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Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
Elon Musk unleashes barrage of criticism aimed at “big media companies” in at least 19 tweets and says he plans to launch a site to assess journalists — Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, ripped the news media for what he described as irresponsible reporting …
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
District court judge rules President Trump can't block people from viewing his Twitter feed, calling it a designated public forum protected by First Amendment — A federal district court judge on Wednesday ruled that President Trump — can't block people from viewing his Twitter feed over their political views.
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Reporters from CNN, Politico, and other news outlets have been banned from covering the EPA summit for a second day — Journalists blocked from EPA event — The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday barred journalists for the second consecutive day from attending a national summit focused …
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Nicholas Thompson / Wired:
Facebook outlines new steps to combat false news: request for academic proposals to study it on Facebook, release of a 12-minute film, and news literacy program — NEWS FEED, THE algorithm that powers the core of Facebook, resembles a giant irrigation system for the world's information.
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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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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Sources: federal prosecutors in Manhattan expand investigation into Harvey Weinstein to include allegations that he may have violated federal stalking laws — Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have expanded a months-old investigation into financial improprieties by Harvey Weinstein …
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Tyler Lauletta / Business Insider:
ESPN and UFC agree to a five-year deal worth $1.5B, moving UFC from Fox Sports to ESPN and ESPN+, starting in 2019 — - The move will likely introduce a new audience to the world of mixed martial arts and will give ESPN plenty of opportunities to promote its new product.
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Snap launches a seed accelerator, called Yellow, that will invest $150K in 10 different media startups and creators starting this fall — Snap's executives, including CEO Evan Spiegel, will help the program's founders. — Snap wants to find the next big media business …
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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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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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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
The FCC's Ajit Pai has repeatedly evaded answers and refused to respond to questions from members of Congress, 13 Democrats say in new letter seeking responses — Thirteen members of Congress have written to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai criticizing his “repeated evasive responses to our inquiries” …
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Interviews with White House communications staffers Hogan Gidley and Sarah Sanders, who have linked their integrity to a president not known for accuracy — Flacks in this White House press office are getting enormous exposure — but potentially at a long-term cost to their credibility.
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