Mediagazer: Ex-Fox News analyst says Russia-related crimes by Trump associates were dismissed, expertise on Russia was ignored, and Fox leads a “witch hunt” against Mueller (Ralph Peters/Washington Post)

10:40 AM ET, March 31, 2018

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Ralph Peters / Washington Post:

Ex-Fox News analyst says Russia-related crimes by Trump associates were dismissed, expertise on Russia was ignored, and Fox leads a “witch hunt” against Mueller — You could measure the decline of Fox News by the drop in the quality of guests waiting in the green room.

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John Saroff / Nieman Lab:

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How Trump helped National Enquirer's David Pecker meet the Saudi crown prince; Pecker's American Media recently published a 97-page glossy promoting the prince — In July, David J. Pecker, the chairman of the company that owns The National Enquirer, visited his old friend President Trump at the White House.

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Karnika Kohli / The Wire:

Two Vice India editors resign over editorial interference, claim the not-yet-launched TV channel practices self-censorship to avoid offending government — New Delhi: “Is it okay to be gay (and in the far-right)?" Vice asked in a story on its British website earlier this month.

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Trump's crusade against Amazon has nothing to do with the post office or mom-and-pop shops and everything to do with his hatred of The Washington Post — President Trump is determined to find some way to hurt Amazon, reports Jonathan Swan. “He's obsessed with Amazon,” a source tells him.

Charles Elmore / Palm Beach Post:

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Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:

Anime-focused video streaming site Crunchyroll publishes its first mobile game, Memoria Freese, to deepen ties with audience, 90% of whom say they're gamers — Anime-focused SVOD service offers ‘Memoria Freese’ on mobile devices — Crunchyroll, Ellation's Anime-focused subscription VOD service, is branching out into games.

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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:

Podcasting startup Wondery raises $5M round led by Greycroft, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and Advancit Capital, plans to add shows and increase staff — The round was led by Greycroft, Lerer Hippeau Ventures and Shari Redstone's Advancit Capital. — Wondery, the podcasting startup behind Dirty John …

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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

Interview with Tim Griggs, who developed the curriculum for Facebook's 12-week Local News Subscriptions Accelerator, which began this week in 14 US newsrooms — “We tested this, it tanked. You tested this, it worked. Why?" — This week marks the launch of Facebook's Local News …

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook begins letting fact-checking partners review photos and videos and also lets them flag stories before being prompted — Facebook has begun letting partners fact check photos and videos beyond news articles, and proactively review stories before Facebook asks them.

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