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John Bowden / The Hill:
In a New York Times interview, Trump says media will shift in his favor for the 2020 election because they need ratings: “they basically have to let me win” — predicted he will win the 2020 presidential race on Thursday due to a media shift in his favor, telling The New York Times …
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
In 2017, pro-Trump media and conspiratorial hyperpartisans amplified by Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube created two parallel universes of information — On a blistering 107-degree Phoenix evening this August, thousands came to watch Donald Trump cobble together an alternate reality.
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Katharine Schwab / Co.Design:
How The New York Times climate desk, led by Hannah Fairfield, uses data visualization and maps to tell complex stories about the science of climate change — 2017 was the year that natural disasters became more than natural disasters: Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. The Mexico earthquake.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Investor's Business Daily president Jerry Ferrara says profits doubled in 2017 and digital subscriptions are up 11%+ year-to-date — Business and financial news company Investor's Business Daily will see its profits double in 2017, according to its president in an interview Thursday.
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Financial Times:
Sources: investor Todd Boehly working to merge Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Group with Dick Clark Productions and Media Rights Capital, maker of House of Cards — James Fontanella-Khan in San Jose, Costa Rica, and Matthew Garrahan in London — Todd Boehly, the entertainment investor …
Crayton Harrison / Bloomberg:
Nielsen: Netflix's “Bright”, which had a ~$90M budget, had 11M viewers on its opening weekend, roughly equivalent to $99M at the box office — Netflix Inc.'s ambitious attempt at a big-budget film, “Bright” starring Will Smith, drew an enough viewers in its first three days …
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Leslye Davis / New York Times:
First as a journalism student, then a professional reporter, Leslye Davis chronicled a young man's struggle with cancer and his mother's with addiction — RADCLIFF, Ky. — A purring air-conditioner and the distant warble of a television acted as a sonata on a stifling May afternoon in 2012.
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Maane Khatchatourian / Variety:
Report: China's market for online literature grew to $1.96B in 2017, up 32.1% YoY, and spawning a wave of TV, film, and game adaptations — China's fast-growing online literature market has become an important source of inspiration for studios as film, TV, and online game adaptations …
Bibi van der Zee / The Guardian:
How reader funding through memberships, crowdfunding, and donations is helping small independent media orgs maintain editorial freedom all around the world — As the number of Guardian supporters continues to grow, we look at independent publications with their own take on membership models
Martin Belam / The Guardian:
US court documents show Simon & Schuster was concerned that Milo Yiannopoulos' book manuscript included unsupported arguments, crude unfunny quips, and racism — Court submissions in lawsuit over far-right provocateur's memoir reveal concerns over weak arguments, boasting and racism
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Brendan Regan / Newsweek:
Brendan Regan, VP at audioBoom, looks at 2017's podcasting trends, with true crime shows dominating, interest in political podcasts rising dramatically, more — Nowadays, when you pass someone with earbuds in, you have to wonder, is it music they're playing or is it the latest episode of their favorite podcast?
Rosalind Adams / BuzzFeed:
How a chain of psychiatric hospitals reacted to BuzzFeed coverage: firing a staffer, suing a former staffer, hiring Edelman for crisis communications, more — A $100,000 crisis PR plan. An employee fired for supposedly speaking to a reporter. Another employee sued for allegedly leaking internal surveillance videos.
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