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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
PR reps at news outlets like CNN and BuzzFeed explain how they deal with and respond to Trump's attacks on social media — “We respond to correct the record,” explains a CNN spokesman about the need to push back against the president's attacks. — When Donald Trump lobs a Twitter attack …
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AOL and New York Times
Mitchell Armentrout / Chicago Sun Times:
Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Reader to be sold to an investment group that includes a coalition of local unions and former alderman Edwin Eisendrath — An investor group led by former Chicago Ald. Edwin Eisendrath and the Chicago Federation of Labor is poised to purchase the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Poynter, @eisendrath, @craignewman, @borzmn, @eisendrath, @eisendrath, @jmartnyt, @fuzzytypewriter, @pmontoro, The Wrap and USA Today
Newsday:
Newsday could not find 109 sources in 77 stories by police reporter Kevin Deutsch after a review of 600 stories, is attaching editor's note to stories online — Newsday undertook an extensive, four-month review of reporting by Kevin Deutsch, who covered law enforcement from April 2012 to September 2016.
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@sethmnookin, @hadas_gold, @sethmnookin, iMediaEthics, @steffdaz, @politico_steve, @mniype, @sdkstl and @mattdpearce
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ announces a newsroom reorganization, with Deputy EIC Matt Murray promoted to exec editor; EIC Baker says it's not a “job cutting exercise” — Efforts center on digital, mobile initiatives; Editor in Chief Gerard Baker says newsroom's head count to remain ‘roughly stable’
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@dylanbyers, @mlcalderone, Adweek and @cjr
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Khari Johnson / VentureBeat:
Facebook to gradually expand worldwide beta of display ads in Messenger's Home screen, which follow an auction-based model — Facebook Messenger will start to extend its home screen ads beta worldwide in the weeks ahead, Messenger head of product Stan Chudnovsky announced today.
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AdExchanger, BetaNews, Messenger Platform, Marketing Week, Forbes, Fortune, The Verge and Business Insider
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Dana Canedy is the first woman and person of color to serve as the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes — The Pulitzer Prizes announced Wednesday that journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Dana Canedy will be the next administrator of the annual journalism competition.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
HuffPost launches a 7-week, 23-city bus tour through Middle America to “learn what it means to be American today,” which sources say could cost $1M — Seeking a new direction, the site launches a 23-city bus tour to ‘listen to America.’ — Having made its name as a home …
Discussion:
@donie, @txtiger1 and @mlcalderone
Sean Captain / Fast Company:
Q&A with Evan Greer of the nonprofit Fight for the Future, who organized Wednesday's “Net Neutrality Day of Action” — Evan Greer is leading a coalition of the world's biggest internet companies to mobilize users to fight the Trump administration's rollback of rules.
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Ars Technica, blog.twitter.com, Fight for the Future, Portland Mercury, CNNMoney and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Sources: morale at SoundCloud sinks after layoffs, with those fired wondering why there was no warning; the firm says it's “fully funded into Q4” — A tense scene unfolded yesterday as user-generated, music-streaming service SoundCloud held an all-hands meeting to explain …
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FACT Magazine, @benguerrette and @jysexton, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
Sources: to defend Donald Trump Jr., GOP operatives are going to try and discredit the reporters covering the story, using conservative media to attack them — The White House has been thrust into chaos after days of ever-worsening revelations about a meeting between Donald Trump Jr …
Discussion:
@realdonaldtrump, New York Times, Politico, The Week, Talking Points Memo, @bfriedmandc, New York Magazine, Vox, Columbia Journalism Review, CNNMoney, Mediaite, Quartz, @aliwatkins, Slate, Media Matters for America, The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Forbes, @sarahksilverman, @philiprucker, @davidaxelrod, Reuters, @billkristol, Fusion, @maggienyt, @jamilsmith, @kdfrommi, @philiprucker, @hadas_gold, Mother Jones, CNNMoney, Politicus USA and Common Dreams
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Digital publisher Thrillist names Ocean MacAdams, formerly head of GoPro's entertainment division, as its president, replacing co-founder Adam Rich — The one-time MTV executive will oversee video production efforts at the male-skewing online publisher. — Thrillist has tapped …
Discussion:
@bmorrissey and @natjarv
Al Tompkins / Poynter:
NPR and union representing 400+ employees, SAG-AFTRA, call in federal mediator for the first time ever in contract talks — National Public Radio says contract talks with the SAG-AFTRA union that represents more than 400 on- and off-air NPR employees are “productive.”
Discussion:
@inajaffenpr, @kvox and @hberkes
Naser Al Wasmi / The National:
Anti-Qatar alliance continues to push for Al Jazeera restrictions as UN rep says closure is “clearly unreasonable” — The UAE sends letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as Bahrain accuses Al Jazeera of normalising extremist ideologies in the region.
Discussion:
The Guardian, bna.bh, The Guardian and The Times of Israel
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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@jesselynradack, @thomas_drake1, @lifewinning and Common Dreams
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