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11:40 AM ET, January 18, 2018

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New York Times:
Trump tweets a link to “2017 Fake News Awards” on RNC's website, GOP.com; “winners” include NYT, CNN, ABC, and a broad entry on stories of “Russia collusion”  —  President Trump — who gleefully questioned President Barack Obama's birthplace for years without evidence …
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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
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
NYT replaces editorial page with letters from Trump supporters; critics say space given over to supporters is disproportionate given president's approval rating  —  The New York Times will do away with its op-ed page on Thursday temporarily to run a full-page of letters from supporters of the president …
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
HuffPost closes its self-publishing unpaid contributors platform to focus on quality, vetted reporting, will pay contributors to new opinion, personal sections  —  Since its founding nearly 13 years ago, The Huffington Post has relied heavily on unpaid contributors, whose ranks included aspiring writers …
Hollywood Reporter:
Film and TV rights for Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury are sold to Endeavor Content, which plans to adapt the book as a TV series; Wolff to be executive producer  —  Endeavor Content has purchased rights to the best-selling exposé of the Trump White House and plans to adapt it for the small screen.
Filip Struhárik:
Facebook traffic for Slovakia's Denník N decreased after Explore Feed launch, but readers that the site reached engaged more, with less negative feedback  —  Facebook will now show less content from publishers and brands.  We know what it's like to have no Page posts in the News Feed.
Discussion: MediaNama, Mashable, WIRED UK and MediaShift
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google to make page speed a factor in mobile search ranking starting in July, says change will only affect pages that “deliver the slowest experience to users”  —  Google today announced a significant change in how it ranks websites for mobile searches: it will now take page speed …
Dan Strumpf / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg consolidating commentary brands Bloomberg Gadfly and View into one site, Bloomberg Opinion  —  The move is part of the company's effort to consolidate its news service's opinion offerings  —  HONG KONG—Bloomberg LP is planning to retire a financial commentary brand called Bloomberg Gadfly …
Discussion: @raju and @timobrien
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Apple wins bid for 10-episode comedy series starring Kristen Wiig, its first scripted comedy show and third series via Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine banner  —  The untitled 10-episode series is the tech giant's first half-hour comedy.  —  Kristen Wiig is returning to the small screen.
Tanya Dua / Business Insider:
NowThis relaunches website, which it shut down in early 2015; company president says the move was in the works before Facebook announced News Feed changes  —  - Social publisher NowThis has relaunched its website, which it shuttered in early 2015 to go all-in on social platforms directly.
Lawrence Bonk / Mediaite:
Katie Way, the reporter who broke the Aziz Ansari story, sent HLN host Ashleigh Banfield an email insulting her appearance after Banfield criticized Way  —  HLN's Ashleigh Banfield has not been shy in her dismissal of Katie Way, the Babe.net writer who reported anonymous allegations against Aziz Ansari …
 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Flurry data: overall app session activity grew 6% in 2017; shopping app usage grew 54%, media, music, entertainment apps grew 43%, lifestyle apps dropped 40%
Washpostpr / Washington Post:
Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post correspondent imprisoned for 18 months in Iran, joins Washington Post's WorldViews as a staff writer
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
The Associated Press partners with Arkadium to integrate Arkadium's interactive content tool InHabit into some of its sports coverage
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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