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Shelley Hepworth / Columbia Journalism Review:
CJR begins publicly logging incidents when norms that protect press freedom in the US have been pushed — Every few days, Donald Trump issues a new threat against the press. — Some are minor-essentially, name calling and common complaints about coverage-while others are harder to dismiss.
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Hamilton Nolan / Fusion:
The real threat to journalism is concentration of media in the hands of rich owners with ulterior motives — This week, one little attack on a reporter by a temporarily insane politician has us all fretting over the “Rough Treatment of Journalists in the Trump Era.” The real threat to journalism is much more insidious.
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Politico, Occupy Democrats, @karltaro, @hamiltonnolan, @athertonkd and @libbycwatson
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Montana TV station KECI, about to be acquired by Sinclair Broadcast, apologizes for not airing audio of alleged assault on Guardian's Ben Jacobs — A local television station in Montana on Friday apologized for not airing audio of Republican congressman-elect Greg Gianforte's alleged assault on a reporter for The Guardian, Ben Jacobs.
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New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, @dangillmor, TVSpy and Media Matters for America
AJ Vicens / Mother Jones:
Citizen Lab report details how emails phished from journalist critical of Russia were falsified, then leaked for disinformation campaign; 200+ others targeted — Citizen Lab, a Toronto-based human rights research group that focuses on cyber security and surveillance, issued a report Thursday offering …
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Nieman Lab, The Citizen Lab, Motherboard, Forbes, Ars Technica UK, Gizmodo, @ericgeller and @michaeldweiss
Josh Russell / Courthouse News Service:
Owners of Russian bank Alfa Group sue BuzzFeed for defamation for publishing Trump dossier; BuzzFeed calls suit a “shameless attempt to bully and intimidate” — MANHATTAN (CN) - Unhappy with BuzzFeed over its reporting of the infamous “Pissgate” dossier, the owners of a Russian bank …
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The Wrap, Politico, @juliaioffe, @emptywheel and @pkafka
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
14 people who say their names were used as part of 450K anti-net neutrality comments without permission ask FCC for public disclosure, removal of fake comments — FCC should investigate and throw out fake comments, impersonation victims say. — Fourteen people who say their names …
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Fight for the Future, Free Press Blog, Forbes, Washington Post, HuffPost, @bennjordan, @fightfortheftr and Bloomberg BNA
Bloomberg:
Sources: DirecTV Now lost 3K customers in February while growth in March was roughly flat — New subscribers to web-TV service have slowed in early 2017 — AT&T CEO: We've ‘pulled back’ on marketing after fast start — AT&T Inc.'s live online video service, DirecTV Now …
Matthew Zeitlin / BuzzFeed:
Reporters mourn the passing of a not-so-secret username and password for the Wall Street Journal paywall, media/media — Username: media. Password: media. Everyone knew about it, but nobody talked about it. … It was good while it lasted. — For years, one of the best/worst kept secrets …
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@zackwhittaker, @mattzeitlin, @davidluhnow, @kpolantz, @mikeisaac, @davidenrich and @bydanielvictor
Marc Schneider / Billboard:
Tidal confirms the departure of CEO Jeff Toig; source says he exited in March — A replacement for Toig, who was the company's third CEO since its launch, will be announced soon. — Jay Z's music streaming service Tidal has confirmed the departure of Jeff Toig, its third chief executive in two years.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Sputnik White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg leaves the Russian news service — Andrew Feinberg, a correspondent for Sputnik, has announced on Twitter that he's no longer working for the Russian “global wire, radio and digital news service.” And he's intent upon doing so with as much detail as possible:
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Miami New Times, @agfhome, @agfhome, @agfhome, Sputnik International and Occupy Democrats
Stuart Emmrich / New York Times:
Profile of Gabe Fleisher, 15, whose daily newsletter, Wake Up to Politics, has 2K+ subs including journalists Major Garrett, Mark Halperin, and Jim VandeHei — ST. LOUIS — It's 7:32 on a recent Wednesday morning, and Gabe Fleisher is racing to put the finishing touches on his daily newsletter, Wake Up to Politics.
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@nytstyles, @jmsilverbrook, @lkherman, @amusedlibrarian and @wakeup2politics
The FOIA Project:
FOIA lawsuits reach 25-year high in April with 63 recorded and are expected to be higher in May — The latest available case-by-case records from the federal courts show that Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits challenging the withholding of records have risen since President Trump assumed office.
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