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Sean Hannity is revealed as Michael Cohen's third client after a judge orders his name released — - The FBI on April 9 raided the office and residences of President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen. — Prosecutors want to begin reviewing the files seized from Cohen …
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Ethicists raise questions about Sean Hannity's failure to disclose relationship with Michael Cohen, say being an “advocacy journalist” does not absolve him — Fox News host's failure to disclose his relationship with Trump attorney Michael Cohen puts his credibility on the line.
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Sean Hannity:
Hannity denies Michael Cohen represented him or that he paid Cohen legal fees, says they briefly discussed legal questions almost exclusively about real estate — Michael Cohen has never represented me in any matter. I never retained him, received an invoice, or paid legal fees.
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to integrate recently acquired magazine app Texture into Apple News and debut its own premium news subscription service next year — Company integrating Texture purchase into Apple News offering — About 20 Texture staff were cut soon after Apple acquisition
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The Pulitzer Prizes:
Full list of 2018 Pulitzer Prize winners for journalism — Journalism Category Winners Finalists Public Service The New York Times, for reporting led by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, and The New Yorker, for reporting by Ronan Farrow For explosive, impactful journalism that exposed powerful …
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Photojournalist Ryan Kelly won a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for an image he took on his last day in the newsroom, before leaving journalism — Photojournalist Ryan Kelly won a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for an image he made at The (Charlottesville …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
WaPo wins Pulitzers for its coverage of Russian interference in the 2016 election and misconduct allegations against Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore
WaPo wins Pulitzers for its coverage of Russian interference in the 2016 election and misconduct allegations against Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore
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Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed:
Facebook partners with Mumbai-based Boom on a pilot fact checking project of English-language content in Indian state of Karnataka, ahead of state elections — Facebook is finally going to start fact-checking news on its platform in India, its largest market with more than 240 million users.
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Gustavo Arellano / Columbia Journalism Review:
The remaining staffers and new owner at LA Weekly say they've faced veiled threats and intimidation, as have the mag's partners, as a result of boycott action — Image via Flickr. — Newish LA Weekly editor Darrick Rainey and publisher Brian Calle run what is perhaps the most on-edge paper at this moment in American journalism.
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Juliette Garside / The Guardian:
18 international news orgs, including The Guardian and Reuters, have joined forces to finish the last stories of investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia — The Daphne Project reveals the story so far behind the murder of a Maltese journalist … The explosion was so loud it shook the windows of the family home.
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Sebastian Murdock / Yahoo:
Parents of two Sandy Hook victims file lawsuits against Alex Jones and Infowars, claim they received death threats after he circulated conspiracy theories — Alex Jones has spent years claiming the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School where a shooter killed 20 small children and six adults was faked.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
During Q1 earnings call on Tuesday, Netflix CCO Ted Sarandos dismissed a report that claimed the streaming service was launching a weekly news show — During yesterday's earnings call, Netflix seemingly shot down a recent report that had claimed the streaming service was planning to make its move …
Malcolm Harris / Medium:
A look at the history of freelance writing wages and how significantly compensation-per-word rates have declined over the decades — When people who read magazines read an article in a magazine, I don't imagine they know how much the writer was paid. As consumers, we aren't responsible …
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