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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
During an appearance on Fox & Friends, rumored White House Press Secretary candidate Laura Ingraham says the role is not one she's “dying to do” — During her Tuesday appearance on Fox & Friends, Laura Ingraham indicated that she wasn't super-excited about the possibility …
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Sources: Spicer is leading a search for his replacement as press secretary, having spoken with radio host Laura Ingraham and Daily Mail editor David Martosko — White House press secretary Sean Spicer has spoken with radio host Laura Ingraham and Daily Mail editor David Martosko, among others.
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Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta says reporters should walk out over “pointless” briefings as White House restrictions against press grow
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg.com:
Sources: the White House is considering hiring a new press secretary as Spicer may move into a more senior strategy role, though no final decision has been made
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Mediaite, Washington Post, Vox, @dylanbyers, Washington Free Beacon, The Guardian, Business Insider, The Daily Caller and @aawayne
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Secret 107-page Department of Defense report says Chelsea Manning leaks were largely insignificant and did not cause any real harm to US interests — Prosecutors said Wikileaks disclosures about Iraq and Afghanistan posed a major threat to America's national security.
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The Guardian, @kgosztola, vice, @alexanderemmons and The Week
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Netflix tests interactive episodes for kids which allow different storylines to be chosen, available on select smart TVs, Roku, and iOS devices — Can ‘choose your own adventure’ work on TV? — Netflix's first interactive episode arrives on the service today, giving viewers a chance …
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The Next Web and TVWeek.com, more at Techmeme »
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
CNN to invest $40M in its in-house startup Great Big Story over the next two years, turning it into 24-hour streaming service, distributed on Sling TV, others — Startup to shift from social distribution to 24-hour channel — Great Big Story said to be valued at as much as $250 million
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Mariella Moon / Engadget:
YouTube updates policies to ensure that LGBTQ+ videos without graphic content are allowed in Restricted Mode — YouTube has updated its policies to explicitly state that any LGBTQ+-themed video with no graphic/mature language and content is allowed in Restricted Mode.
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YouTube Creator Blog, Adweek, Tubefilter, BetaNews and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
David Shimer / New York Times:
German police raid homes of 36 accused of hateful posts on social media including threats, coercion, and incitement to racism, amid push for social media bill — In a coordinated campaign across 14 states, the German police on Tuesday raided the homes of 36 people accused of hateful postings …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Spotify tests letting labels pay to put singles on free tier users' playlists; while an opt-out option is available, the scheme is reminiscent of radio payola — A mysterious “Sponsored Content” opt-out setting recently appeared in Spotify, and now the streaming giant has confirmed to TechCrunch what it's about.
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Billboard, RAIN News, BBC, The Verge, Variety, Consequence of Sound, Consumerist, Business Insider and Engadget
Evelyn Small / Washington Post:
A look back at how Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham composed her Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, Personal History — In 1983, I had been a researcher at The Washington Post Co. for only a few months when Katharine Graham, the chairman of the board, called me into her office one day.
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@_roxanneroberts, @cesdrilon and @carloslozadawp
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Rick and Jill Larson, owners of the studio at the center of the Netflix OITNB leak, reveal what happened when they were targeted by hackers, including extortion — Senior Silicon Valley Correspondent @jank0 … Larson Studios president Rick Larson and his wife and business partner …
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@gossithedog, @jank0, @burnettrm and @lorenzofb
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Interview with Jonah Peretti on BuzzFeed's potential IPO, NBCUniversal's influence, the future of TV and video, and founders as CEOs — Jonah Peretti launched BuzzFeed in 2006, after co-founding the Huffington Post a year earlier, as a proof-of-concept for how to create and track viral content.
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Variety and Financial Times
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Sources: Bloomberg EiC killed a story about growth of Fox Business Network despite months of work, staffers told it was because they don't cover competitors — Anousha Sakoui's feature was in the works for four months — Bloomberg's editor-in-chief personally killed a feature about the growth …
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