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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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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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Business Insider, IndieWire, @srpeatling, @webbarr, @nelsongriggs, @pkafka, Fortune and @bittrscrptreadr


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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Los Angeles Times and Broadcasting & Cable


UK journalist Isabel Oakeshott held back emails showing links between Brexit's top donor and Russian officials, even as she mocked claims of Russian influence — LONDON—The extent of Russia's interference in the 2016 votes for Trump and Brexit has been investigated by intelligence agencies …
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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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@lkmcgann, @lkmcgann, @lkmcgann, @lkmcgann, @jackmirkinson and The Daily Beast


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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Fortune, @ceciliakang, @stevekopack and Gizmodo


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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MuckRock, Aron Pilhofer, @kenwardjr and @xor


Interview with FCC chairman Ajit Pai, who says FTC will weed out anti-competitive conduct moving forward, as US' net neutrality rules officially come to an end — Two pivotal developments this week could dramatically expand the power and footprint of major telecom companies …
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Recode, @abdulelsayed, @karlbode, The Week, @sethjharris, @beep, @tonyromm and @tonyromm, more at Techmeme »


Profile of Jesse Brown, host of Canadaland, a media criticism podcast and publisher of Canadaland website, which draws 160K views per month — Jesse Brown sits in front of a microphone in a stuffy, low-ceilinged studio. Six people can squeeze into the room—which Brown calls a cross between …


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.


Time Inc UK officially rebrands itself as TI Media and reveals its new logo, following its purchase by private equity firm Epiris in March — Time Inc UK has today officially rebranded to TI Media and revealed its new logo to embrace its future as a “21st century media powerhouse”.
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Mediawire


Fox & Friends host Abby Huntsman issues apology, after referring to Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-un in Singapore as a meeting between “two dictators” — Play Video — The Fox & Friends host Abby Huntsman apologised to viewers on Sunday, after referring to Donald Trump's summit …
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