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Jason Le Miere / Newsweek:
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski say White House officials told them a negative story in the National Enquirer would be spiked if they apologized to Trump — Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have accused President Donald Trump of effectively blackmailing them over a story …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sources: Jared Kushner told Joe Scarborough he would need to apologize to Trump in order for the National Enquirer to kill a story on his affair with Brzezinski — As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump used his close alliance with the National Enquirer to attack his enemies.
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Brian Flood / The Wrap:
In a statement, the National Enquirer says it had no knowledge of discussions between the White House and Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski — “We have no knowledge of any discussions between the White House and Joe and Mika about our story, and absolutely no involvement in those discussions," COO says
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A look at the ugly descent of Trump's relationship with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, from Trump's guest appearances on Morning Joe to today's tweets
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
BuzzFeed subpoenas federal agencies for details of probe into Trump-Russia dossier, as part of discovery in libel suit filed by tech exec Aleksej Gubarev — Media outlet seeks to use Russian tech executive's libel suit to seek records from spy agencies. — Add this surprising entry …
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Eugene Wei / Remains of the Day:
Internet has ushered in an age of “distributed truth”, widely spreading little known knowledge that used to be confined offline — Apparently, for years, Nora Ephron, who was once married to Carl Bernstein, would openly tell people that Deep Throat was FBI Associate Director Mark Felt.
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Katy Waldman / Slate:
How journalists line the walls on Capitol Hill, hoping to catch senators saying more than just evasive, boilerplate answers on the US health insurance bill — The Capitol Hill unit of the country's fake news operation—50 or so crisply attired journalists with their faces deep in their phones …
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New York Times:
Germany passes law allowing fines of up to $57M for social media companies if they do not delete illegal, racist, or slanderous content within 24 hours — BERLIN — Social media companies operating in Germany face fines of as much as $57 million if they do not delete illegal …
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Sources: The Wall Street Journal is ending its print edition in Europe, sharpening its focus on digital, with its online subscriptions growing 48% YoY in Europe — News Corp-owned newspaper to focus on digital subscriptions in Europe and Asia — Read next
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Facebook says it will identify and demote links from users who post more than 50 times a day in News Feed — People who post 50-plus times per day are likely sharing spam or false news, Facebook says. — Facebook has a new way of identifying false news and spam in users' feeds …
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Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
Infowars, the alt-right media organization favored by President Trump, aired a report claiming NASA is running a child slave colony on Mars — A report on Alex Jones' InfoWars claiming child sex slaves have been kidnapped and shipped to Mars is untrue, NASA told The Daily Beast on Thursday.
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Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
Ingram Publisher Services acquires British digital and print book distributor National Book Network International, or NBNi — Ingram Publisher Services has added to its international capabilities with the acquisition of National Book Network International (NBNi).
Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:
Paul McCartney reaches confidential settlement with Sony/ATV in Beatles copyright dispute — The fight that was poised to be a landmark music battle has ended in a draw. — Sir Paul McCartney and Sony/ATV have reached a deal in their duel over The Beatles song rights …
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