Mediagazer: Ex-FBI agent Terry Albury, who pleaded guilty to charges under the Espionage Act after leaking a document on how the FBI can target media, faces jail time (Trevor Timm/Columbia Journalism Review)

9:50 AM ET, April 18, 2018

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Hannity appears to have used legal services of two other Trump-linked lawyers: Victoria Toensing and Jay Alan Sekulow, who both have appeared often on his show — Sean Hannity has had no shortage of lawyers. In court on Monday, his name was disclosed as the third “mystery client” of Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen.

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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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NPR newscaster Carl Kasell dies at 84 from complications of Alzheimer's disease after a lifelong career on air — Every weekday for more than three decades, his baritone steadied our mornings. Even in moments of chaos and crisis, Carl Kasell brought unflappable authority to the news.

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Breitbart News gave Cambridge Analytica exclusive rights to resell its engagement data in 2016, former Cambridge Analytica employee tells UK Parliament — A former Cambridge Analytica director has claimed that the company had exclusive access to Breitbart's engagement data.

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Richard Waters / Financial Times:

Fallout from data collection scandal has not spread much beyond Facebook to include other platforms because it is hard to pinpoint harm from privacy violations — It is nearly four weeks since the Cambridge Analytica scandal erupted, and something surprising has happened. — Or rather, not happened.

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Survey: in 2017 TV news employment surpassed total newspaper staff with 27K TV staff and 25K newspaper staff; ~20% of newly created positions focus on digital — Highlights — The latest RTDNA/Hofstra University Survey has found that total local TV news employment has surpassed total …

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Trevor Timm / Columbia Journalism Review:

Ex-FBI agent Terry Albury, who pleaded guilty to charges under the Espionage Act after leaking a document on how the FBI can target media, faces jail time — For the past three weeks, two former FBI officials—Andrew McCabe and James Comey—have received wall-to-wall media coverage …

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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:

UK regulator Ofcom says it has monitored RT since Salisbury attack and is conducting seven investigations into its coverage, may revoke broadcasting license — Ofcom is examining instances where Kremlin-backed news channel potentially breached UK broadcast laws on impartiality

Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:

Nate Silver and his politics and news site FiveThirtyEight will move to Disney-owned ABC News after five years with Disney's ESPN — Politics and news site Silver founded has been at ESPN for five years — Statistics guru Nate Silver is leaving ESPN, but he's staying under the Walt Disney Co. umbrella.

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