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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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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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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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BuzzFeed:
NY's largest police union demanded that the NYPD take legal action to block BuzzFeed News from releasing a database of secret disciplinary records — The unusual request came as BuzzFeed News was preparing to release thousands of secret disciplinary records.
Simon Usborne / The Guardian:
With 125M subscribers, Netflix has become so powerful it can snub Cannes but TV and film execs fear what that means for the future of the industry — The online entertainment company, which boasts 125 million subscribers, has become so powerful it can even afford to snub Cannes.
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