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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
How pro-Trump media reacted to Donald J. Trump Jr.'s emails, based on internal Slack chatter at Breitbart, Fox broadcasts, and more — Donald Trump Jr. released emails moments before N.Y. Times report — Raheem Kassam, editor-in-chief of Breitbart London, reacted to the story …
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Betsy Reed / The Intercept:
First Look Media's press freedom fund is helping finance legal defense of Reality Winner, who's being prosecuted for allegedly leaking to its site The Intercept — The Intercept's parent company, First Look Media, has taken steps to provide independent support for the legal defense of Reality Winner …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
It's heartening that The Intercept is admitting mistakes, retraining staff, and financially supporting Reality Winner, who is charged under the Espionage Act — The Intercept, a national security news site, wouldn't exist without the most famous leaker of the 21st century, Edward Snowden.
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@thekatemyers
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Sparking skeptical responses, AT&T says it will join other tech and media firms in Wednesday's “day of action” protesting rollback of net neutrality rules — Senior Editor @tedstew — On Wednesday, thousands of websites, public interest groups, and internet companies are staging a …
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Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Knight First Amendment Institute sues Trump for blocking Twitter users, alleging the practice amounts to an unconstitutional effort to suppress dissent — A free-speech group said on Tuesday it sued U.S. President Donald Trump for blocking Twitter users from his @realDonaldTrump account …
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Nieman Lab, knightcolumbia.org, TechCrunch, Adweek, The Daily Beast, Motherboard, The Verge, Engadget and @davidgreene, more at Techmeme »
Hannah Karp / Billboard:
Sources: Spotify reaches licensing deal with Sony Music, is still in talks with Warner Music Group — A sign advertises a Sony store in Manhattan on Nov. 1, 2016 in New York City. — After months of negotiations, Sony Music Entertainment has reached a licensing agreement with Spotify …
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@michaelstjames, Fast Company, The Verge, Rolling Stone, Engadget, The Verge, Variety, Axios, hypebot and RAIN News
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Time Inc is considering a major rebranding that could include changing its name, a move aimed at repositioning the publisher as a modern media company — Several publishers have gotten social media blowback from recent rebranding efforts — Is time running out on one of the most fabled names in media?
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@readdanwrite, Mediawire, @taylorlorenz, @rafat and @jeremymbarr
The Guardian:
Evidence unearthed by blogger undermines History Channel doc claims about Amelia Earhart, showing alleged pic of pilot published 2 years before disappearance — Justin McCurry in Tokyo and Jamiles Lartey in New York — Claims made in a US documentary that the pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart crash-landed …
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The New York Observer, Washington Post, @alexburnsnyt and The Outline
Wall Street Journal:
Snap's stock closes at $15.47, down 8.95%, well below its $17 IPO price, after one of its IPO's underwriters, Morgan Stanley, downgraded the stock — Snap's rough week continued Tuesday, as a bank that led its initial public offering slashed its price target for the Snapchat parent's stock.
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CNBC, The Wrap, Radio & Television …, Vanity Fair and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
Despite claiming that it had no role in making and soliciting sex ads on its site, Backpage used a Philippine contractor to lure such ads from competitors — A contractor for the controversial classifieds website Backpage.com has been aggressively soliciting and creating sex-related ads …
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@repmaloney and @fair_girls
Hadas Gold / Politico:
The White House asked the White House Correspondents' Association to release a statement criticizing a reporter's story, WHCA President Jeff Mason has claimed — The White House asked the White House Correspondents' Association to single out a reporter and criticize an article, WHCA President Jeff Mason said Monday evening.
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@pareene, @john_hudson and @tvietor08
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Trudy Lieberman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Health reporters: Secrecy, speed, and Twitter changed coverage of GOP bill — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is overseeing GOP efforts to pass new health-care legislation. Gage Skidmore, via Flickr. — IN A RECENT STORY FOR The Atlantic, Kaiser Health News reporter Julie Rovner decried the …
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@sciencewriters, @usprojectcjr and @usprojectcjr
Emily Peck / HuffPost:
WSJ parent Dow Jones announces a target of 40% women in executive ranks, pay adjustments and mentoring for 25 women, and hiring of diversity specialist — Reporters inside the paper are skeptical about the plan. — After months of internal criticism and increasing press attention …
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Talking Biz News, @emilyrpeck and @melbournecoal
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