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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Sources: Michael Wolff's book initially had a working title sympathetic to the President; aides say Hope Hicks endorsed speaking with him — Some of president's staff thought they were authorized to talk — Wolff's working title suggested sympathetic view of Trump
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Sources: Fox News killed a story detailing alleged sexual relationship between porn actress Stephanie Clifford and Trump ahead of the 2016 election — Fox News had a story at the height of the presidential election that detailed an alleged sexual relationship between porn actress Stephanie Clifford …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube says creators will need 4K hours of watch time in past 12 months and 1K subs to join Partner Program; Google Preferred videos to be reviewed by humans — YouTube is making its creator revenue-sharing program more restrictive and will start manually reviewing all videos …
The Awl:
The Awl announces it will end editorial operations at the end of January — It is with a mixture of disappointment and relief that we are announcing the cessation of editorial operations on The Awl at the end of this month. For nearly a decade we followed a dream of building a better Internet …
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Memo: Libby Leist succeeds Don Nash as executive producer of NBC's The Today Show, becoming the first female to lead the program's 7-8am time slot — NBC News announced Wednesday that Libby Leist would succeed Don Nash as executive producer at the “Today” show, making her the first female to lead to program's 7 and 8 a.m. hours.
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Shona Ghosh / Business Insider:
Facebook says it will open a standalone investigation into potential Russian meddling in UK's EU referendum on its platform, after pressure from UK politicians — - Facebook will investigate whether Russian groups bought ads on its platform to influence the outcome of the UK's vote to leave the EU in 2016.
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
22 attorneys general file lawsuit to stop FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules; Mozilla, other net neutrality advocates also filed suits against FCC — WASHINGTON — The legal fight against the Federal Communications Commission's recent repeal of so-called net neutrality regulations began on Tuesday …
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John McCain / Washington Post:
Senator John McCain says Trump's continuing attacks on American news outlets has allowed repressive regimes to silence reporters and stave off media scrutiny — John McCain, a Republican, represents Arizona in the U.S. Senate. — After leaving office, President Ronald Reagan created …
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Ewen MacAskill / The Guardian:
Q&A with Daniel Ellsberg and Edward Snowden on the ethics of whistleblowing, press freedom, and Steven Spielberg's new film about the Pentagon Papers, The Post — aniel Ellsberg, the US whistleblower celebrated in Steven Spielberg's new film, The Post, was called “the most dangerous man in America” …
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Swedish publishing conglomerate Bonnier lays off 17% of its US workforce, or 70 people, and shutters four magazines — Bonnier is also shuttering five magazines. — Bonnier, the Swedish publishing conglomerate, has laid off 70 people from its U.S. group. That represents about 17 percent* of the company's American workforce.
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
The Associated Press partners with Arkadium to integrate Arkadium's interactive content tool InHabit into some of its sports coverage — The Associated Press is partnering with Arkadium to use InHabit, an interactive content tool launched last year. — Arkadium's goal for InHabit …
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Facebook exec Ricky Van Veen says new changes to News Feed will have little to no impact on Facebook Watch, and the site can filter out spoilers from comments — During an opening-day keynote at NATPE, Facebook's head of global creative strategy Ricky Van Veen said the social media giant's algorithm …
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