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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Journalists should stop the White House Correspondents Dinner because it has become downright counterproductive to the goals of good journalism — The 2018 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner should be the last. — It never has been a particularly good idea for journalists …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
WHCA discusses possibly changing format for future dinners, including inviting a liberal and a conservative comedian, booking a singer, or suspending the dinner — WHCA president discusses her ‘regret’ about dinner — The White House Correspondents Association is belatedly accepting …
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Annotated transcript of Michelle Wolf's caustic roasting of the Trump administration and the media at the White House Correspondents Dinner
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Jen Chaney / Vulture:
Examining the puzzling pearl-clutching of people who said Michelle Wolf criticized Sarah Sanders' appearance, which Wolf didn't do
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Sam Forsdick / Press Gazette:
Suicide bomber in Kabul, disguised as a reporter, detonated bomb while among press pack, killing up to nine journalists, including AFP photographer, and others — A twin suicide attack in Afghani capital Kabul has killed 25 people including up to nine journalists, with one bomber having disguised himself …
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Christopher Robbins / Gothamist:
New York Times Metro Editor Wendell Jamieson resigns following an “investigation”, Susan Chira to step in as interim metro editor effective immediately — The Metro Editor for The New York Times has resigned following an investigation, according to an email sent to the newsroom on Monday.
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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Analysts: revenue for local TV stations is expected to increase 5.6% to $27.68B in 2018, boosted by political advertising in election season — Revenue for the local television station business is expected to increase 5.6% to $27.68 billion in 2018, according to BIA Advisory Services.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Following algorithm changes on Facebook, Mic's views there dropped from 192M in April '17 to 11M in March '18, with sources saying it's running out of cash — June 2015 was an ebullient time for Mic.com. The company closed a $17 million funding round. The news site for millennials …
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The New York Times Company:
New York Times names Erin McCann its deputy editor of Politics and adds a mix of editors and reporters to the team — We are pleased to announce members of our Politics team for 2018 — a mix of great veteran political journalists and terrific reporters and editors from a range of desks …
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@mccanner, @jswatz, @liamstack, @mccanner, @palafo, @sapna, @timherrera, @bypetevernon, @migold and @nickywoolf
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Starting in Q4 2018, YouTube TV ad inventory will be available through Google Preferred, the premium ad program for the top 5% most popular YouTube channels — Video giant to let marketers pitch spots to cord-cutters, buy inventory in YouTube TV — YouTube wants to siphon off …
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Reuters:
Danish citizen Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman first to be convicted under Malaysia's fake news law after posting a YouTube video; Sulaiman to spend a month in jail — KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian court convicted a Danish citizen on Monday for inaccurate criticism of police on social media …
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Luke Dormehl / Cult of Mac:
Apple News is exclusively publishing an excerpt from John McCain's new memoir, The Restless Waves, signaling a renewed commitment to publishing and reportage — Apple is offering a free book excerpt from Senator John McCain's new political memoir, The Restless Waves, coming out on May 22.
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9to5Mac
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Ad agency WPP could sell its 9% stake in Vice, as part of a broader restructuring of the company following Martin Sorrell's exit — Some of proceeds, as focus changes after Sir Martin Sorrell's exit, will help pay down debt — WPP is to sell stakes worth billions of pounds that it holds …
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@thatkevinshute
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Mozilla to launch sponsored story recommendations from Pocket for new tabs with Firefox 60 in US — Mozilla has confirmed plans to introduce sponsored content to new tabs in the upcoming Firefox 60 release. — The news comes just a few months after the company revealed it would begin experimenting with …
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