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New York Times requests on-air apology and tweet from “Fox & Friends” for “inaccurate and malicious” segment that said a NYT story foiled pursuit of ISIS leader — The New York Times on Sunday took the unusual step of requesting an apology from a competitor …
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‘Fox & Friends’ issues ‘update’ on New York Times-ISIS flap. No apology. — “Fox & Friends” co-host Steve Doocy on Monday morning issued an “update” to a bizarre fight that flared up over the weekend between the program and the New York Times. At issue was the role of the newspaper …
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Fact-checking website Snopes publishes an appeal for donations to help it avoid shutting down, amid its legal dispute with digital services company Proper Media — It seems that the ongoing legal battle between Snopes and one of its former contractors is beginning to take a toll.
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White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci suggests return of televised press briefings, tweeting “The TV cameras are back On” — After weeks of the White House briefings being off-camera and journalists complaining about it, new White House Communications Director …
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Scaramucci on hot mic said CNN's “hitting those guys”, a reference to resignations of 3 reporters following a Russia story, helped him get Comms Director job — “I have to call on CNN and send a message to Zucker that we are back in business," Scaramucci said on a hot mic Sunday in between morning show appearances.


Editors of popular Russian Telegram channels on how news orgs use the service, and the difference in audience compared with other social and messaging platforms — Meduza, Snob, TV Rain, BBC Russian, and RT weigh in on their publishing and promotion strategies on the platform …
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If AT&T's $85.4B bid for Time Warner is approved by regulators, CEO Jeff Bewkes is expected to leave, with the Time Warner brand being eliminated — Jeffrey L. Bewkes championed acclaimed series like “The Sopranos” and “Sex and the City” at HBO, salvaged Time Warner from its disastrous merger …
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Flipboard CEO Mike McCue says the company had its first ever cashflow positive month in February and now has 100M+ users — Tech entrepreneur Mike McCue knows a lot about bringing different types of media — voice, video and text - onto the Internet. But for the last couple years …
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Profile of Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, on their off-camera romance, their tempestuous relationship with Donald Trump, and more — Joe, Mika, and their star-crossed relationship with the president. — It was Joe Scarborough's 53rd birthday, April 9, 2016, and his youngest child …
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Profile of Julia Beizer, HuffPost's head of product who oversaw the site's recent redesign and who, prior to that role, spent 11 years at the Washington Post — After HuffPost released its redesigned website in April, Julia Beizer went to a tiny midtown Manhattan karaoke bar with a dozen or so colleagues to celebrate.
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New owner of Chicago Sun-Times pledges to cover the working class and labor unions, which now share ownership of the paper — CHICAGO — At a Christmas party in December, Edwin Eisendrath, a former Chicago alderman, bumped into Jorge Ramirez, a labor leader.
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New York Times promotes Deputy National Editor David Halbfinger to Jerusalem bureau chief; he will take up the role in September — David Halbfinger, a 20-year veteran of The Times, will be The Times's next Jerusalem Bureau Chief. Read more in this note from Michael Slackman and Greg Winter:
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