that combined references to alleged unfair treatment of his spokespeople and the firing of FBI Director James Comey, President Trump raised …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Once a president drops even the pretense of accuracy, White House press briefings lose their value — So the threat we have been waiting for — girding for — has finally arrived from the presidential level. — “Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future 'press briefings …
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Will Oremus / Slate:
Replying to Trump's tweet on ending press briefings, Anthony Noto pitched Twitter Q&As, then extolled press, clarified he didn't support ending briefings — On Friday morning, President Trump issued his latest threat to curtail the media's access to the White House …
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Sources: Spotify, valued at $13B, plans direct listing on the NYSE in Q4 2017 or Q1 2018; Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Allen & Co. are advising — - Spotify is expected to go public as a direct listing on the NYSE between Q4 2017 and Q1 2018, according to sources.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Mother Jones announces a $500K crowdfunding campaign to investigate the connection between the Trump administration and Russia — Mother Jones on Friday announced a half-million dollar crowdfunding campaign to investigate any connections between the Trump administration and Russia …
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Daniel Victor / New York Times:
In a lengthy review, The Associated Press rebuts the charge that it aided the Nazi regime during WW2, but still acknowledges some missteps — Pushing back against implications that it actively helped the Nazi regime, The Associated Press defended its reporting from Nazi Germany during …
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Rob Sharp / Nieman Lab:
A look at Denník N, the independent Slovakian paper founded in 2015 that now has 23K paid digital subscribers, the most nationally, and 110K registered readers — “We were scared to start a newspaper. We started small...We started with people who were ready to act very honestly and bravely.
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Hal Niedzviecki, the editor of Write, the magazine of the Writers Union of Canada, has resigned after half-jokingly defending cultural appropriation — The simmering debate over cultural appropriation took another turn on Wednesday, when the Writers Union of Canada apologized …
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Jason Del Rey / Recode:
Sources: NBCUniversal paid around $230M for Craftsy, a site that sells videos of crafts classes, as well as craft supplies and kits — Put one in the win column for content + commerce. — It turns out content and commerce can be a valuable mix. — Earlier this week …
April Simpson / Current:
NPR will begin testing functions in its NPR One app this summer to help users donate through the app, including listeners in the UK — NPR will begin testing functions in its NPR One app this summer to help users donate through the app, including listeners in the U.K.
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Mike James / I Programmer News:
Fraunhofer, the major contributor to MP3, shut down its licensing program in April as MP3 patents have expired — Red Hat has announced that Fedora will include official MP3 decoding and encoding. The reason is that MP3 is now patent free - as far as anyone can tell.
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Ben Munson / Fierce Cable:
ComScore introduces Total Home Panel, a service to offer viewership data for OTT services like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu — ComScore to offer viewership numbers for Netflix, Amazon, Hulu — Through what it's calling a “breakthrough,” ComScore says it will now be able to offer OTT activity statistics …
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