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5:15 AM ET, May 15, 2017

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Will Oremus / Slate:
Replying to Trump's tweet on ending press briefings, CFO 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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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 …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
As the Trump beat grows more chaotic and news cycles shorten, some news consumers tune out  —  Journalism has been called the first rough draft of history, but last week it felt more like an adrenaline-fueled doodle on Snapchat — scribbled in one frantic instant only to disappear the next.
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 …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
After publishing a database of unofficial White House visitor logs based on public data, Politico debuts database API to expand cooperation with other news orgs  —  Andrew Restuccia wanted the answer to a simple question: Who was visiting the White House?  —  After doing some digging …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
A look at the fallout from Fox News scandals that are already affecting politicians in NY and Va., and, sources say, may spill over to Bannon and Roger Stone  —  The metastasizing Ailes affair is spilling over into the politics of New York, Virginia and the White House.
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Survey by cable trade group NCTA shows 61% of Americans strongly or somewhat support net neutrality rules, 51% say net shouldn't be considered a public utility  —  NCTA touts opposition to price caps—which don't exist for home Internet.  —  As US cable companies push to eliminate …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Zeit Online CEO Christian Röpke on reaching a younger audience, introducing a new paywall, more  —  “Sometimes people think there is only one strategy: theirs.  I think that is wrong.  Everyone needs to look for their own solution."  —  Last September, to celebrate …
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Inside Gannett's strategy to save local news by connecting its 109+ local papers and USA today into a national organization with local correspondents  —  The central area of the newsroom at USA Today in McLean, Virginia. on March 8, 2017.  (Photo by Greg Kahn)  —  Imagine a great pyramid, its foundations spanning the nation.
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with NYT R&D Lab head Marc Lavallee on new technologies, which areas are ripe for experimentation, and what news orgs should pay more attention to  —  “The New York Times is not going to build a self-driving car, but if we see that technology as being inevitable …
 
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