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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Credibility at NBC News is in trouble following lack of support for Ronan Farrow, a correction on a Michael Cohen story, skepticism about Lauer probe, and more — As months go, this has been a terrible one for NBC News. Among the low points: — The ace reporter whose work …
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TVNewser, @sulliview, @keitholbermann, @z_everson, @sulliview, @terri_rupar, @ggreenwald, @bgrueskin and @jayrosen_nyu
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Source: Ronan Farrow's forthcoming book “Catch and Kill” will discuss his clash with NBC execs over Weinstein story and how it ended up at The New Yorker — How ‘catch and kill’ is used to bury news stories — Ronan Farrow was working for NBC News when he began investigating Harvey Weinstein.
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@maxasteele, @yashar, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, The Daily Caller, Variety, Mediaite, TV Tattle and The Wrap
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Alden's management of the Denver Post foreshadows the death of newspapers as owners extract value by sucking the marrow rather than by investing or selling — It's with a spasm of profits. — For a preview of the newspaper industry's coming death, turn your gaze to Colorado …
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Media Nation, @darrendcarroll, @raju, @joeheim, @charliemagne, @focusontheidea, @lyncherator, @jasonblevins, @tripgabriel, @ruthoutspoken and Denver Westword
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
CBS files lawsuit against majority shareholder Shari Redstone, accusing her of pressing for Viacom merger against wishes of CBS board members — The battle over the future of CBS and Viacom has taken an extraordinary turn as CBS Corp. has filed a lawsuit accusing majority shareholder Shari Redstone …
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@bristei, Recode and @alexweprin
Brett Popplewell / The Walrus:
Behind Torstar's strategy to send StarMetro readers to TheStar.com, where it will likely begin hypertargeting those most likely to pay for its planned paywall — Can Canada's most storied daily convince readers that its brand of journalism is worth paying for?
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@srchiose, @heiditworek, @berniefarber and @sunlorrie
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Journalists face tough choices on publishing stolen materials since spy agencies can manipulate them and produce genuine archives seeded with slick forgeries — WASHINGTON — For decades, leakers of confidential information to the press were a genus that included many species …
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@adamgoldmannyt, @alexgibneyfilm, @joshscampbell, @stevenlhall1, @boutrousted, @scottshanenyt, @neeratanden and NewsBusters
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
A look at Trump's relationship with Sean Hannity and Fox News, with nightly conversations with the host and network coverage dictating the President's agenda — The call to the White House comes after ten o'clock most weeknights, when Hannity is over. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday …
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Mediaite, @matthewamiller, @ryanlizza, @jhnclmn, @johndalybooks, @renato_mariotti, @ddale8, @lolgop and @maggienyt
Brett Bull / Variety:
A look at the $1.6B video streaming market in Japan, where Netflix and Amazon are using the power of original shows to take on Hulu and homegrown dTV — Since launching in Japan in 2015, Netflix has focused on providing high-quality and original content from both international and local sources.
Cory Nealon / University of Buffalo:
Study: less than 10% of users who retweeted false info during disasters deleted their RT later, less than 20% of them clarified false RT with a new tweet — Study examines Boston Marathon bombing, Hurricane Sandy; also finds most users fail to correct misinformation
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Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
BuzzFeed News' new weekly podcast features a chatbot Jojo, which responds to listeners' texted keywords with links to articles from featured segments — “One of our goals has been to talk about the news for our audience in a way that invites them into the news cycle.
Paris Martineau / The Outline:
CrowdTangle data over four months shows Facebook's News Feed algo change had little effect on engagement on pages of mainstream publishers like CNN and Fox News — Publishers are doing... fine? — Paris Martineau — Facebook's January 12 announcement that it would begin to deprioritize news …
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@mantzarlis and @pcunliffejones
Michael Calderone / Politico:
A look at The Fourth Estate, Showtime's documentary on The New York Times during Trump's first year, directed by Liz Garbus and premiering May 27 — When New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters meets attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference, in the first episode …
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@politico and @lizgarbus
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