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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
CNN finds identity of Reddit user behind Trump-CNN wrestling video but won't name him; user posts apology to CNN, media, and Reddit — (CNN)The Reddit user who initially claimed credit for President Donald Trump's tweet that showed Trump tackling CNN issued an apology Tuesday for the video …
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Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
The online campaign against CNN mixes fact and fiction and is fueled by a Trump subreddit; a Daily Stormer post threatens to track down CNN staffers' families — The Reddit user said he never intended his anti-CNN meme — you know, the one tweeted by President Trump in which the now-president beats …
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Brian Flood / The Wrap:
MSNBC's Morning Joe had record ratings one day after Trump's facelift tweet, with 1.7M viewers tuning in, the highest the show has ever had — MSNBC's “Morning Joe” gained 70 percent on Friday compared to the second quarter of 2017, when 1.7 million viewers tuned in to the first show …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
In a series of tweets, Ted Cruz argued that CNN's threat to reveal the identity of the Reddit user at centre of GIF controversy could be a crime — Ted Cruz suggested on Twitter Wednesday that the ongoing debacle surrounding CNN's apparent threat to reveal the identity of the anonymous Redditor …
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Associated Press:
Trump's CNN GIF tweet is now his most shared on the platform, with 340K+ retweets as of early Wednesday morning — https://www.apnews.com/de5ad417e9324bce be86f1ba5e664512 — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — A mock video tweeted by President Donald Trump showing him pummeling …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
CNN releases a statement saying the accusations of blackmail over Reddit story are false, says the user issued an apology before speaking with CNN reporter
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Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Sources: Apple will allow top publishers to use their own tech, like Google's DoubleClick for Publishers, to deliver ads within the Apple News app — Apple is working on a money fix for publishers that send their articles and content to its News app but so far have gotten very little in return …
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Jordan Sargent / Spin:
Former staff on why MTV News longform journalism experiment failed: no critical reporting, article deletion on artist request, lack of direction by management — In October 2015, MTV announced an overhaul to its website, which it hoped would help reposition the network for the future.
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Filing: Renaissance Technologies, owned by Breitbart News backer Robert Mercer, bought nearly 2.5M Time Inc. shares in Q1, with the 2.51% stake valued at $48.1M — There is now more than one conservative booster of President Trump with a fancy for buying Time Inc. — and its 94-year-old flagship newsweekly, Time.
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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Sources: investigators are looking at whether Russia colluded with Trump supporters and far-right sites during US election to release fake news about Clinton — Questions raised as to whether Trump supports coordinated with Moscow to spread bogus stories aimed at discrediting Hillary Clinton
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Snapchat finally lets users attach links to all Snaps and adds voice filters and backdrop editing tool — Snapchat is breaking its long-standing “no links” rule today while also providing some novel new creative tools to keep it one step ahead of Instagram.
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Steven McIntosh / BBC:
A string of senior executives have departed from British Vogue, as editor Edward Enninful takes over from Alexandra Shulman — Leaving Vogue seems to be in fashion at the moment. — A number of senior figures have exited the magazine in recent weeks amid reports that its new editor …
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Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Inside One America News, a small TV network that won a seat in WH briefing room last week, and its pro-Trump coverage, as told by current and former staffers — One America News is an obscure TV channel struggling to emerge from the cellar of the cable ratings, but it is nonetheless one of President Trump's favorite media outlets.
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