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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Sean Spicer resigns as White House Press Secretary; source says resignation is over Trump's appointment of Anthony Scaramucci as communications director — WASHINGTON — Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, resigned on Friday morning, telling President Trump he vehemently disagreed …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Sean Spicer, who served up falsehood as truth from the start, should have quit long ago and saved himself months of humiliation — There's something about Sean Spicer that inspires pity. He's had so much to deal with: The brutal “Saturday Night Live” skewerings.
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Associated Press:
Profile of Sarah Huckabee Sanders, named White House press secretary, a job that requires juggling a feisty White House press corps and a mercurial president — New White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was schooled in hardscrabble politics — and down-home rhetoric …
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Washington Post:
Profile of Anthony Scaramucci, new White House communications director and talkative Wall Street financier, brash New Yorker, and relentless promoter — President Trump's decision to bring Anthony Scaramucci into a top White House role represents a remarkable political ascension for the investment veteran …
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Jake Tapper / CNNMoney:
Sources: Sean Hannity will no longer receive the Media Research Center's William F. Buckley Award after Buckley's family expressed disapproval — Bernstein: ‘We are in a cold civil war’ — Fox News Channel star anchor Sean Hannity will no longer receive the conservative Media Research …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Source: Vice Media is laying off about 2% of its 3K employees across multiple departments as it looks to expand internationally and ramp up video production — Vice Media is laying off about 2% of its 3,000 employees across multiple departments while at the same time the company …
Jennifer Levitz / Wall Street Journal:
Joseph Rago, a Wall Street Journal editorial writer who won a Pulitzer Prize for challenging Obama's health care policies, dies at 34 — Pulitzer Prize winner was known for his well-reported pieces and policy influence — Joseph Rago, a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial writer …
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Mike Shields / Business Insider:
Sources describe efforts by Google and big publishers to combat the ad fraud practice called spoofing on major ad exchanges, via ads.txt initiative — - The ad industry is trying to root out fraudulent digital ads. — Google has quietly been running tests with media companies such as CBS to gauge how bad the problem is.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
White House Correspondents' Association tightens its membership rules, leaving out Breitbart news, Mother Jones, and The Daily Signal — The White House press corps is culling its ranks, separating who's officially in the club and who isn't. — Officially out: Reporters for the likes of Breitbart News and Mother Jones magazine.
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Terry McDonell / Literary Hub:
Terry McDonell describes what it was like to edit Hunter S. Thompson's stories — TERRY MCDONELL ON THE ORIGIN OF ‘GONZO’ AND LATE NIGHT CALLS FROM HUNTER — There are conflicting stories about the first use of the word gonzo to describe Hunter's journalism but all credit fellow journalist Bill Cardoso.
Corinne Grinapol / Adweek:
The Hill names Richard Beckman, formerly of Group Nine, Vice, and Prometheus Global, among others, as its first president — The former Prometheus Global Media CEO reunites with James Finkelstein — Richard Beckman joins The Hill as its first president, a move that reunites him with James Finkelstein …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Ari Melber's new MSNBC show The Beat will debut on Monday, replacing Greta Van Susteren's 6pm hour — IS THE WITCHING HOUR NOW 9 P.M.? It was after that hour last night that multiple dizzying stories about the Trump administration dropped. Here's The Washington Post's bombshell, (note …
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