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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
A look at Hannity's real estate empire, including apartment complexes bought with HUD help, a fact Hannity didn't mention when interviewing Ben Carson last year — When Sean Hannity was named in court this week as a client of Donald Trump's embattled legal fixer Michael Cohen …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
CBS All Access launches in Canada for CAD$5.99/month, ad-free, on web and iOS/Android plus Apple TV and Chromecast, with more devices supported in coming months — CBS' over-the-top streaming service, CBS All Access, is now available for the first time outside the U.S. The network today announced …
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings' base salary declined from $900K to $850K in 2017, but his overall compensation package increased 5%, with $23.5M in stock options — Content chief Ted Sarandos saw his pay jump more than 18 percent to $22.4 million. — Netflix CEO Reed Hastings received …
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Variety, Business Insider, Multichannel News and Fortune
Aoife White / Bloomberg:
Apple's acquisition of Shazam faces extended EU probe as antitrust regulators worry that Apple might halt Shazam referrals and use Shazam data to hamper rivals — EU says concerned Apple could use Shazam data to hamper rivals — Probe also looking whether Apple could halt Shazam referrals
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
New York Times reporter Nicholas Confessore responds to criticism of Clinton coverage from colleague Amy Chozick, says decision to publish stories was correct — New York Times reporter Nicholas Confessore is hitting back against his colleague Amy Chozick — now engaging in a very public reckoning …
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@nickconfessore, @ryanchittum, @ggreenwald, @nickconfessore, @kfile and New York Times
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Ex-Sinclair reporter Suri Crowe says she was disciplined by company management for failing to apply “balance” to climate change stories — Sinclair Broadcast Group executives reprimanded and ultimately ousted a local news reporter who refused to seed doubt about man-made climate change and …
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Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
Journalist Saher Shakir, who was sexually assaulted while on assignment for Vice, files lawsuit against the company claiming they blamed her for the attack — A freelancer at the counterculture media giant Vice who was sexually assaulted while on assignment filed a lawsuit Friday claiming …
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@oneunderscore__, @alicesperi, @oneunderscore__ and @tomilahren
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Tencent Music is preparing for an IPO, potentially coming in the second half of 2018, that could value it at $25B+, double 2017's valuation of $12.5B — Deal would be one of the largest tech offerings ever — Tencent Music Entertainment Group, China's largest music-streaming company …
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Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
CNN creates a video, comparing Trump's talking points alongside those of Fox News personalities, showing he often repeats what they say almost verbatim — From Fox hosts' lips to the president's ears — President Donald Trump doesn't hide his feelings: He thinks Fox News is the “fairest” source of news.
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Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Experts say judge in AT&T/Time Warner antitrust case has options, including settlement or approving the deal while requiring arbitration, to prevent blackouts — Why the AT&T-Time Warner trial matters — Every morning for the past four weeks of the AT&T antitrust trial …
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@hadas_gold, @hadas_gold and FierceCable
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
“Bernie TV”, or videos on Facebook Live and Twitter from Bernie Sanders' staff, lets the senator reach voters directly; his 2017 videos were viewed 800M+ times — For a brief moment in late October 2016, when Hillary Clinton was surfing on a six-point national lead over Donald Trump …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
In a Q&A with Politico EIC John Harris, NYT Editorial Page Editor James Bennet discusses his role and recent controversies around the section — Is civil discourse our last hope, or a pointless exercise in the Trump era? A conversation between New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet …
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@ashleyfeinberg, @ericboehlert, @vabvox, @neversassylaura, @irisrimon, @jayrosen_nyu and Splinter
Emma Brockes / The Guardian:
Profile of Hanya Yanagihara, editor-in-chief of The New York Times T Magazine by day and a bestselling author by night — When Hanya Yanagihara was 10 years old, her father let her visit a pathologist's lab. He was a doctor and an artist, twin interests his young daughter shared …
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