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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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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 …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Sources: investigators are examining whether Trump's digital operation, run by Jared Kushner, helped guide Russia's fake news attacks on Clinton in 2016 — WASHINGTON — Investigators at the House and Senate Intelligence committees and the Justice Department are examining whether …
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Thuy Ong / The Verge:
Netflix, Spotify, and Twitter among companies rallying today in support of today's “Net Neutrality Day of Action” protest — Amazon, Reddit, Facebook, Google and Twitter are fighting the FCC's changes — Technology giants like Amazon, Spotify, Reddit, Facebook, Google …
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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
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
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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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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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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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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 …
Natalia Scalzaretto / Reuters:
Google will allow users to post stories, videos, and photos on Google Earth within the next 2-3 years, the project's Director Rebecca Moore said on Tuesday — 2 MIN READ — RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) wants users to post millions of stories, video and photos …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Streaming device manufacturer Roku now has 15M active monthly accounts, up from 13M in January and up 43% YoY — Senior Silicon Valley Correspondent @jank0 — Streaming device manufacturer Roku has reached another milestone: The company now has more than 15 million monthly active accounts, it announced Wednesday morning.
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Judith Matloff / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of husband and wife, Jennifer Griffin and Greg Myre, who cover the same beat, national security, she for Fox and he for NPR — The phone call came in the middle of the night from a US military source involved in the air campaign against ISIS. It was September 2015 …
Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
Just announced: @DanaCanedy will be the next administrator of @PulitzerPrize. — Just announced: @DanaCanedy will be the next administrator of @PulitzerPrize. http://twitter.com/...
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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