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Fox News retracts story about the murder investigation of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich — On May 16, a story was posted on the Fox News website on the investigation into the 2016 murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich. The article was not initially subjected to the high degree …
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
In letter, Seth Rich's brother pleads with the executive producer of Sean Hannity's Fox News show to stop spreading theories about his murder — July 2016: DNC staffer Seth Rich fatally shot — The brother of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich wrote a letter on Tuesday …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The Seth Rich lie, and how the corrosion of reality should worry every American — For lies to successfully masquerade as news, they need help. They need accessories to the crime against truth. — In two ways that have the power to shock, even in this almost shockproof era, lies are getting plenty of help.
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
After several days of pushing theories on Seth Rich's murder, Fox News' Hannity announces he won't discuss the case for now — Following several days of pushing the Seth Rich murder conspiracy theory, much to the chagrin of Rich's family and his own colleagues, Fox News' Sean Hannity addressed …
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
The Manchester Evening News raised £1M+ in crowdsourced donations from 30K+ people, for the families of those killed or injured in the city's terror attack — A fundraising page set up by the Manchester Evening News to support the families of those killed or injured in the bombing …
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press announces $1M gift from Jeff Bezos for pro bono legal services for journalists, partners with First Look Media — Freedom of the Press Awards dinner raises nearly $2 million to support pro bono legal services for journalists
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Publishers Weekly:
As the Trump administration proposes funding cuts for NEA, NEH, libraries, and Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the chairman of NEH announces resignation — The president's latest budget proposal once again seeks to terminate the NEH, NEA, and virtually all federal library funding.
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Japan Times:
FT owner Nikkei partners with five other Japanese companies, including TBS, to launch a Netflix-style video streaming service, Premium Platform Japan — Six major media firms, including Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, said they will jointly establish a new company in July to offer paid online video services.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Amazon expands Amazon Channels to UK, Germany, taking aim at pay-TV users — The race to control the TV is on, and today comes some news out of Europe underscoring Amazon's ambitions in that department. The e-commerce giant announced the launch of Amazon Channels in the UK and Germany …
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Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
A look at Gellara, an Afghan women's magazine that launched Thursday with a print run of 2K copies and hopes to spark important conversations among young women — The first issue of the Afghan women's magazine covers standard ground, like fashion tips during pregnancy and interviews with young pop artists about their love lives.
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Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Grindr hires an editor-in-chief, Zach Stafford, for online magazine, Into, to cover LGBTQ issues, plans to hire at least four reporters and content producers — Grindr is signalling that it wants to get into the hard news business with an announcement this week that it hired an editor …
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