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Al Jazeera English:
Israel's communication minister asks parliament for authority to revoke media credentials of Al Jazeera journalists and close the network's office in Jerusalem — Request made by the country's communication minister targets both the network's Arabic and English channels.
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Committee to Protect …, Associated Press, @kevin_maguire, @jayrosen_nyu, Reuters, Gizmodo and @ggreenwald
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Fox News suspends Eric Bolling while it investigates reports that he sent lewd photos to female colleagues — Fox News has suspended Eric Bolling following the report last night about allegations he send lewd photos to female colleagues. — Mediaite received the following statement from Fox News:
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HuffPost, CNNMoney, Media Matters for America, New York Times, NBC News, HuffPost, @yashar, Allure, Bustle, Refinery29, @johnjharwood, NPR, TVNewser, The Wrap, Washington Post, Fortune, Axios, Newser, The Hill and Variety
Ken Doctor / TheStreet:
Six major US newspaper companies demand that LexisNexis stop distributing their content to media monitoring organizations — Six major U.S. newspaper companies have demanded that LexisNexis, a major aggregator and distributor of news content, stop business practices that the publishers …
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Nieman Lab
Jason Silverstein / New York Daily News:
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein: “We don't prosecute reporters for doing their jobs”, won't rule out prosecutions, says no policies have been revised yet — The Justice Department likely won't be going after journalists for publishing leaks on the Trump administration …
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@ggreenwald, @devlinbarrett, Business Insider, @reliablesources, @mkraju, Reuters and The Week
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Leaks must be handled with care, but they're necessary, and leakers and journalists who depend on them should be honored, not jailed — Ever since taking office, President Trump has been condemning leaks, leakers and the journalists they leak to. — “I've actually called the Justice Department …
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@digiphile, @adamgoldmannyt and @sangernyt
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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the DoJ is reviewing its policy on media subpoenas as part of a crackdown on leaks
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the DoJ is reviewing its policy on media subpoenas as part of a crackdown on leaks
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The Wrap, Bustle, HuffPost, Hit & Run, Washington Post, New York Magazine, @johnson_carrie, The Guardian, @pressfreedom, The Daily Caller, @arimelber, New York Times, Newsweek, @spytalker, The Hill, @selectedwisdom, Politico, CNNMoney, @liamstack, @ggreenwald, @jamilsmith, @rcfp, @aclu, @brianstelter, @tbridis, @woodruffbets, @tom_winter, @zekejmiller, @kelseymsutton and @hadas_gold
Trevor Timm / Columbia Journalism Review:
As pundits decry leaks of transcripts of the president's calls with foreign leaders, it is clear that news value and public interest outweigh any damage
As pundits decry leaks of transcripts of the president's calls with foreign leaders, it is clear that news value and public interest outweigh any damage
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The Intercept, @erichaywood, @cjr, @freedomofpress, Politico, Adweek, Above the Law, Lawfare, The Daily Caller, Vanity Fair, Talking New Media, @mdrndad, New York Times, Defense One, @mbalter, @jlownlaw and bookforum.com
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Columbia Journalism School is launching a new master of science in data journalism, the school's fourth degree, for just just under $100K — Say a highly-placed source has a mountain of incriminating data they want to make public. Who are they going to send it to?
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@kreissdaniel
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Monocle launches short-run, 48-page, summer print newspaper, financed through ads and preorders with issues available on newsstands for £5 — “We've spent a lot of time looking at the state of the international news market and looking at what's working and what's not working …
Eric Johnson / Recode:
Tonia O'Connor, Univision's newly appointed CRO, says some of the former Gawker verticals will get shows on Fusion TV — Tonia O'Connor, Univision's newly appointed CRO, says some of the former Gawker verticals, now called Gizmodo Media, will get shows on Fusion TV.
Harun Maruf / Voice of America:
Somalia's National University to reopen its journalism school for the first time in 26 years, with classes beginning as soon as next month — Being a journalist in Somalia carries both risk and reward. The risk comes from al-Shabab militants and other armed groups who have killed …
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Radio network Entercom is buying 45% of Dgital Media, a podcast producer whose roster includes political shows like Pod Save America — The broadcaster is taking a 45 percent stake in the startup. — Earlier this week, podcast startup Gimlet raised $15 million — which gave us the opportunity …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Sources: Trump's senior policy adviser Stephen Miller under consideration for White House communications director, but he isn't the top contender — Stephen Miller, the Trump senior policy adviser who just tangled on-camera with CNN's Jim Acosta, is under consideration for White House …
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CNN, Mediaite, Bustle, The Week, Rolling Stone, The Hill, Vanity Fair, @farhip and The Daily Caller
Dan Froomkin / Poynter:
Recent interviews with President Trump have not pressed him enough on truth and specifics; questioning his core beliefs and policies should be a priority — The transcripts of Donald Trump's last two sit-down interviews — one with The New York Times and one with The Wall Street Journal …
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New York Times, The Guardian, @jayrosen_nyu, @froomkin and Hit & Run
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Brown Sugar, a streaming video service for blaxploitation films and similar fare, launches a channel on Roku — Brown Sugar, the streaming video service that bills itself as being “like Netflix, only blacker,” officially launched a channel on Roku streaming devices Friday.
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Broadcasting & Cable