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4:00 PM ET, April 30, 2018

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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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Jen Chaney / Vulture:
Examining the puzzling pearl-clutching of people who said Michelle Wolf criticized Sarah Sanders' appearance, which Wolf didn't do
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
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: @thatkevinshute
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Google and NBC to make 10+ multi-episode VR productions to run alongside core programming of network's channels, including SNL, Vanderpump Rules, and Syfy Wire  —  Virtual reality has yet to hit the big time with the vast majority of consumers — headset sales are still in the single-digit millions …
Discussion: Variety and Engadget
Variety:
A lawyer who represented one of Matt Lauer's victims has called on NBC News to hire an outside firm to investigate growing number of sexual harassment claims  —  Ari Wilkenfeld, the civil rights lawyer who represented the victim of sexual misconduct whose complaint got Matt Lauer fired …
Discussion: Fortune
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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