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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump lashes out at New York Times and reporter Maggie Haberman over Michael Cohen coverage, claims he doesn't speak to her despite granting many interviews — PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump vowed Saturday that his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, will not “flip” and cooperate …
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Amy Chozick, the main NYT Clinton campaign reporter, reflects on covering Podesta's stolen emails and later feeling she had become a Russian intelligence tool — Covering Hillary Clinton's campaign from before it started to the very last moment. — Things were already looking bad when …
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Profile of Campbell Brown, Facebook's head of news partnerships; sources say she controls a $90M budget that will pay partners to make original news programs — It was another terrible day for Facebook and the company had dispatched Campbell Brown, its head of news partnerships, to do some damage control.
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New York Times:
How hate speech and misinformation spread on Facebook in developing countries like Sri Lanka, where reputable sources are scarce, leading to real-world violence — MEDAMAHANUWARA, Sri Lanka — Past the end of a remote mountain road, down a rutted dirt track, in a concrete house …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Leaked AMI financials reveal $920M in debt, $204M in 2017 revenue, down 9% YoY; National Enquirer sales benefited more from anti-Hilary not pro-Trump, coverage — Tabloid owner American Media's debt has mushroomed while newsstand sales of its print publications are shrinking
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Nieman Reports:
How some TV stations are trying to reach new audiences, using apps, podcasts, AR/VR, and more amid ownership consolidation as profits and audiences erode — When the Rev. Billy Graham died in February, Raleigh-based WRAL-TV provided expansive coverage of the famed evangelist's life and legacy.
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Angela Watercutter / Wired:
A look at some VR entries at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival and how they are using the tech to shed light on political topics in the Trump era — Meeting a Monster is incredibly painful. It's supposed to be. Created using audio recordings and re-enactments, the virtual reality experience recounts …
BBC:
Nicaraguan journalist Ángel Gahona was shot and killed Friday while broadcasting on Facebook Live about anti-government protests in the country — A journalist in Nicaragua has been shot dead while doing a live broadcast about anti-government protests.
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Kelsey Ables / Columbia Journalism Review:
Mariel Padilla found out she won a Pulitzer for a story she worked on as an intern at The Cincinnati Enquirer while in class at Columbia Journalism School — Mariel Padilla. Photo by Catherine Mazanek. — On Monday afternoon, Mariel Padilla, a master's student at Columbia Journalism School …
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Mark Mulligan / Music Industry Blog:
At $7.4B, streaming revenue was 43% of all recorded music revenues in 2017; revenue for artists selling directly via platforms like Bandcamp grew 27.2% YoY — 2017 was a stellar year for the recorded music business. Global recorded music revenues reached $17.4 billion in 2017 in trade values …
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Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Comey memos detail Trump's idea of jailing reporters, first reported in 2017: “They spend a couple days in jail, make a new friend, and they are ready to talk” — The president wanted to stop leaks pouring from the White House. — President Donald Trump floated the idea …
Richard Nieva / CNET:
Profile of Mark Zuckerberg as told by those who knew him growing up in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and those who met him on his 2017 tour of the US — The world's largest social network needs fixing. Facebook's frontman has known for years. … A few years ago, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife …
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