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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
Examining the puzzling pearl-clutching of people who said Michelle Wolf criticized Sarah Sanders' appearance, which Wolf didn't do
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 …
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 …
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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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