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The White House Correspondents Dinner: celebrity guests, scholarships and awards, the president's absence, and Michelle Wolf's cringeworthy jokes — Welcome to our coverage of the 2018 White House Correspondents' Association dinner. — The president may not be attending this year's event …
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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 — Comedian Michelle Wolf roasted members of the Trump administration and the media at the annual White House correspondents' dinner on Saturday.
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@joannag, @nbcnewspr, @farhip, @kathygriffin, @jacklgoldsmith, @jamesgleick, @olivianuzzi, @johnrobinson, @aodespair, @lisahopeking, @ira, @everywhereist, @mathewi, @jpbrammer, @vulture, @karaswisher, @jayrosen_nyu, @sarahkendzior, Mediaite, @adamsteinbaugh, @olivianuzzi, @jayrosen_nyu, MediaFile, @mlcalderone, @erin_goodier, Louise Marley, NBC News, @pfossil, Hit & Run, @wolfereports, @angryblacklady, theGrio, The Guardian and The Wrap
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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@whca, The Wrap, The Atlantic, @bgrueskin, Fast Company, @bgrueskin, The Daily Caller, @jeffreygoldberg, @joshuagreen, @bgrueskin, @cmclymer, @emilybell, Splinter, @joshuagreen, @meridak, @jeffjarvis, Amy Siskind, NPR, Washington Free Beacon and Slate
Jen Chaney / Vulture:
Examining the puzzling pearl-clutching of people who said Michelle Wolf criticized Sarah Sanders' appearance, which Wolf didn't do — As soon as Michelle Wolf finished delivering her blistering White House Correspondents Dinner roast of the Trump administration and the members of the press that cover it …
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The Daily Beast, @emilynussbaum, @kumailn, @kevinjohnrogers, @swanksalot, @maggienyt, Business Insider, @rgay, @caitieclaire, Wall Street Journal, @jasonhoppin, NBC News, @davidjollyfl, 89.3 KPCC, @sdkstl, @sarahlerner, @brianstelter, @davidegreenwald, @montoyaste, Slate, Racked, @mspointy, The Guardian, @jasonszep, @ezwrites and @scott_tobias
Mika Brzezinski / @morningmika:
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The Wrap, Mediaite, The Daily Beast, YouTube, ABC News, CNN, CNNMoney, Mashable, The Guardian, Washington Post, IndieWire, Vox, Contemptor and AOL
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
The DOJ deleted a section from US Attorneys' Manual called “Need for Free Press and Public Trial”; Eric Holder-era policies on subpoenaing reporters remain — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein ordered a review of the US Attorneys' Manual, which features high-level policy statements …
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Law & Crime and New York Magazine
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
IAB report advises media buyers to spend on digital video ahead of next week's NewFronts, as audiences are younger and more diverse — Online advertising trade organization touts video viewership ahead of NewFronts next week — As publishers prepare to woo the advertising industry next week …
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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Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, The Drum, YouTube Blog, Adweek and Deadline
Evan Hill / BuzzFeed:
Tech firms and governments can't be trusted to preserve digital history, which adds import to the role of new archives like the Egyptian 858 and Syrian Archive — We create almost everything on the internet, but we control almost none of it. — Recently, a 7-year-old photo of mine appeared at the top of my Facebook feed.
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Global Investigative …, @mazmhussain, @shapingyouth and @digiphile
Mathias Döpfner / Business Insider:
In Q&A after receiving the Axel Springer award for 2018, Bezos says he would never interfere in The Washington Post's coverage because it would feel “gross” — Mathias Döpfner, the CEO of Business Insider's parent company, Axel Springer, recently sat down with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos …
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Fortune and GeekWire, more at Techmeme »
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 …
Sam Forsdick / Press Gazette:
Suicide bomber in Kabul, disguised as a reporter, detonated bomb whilst 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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@combatjourno, CNN, Liste, @combatjourno, @kaitlancollins and @sulomeanderson
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Quinnipiac University poll finds nearly 40% of Americans, 80% of Republicans agree with Trump's tweet that “fake news media is the enemy of the American people” — It has faded into the background noise by now, as does anything in politics these days that's older than about 12 hours.
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Outside the Beltway, NBC News and @pbump
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