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President Trump does not plan to attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner; Press Secretary Sanders will represent the administration — President Donald Trump will not participate in this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner, and press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders …
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University of Maryland, White House Correspondents' Association, and Newseum partner to create a searchable digital archive of presidential pool reports — Contacts: — Jessica Jennings, 301-405-4618 — COLLEGE PARK, Md.— The White House Correspondents' Association and the University …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Three political candidates vow not to advertise on Sinclair TV stations, and Sen. Richard Durbin asks Sinclair for information about its “must-run” stories — First Sinclair Broadcast Group got lacerated by the public and other news organizations for its controversial promotional campaign.
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Sources: YouTube TV is testing up to six new channels from digital publishers like Cheddar, Tastemade, and The Young Turks Network — YouTube's livestreaming TV service is looking to add channels from multiple digital media publishers, including Cheddar, Tastemade and The Young Turks Network.
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Patrick Redford / The Concourse:
The new owners of LA Weekly, Semanal Media, have launched a campaign to push back against an ongoing boycott, saying the weekly is being bullied and harassed — In the four months since a mysterious group of rich people took over the L.A. Weekly, news outlets across the country have continued …
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Anders Hofseth / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Emily Bell on the lack of viable ad-supported models for journalism, commercial media, and the importance of public service media — “I think there's a very viable long-term financial model for commercial media. But I don't necessarily think that applies directly to journalism."
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Reuters:
Sources: Netflix is attempting to acquire Regency Outdoor Advertising, a billboard company, for $300M as it increases spending on marketing to $2B this year — (Reuters) - Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) is attempting its largest acquisition, offering more than $300 million to acquire a company …
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Ryan Ori / Chicago Tribune:
Developers who bought the landmark Chicago Tribune tower sue to stop Tronc from removing the newspaper's sign after the publisher moves out of building — The Chicago Tribune will leave its namesake tower by midyear, but the building's owners want the newspaper's exterior signage to stay put.
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Sherisse Pham / CNNMoney:
AMC, owned by Dalian Wanda, wins the first cinema operating license in Saudi Arabia after a 35-year ban on public theaters, will open 30+ cinemas in five years — Hollywood seeks keys to the Kingdom — America's biggest movie theater company is bringing the silver screen to Saudi Arabia.
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Alex Barinka / Bloomberg:
Sources: fewer than expected Spotify shareholders sold stock during listing, potentially driving price up; 5% of potentially available shares traded at open — Initial share supply shortage seen as driving up price briefly — Music-streaming company's trading volume below big tech IPOs
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Jack Stubbs / Reuters:
Russia's communications watchdog files a suit to block Telegram after the company refused to give state security services access to users' encrypted messages — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's state communications watchdog said on Friday it had filed a lawsuit to limit access to the Telegram messaging app …
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
CNN brought in $19.9M, Fox News $16.2M, and MSNBC $8.1M in ad spending in the first quarter; many of the same brands advertised across all cable channels — As we shared with you yesterday, all three cable news networks saw very strong first quarters in the ratings, with Fox News and MSNBC the No. 1 and No. 2 channels on all of cable.
Salman Masood / New York Times:
Pakistan's largest TV network Geo says it has been forced off the air on cable TV in over 80% of the country after critical reporting on the military — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's largest television network says it has been forced off the air by cable operators in most parts of the country …
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