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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
WH Press Secretary Sarah Sanders calls Jemele Hill's criticism of Trump a “fireable offense”; Hill later tweets her regrets, and ESPN says it accepts apology — Sarah Sanders: Jemele Hill comments ‘outrageous’ — ESPN host Jemele Hill's tweet calling President Trump a …
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Bryan Curtis / The Ringer:
Profile of Jemele Hill and her partner, Michael Smith, the co-hosts of ESPN's SC6, as Hill faces blowback for tweeting that Trump is a white supremacist — The new cohost of ‘SportsCenter’ and her partner, Michael Smith, have been blamed for the network's perceived liberal bias.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Leaked memo directs every federal government department or agency to hold one hour event on handling classified and unclassified information to prevent leaks — The top US national security official has directed government departments and agencies to warn employees across …
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@sahilkapur, @rmc031, @williamturton, @trevortimm, @buzzfeedben, @chrisgeidner, @chrisgeidner, @jayrosen_nyu and Business Insider
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Journalists, filmmaker, and others sue DHS, ICE, and border patrol for digital searches at border, saying First and Fourth Amendment rights were violated — Americans who say their phones and laptops were seized by US border agents filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts on Wednesday arguing …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
eMarketer: in 2017, a total of 22.2M U.S. adults will have cut the cord on a cable, satellite or telco TV service, up 33% YoY from 16.7M in 2016 — Research firm eMarketer cuts TV ad-spending forecast on accelerating pay-TV declines — Winter is here for cable and satellite TV operators.
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Tanya Dua / Business Insider:
eMarketer has lowered its TV ad spend forecast for 2017 because consumers are cord-cutting at a higher rate than previously expected
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Jack Neff / Ad Age:
At a conference, P&G CBO Marc Pritchard calls on marketers and tech firms to reinvent digital ads, which average ~1.7 second view time, with focus on targeting — Marc Pritchard sees digital media players making progress on transparency and brand-safety, but the chief brand officer …
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@mikeduda, @adage, @jason_kint and Adweek
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
The NYT is combining the Wirecutter and its sister pub, Sweethome, under the Wirecutter brand and is redesigning the site; Wirecutter's sales are up 50% YoY — Sales up 50% from year earlier as staff, categories expand — Review site and Times journalists to collaborate more often
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
As Spotify prepares to go public, it faces more legal issues as indie publishers make new licensing claims and others dispute earlier settlement — Hundreds of settlement objectors (Tom Petty, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, Sir Anthony Hopkins, et al.), a new copyright lawsuit and a scathing reply to Spotify's recent bombshell filing.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
How Russia is using Sputnik and RT in its information war against the West: spreading politically sensitive misinformation, challenging Western ideology, more — How the Kremlin built one of the most powerful information weapons of the 21st century — and why it may be impossible to stop.
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
In an interview, Bill O'Reilly discusses the sexual harassment allegations made against him, a potential return to TV, Roger Ailes' death, and more — The former king of cable news enters THR's no-spin zone to discuss his exit amid harassment claims, the president's Charlottesville remarks …
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Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
Actor Rebel Wilson wins AU$4.5M+ in libel suit against Bauer Media, the largest Australian defamation payout ever, for stories calling her a serial liar — The Australian actor is awarded huge sum, plus interest and costs, at the supreme court in Melbourne
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Ed Caesar / Esquire:
Profile of Evening Standard EIC George Osborne, an ex-Conservative MP with little journalistic experience who's using the paper to attack political adversaries — No one saw it coming: in March, to the shock of his friends, the horror of his enemies and the dismay of many observers …
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