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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
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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 …
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@brianstelter, New York Times, @seanrobinsontnt, @arthur_affect, @joyannreid, @frankbruni, @owillis, @armandodkos, @jayrosen_nyu and Splinter
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 …
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The Outline, @lpolgreen, HuffPost UK, HuffPost UK, The Wrap, Variety, @lpolgreen, TechCrunch, Fast Company, The Drum, @michaelroston, @mehpatrol, @bydanielvictor, @laurenosandler, @periodistas21, @pollycurtis, @bydanielvictor, @macloo, @nicdawes, @johngapper, @taylorlorenz, @ennisnyt, @katzish, @octavionyc, @nytmedia and Jezebel
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.
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Leaked e-mail: Rupert Murdoch sustained a serious back injury while on vacation in early January, plans to work from home “for some weeks” — The accident, which happened on his son Lachlan's yacht, comes at a delicate time for the 86-year-old's empire.
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@vanityfair, RT, Crikey, Mediaite, @gabrielsherman, CNBC, The Guardian, CNNMoney and TVWeek.com
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.
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MediaShift, MediaNama, Mashable and WIRED UK
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 …
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.
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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 …
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@raju and @timobrien
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.
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@alexeheath, @renan, @lmoses and @jackmarshall
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 …
Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with CBS's Elizabeth Palmer on the challenges of reporting from the front lines in Syria, US media coverage, and winning a duPont for her daily news report — Since the attacks on September 11, 2001, Elizabeth Palmer has traversed the Middle East, reporting on some of the world's most complex …
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@abarnardnyt, @jeffglor and @bypetevernon
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