Mediagazer: Profile of Anthony Scaramucci, new White House communications director and talkative Wall Street financier, brash New Yorker, and relentless promoter (Washington Post)

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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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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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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.

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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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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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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Isaac Chotiner / Slate:

Q&A with NYT's Peter Baker on interviewing President Trump with Maggie Haberman and Michael Schmidt: going on and off the record, staying on topic, more — A conversation with New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker. — President Trump's blockbuster interview …

Terry McDonell / Literary Hub:

Terry McDonell describes what it was like to edit Hunter S. Thompson's stories — There are conflicting stories about the first use of the word gonzo to describe Hunter's journalism but all credit fellow journalist Bill Cardoso. Maybe it was on the press bus during the 1968 New Hampshire primaries …

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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