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Sources: Trump thinks he's gaining ground by trying to set the terms of news coverage; at least one senior aide is sharing fake stories internally to id leakers — WASHINGTON — President Trump has gone overseas to embark on some of the most consequential diplomatic negotiations of his tenure …
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark donates $20M to CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, which will rename itself the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism — Craig Newmark, the Craigslist entrepreneur who arguably forced the newspaper industry to change its business model after his website put …
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Anna Merlan / Jezebel:
Reporter who broke Glenn Thrush story, Laura McGann, says she was subjected to a smear campaign and that NYT failed to properly investigate her allegations — Last November, Vox published a story by politics editor Laura McGann about New York Times politics reporter Glenn Thrush and what she called his …
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Inside Netflix's original content efforts as it spends $8B this year: “It's 70 percent gut and 30 percent data,” says Ted Sarandos — “What do you think about gas in the tank for the long term?” asks Cindy Holland, Netflix's vice-president of original content.
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Reeves Wiedeman / New York Magazine:
Shane Smith grew Vice from a free punk mag to a company worth $5.7B through a mix of bluff, distorted audience figures, and exploitation of young, cheap talent — It was sunny in Williamsburg on the last Wednesday in May, which also happened to be the second day of a new era at Vice Media.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
At a meeting with Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, a shareholder asked what the company intended to do about Seth Meyers “borderline treasonous” commentary on Trump — Comcast shareholders took the opportunity Monday morning to press chairman-CEO Brian Roberts on the issue …
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Report: advertisers spent ~$314M on podcast ads in 2017, up 86% YoY from ~$169M in 2016, with 35.7% of spending coming from brand-awareness ads and content — Total spending on podcast ads rose 86% last year, but the format remains relatively niche — Marketers are starting to tune in to the growing appetite for podcasting.
Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company:
The Outline laid off two editorial staff from its Power section; founder and editor in chief Joshua Topolsky says “we let go of two underperforming employees” — This morning, the culture media website the Outline laid off editorial staff from its Power section.
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New York Times:
Tuesday's ruling on the DOJ vs AT&T case, expected around 4pm ET, may impact multiple deals across industries, including Disney's offer to buy 21st Century Fox — Disney's offer to buy 21st Century Fox. CVS's bid for Aetna. T-Mobile's proposed merger with Sprint.
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
FOIA organization MuckRock and document hosting service DocumentCloud are merging — “It's a much better problem to have: How are you going to make those all work together, rather than how are you going to make it work at all." — Muckcloud? Docrock? MuckumentCloud? — Just kidding.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
A group of seven media associations sent Facebook a letter protesting ads policy that would lump promoted news articles with political and advocacy ads — A group of seven media associations have sent Facebook a letter protesting its issue ads policy that would lump news articles in with political …
Meg Dalton / Columbia Journalism Review:
Inside Bundyville, a seven-episode podcast produced by Longreads and Oregon Public Broadcasting that goes beyond the 2014 armed standoff on federal land — ON A FRIDAY IN LATE MARCH, reporter Leah Sottile and her producer Ryan Haas drove up the road to Bundy Ranch near Bunkerville, Nevada.
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