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White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the White House is investigating the EPA's ban of reporters from certain news outlets on Tuesday — The Environmental Protection Agency temporarily barred journalists and the public from a national summit Tuesday addressing toxic chemicals contamination …
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CNNMoney, Slate, Grist, The Hill, Snopes.com, The Daily Caller, @mlcalderone, Associated Press and @oliverdarcy
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Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
Comcast says it is in the advanced stages of preparing an all-cash offer for parts of 21st Century Fox that Rupert Murdoch's company agreed to sell to Disney — - Comcast said Wednesday it is in “advanced stages of preparing” an all-cash offer for parts of Twenty-First Century Fox …
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The Wrap, TechCrunch, MediaPost, Business Wire, Broadcasting & Cable and Adweek
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Newspaper-owning hedge funds point to profits and hiring of experienced executives, but layoffs and other cost-cutting measures seem to belie good intentions — Coast to coast, financial firms are playing a bigger role at local papers struggling to adapt in digital age
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Poynter, @gerryfsmith, @eddyelfenbein, @vwpickard, @dabeard and @briankarem
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Source: Sinclair is laying the groundwork for a Fox News competitor, is in talks with current and former Fox News stars about joining the would-be network — Company execs are taking meetings with conservative stars as a prelude to launching a competitor to the Murdoch-led juggernaut.
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@jeremymbarr and @lionelmedia
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Sources: GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy subpoenaed the AP for info about the source of hacked emails that formed the basis of recent reports about him — The impasse comes at a time when political battles are increasingly being waged via leaks of hacked data.
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@schreckreports, New York Magazine, @evan_rosenfeld, @kt_so_it_goes, @evan_rosenfeld, @aliasvaughn, The Week, Vanity Fair and Slate
Rick Maese / Washington Post:
Profile of PFT Commenter, the anonymous satirical sports podcaster behind Pardon My Take who began as a parody Twitter account — NEW YORK — Wearing dark sunglasses with an acoustic guitar slung over his shoulder, the most unlikely sports media personality on the planet stepped through …
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Breitbart London's Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam, a close ally of Steve Bannon, is leaving the site and will be replaced by his deputy, Oliver Lane — The site, whose influence has faded since last year, is losing its London editor Raheem Kassam. — Breitbart London editor Raheem Kassam …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
With its short-run newsletters on topics like the World Cup, The New York Times can showcase its expertise and convert readers into subscribers — The New York Times has lofty subscription goals, aiming to get to 10 million globally, but with some of its newsletters, it's going small.
Maryam Saleh / The Intercept:
New York Times reporter Rukmini Callimachi removed around 15,000 ISIS-related documents from Iraq, igniting a debate about ownership and cultural theft — For the last five years, Sara Farhan has been researching medical education in Iraq. A doctoral student of history at Toronto's York University …
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@theintercept
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
AP's Europe News Director Caro Kriel is joining Sky News as head of international news — Sky News has appointed Associated Press' Caro Kriel as its new head of international news. — Kriel is currently Europe news director at the news agency and has some 20 years' experience in foreign news reporting.
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
CBS amended its lawsuit against National Amusements on Wednesday, claiming bylaw changes imposed by Shari Redstone last week are invalid under Delaware law — CBS has amended its lawsuit against National Amusements on Wednesday, adding claims that the bylaw changes the parent company imposed last week are invalid under Delaware law.