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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
As Google rolls out a news feed under the search box on its mobile homepage, questions remain about the effects it could have on society — This is exhausting; I'm exhausted — I woke up this morning to two pieces of news that I couldn't help but see as two sides of the same coin …
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The Daily Beast:
Sources: Fox News' ruthless PR team, led by Irena Briganti, tried to plant negative stories about Megyn Kelly right up until her exit from NBC — For 18 turbulent months at NBC, when Megyn Kelly stumbled, her former employer was lurking in the shadows. — For 18 turbulent months at NBC …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Source: exit talks between NBC News and Megyn Kelly have hit a snag, over non-disclosure and non-compete stipulations — Megyn Kelly and NBCUniversal executives don't agree on much these days, but representatives for both sides are likely to have the same opinion on their current separation talks: They aren't over yet.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Subscription-based sports site The Athletic has raised $40M Series C led by Founders Fund and Bedrock Capital, sources say at a $200M valuation — The Athletic, a subscription-based digital sports media company, raised $40 million in a series C funding round.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Journalists working the local news beat in the US say they're regularly being verbally abused or physically assaulted, driven by attacks from Trump — NEW YORK (AP) — The hostility she's felt from the public recently wasn't necessarily the last straw in television news photographer Lori …
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@heidiprzybyla, @chrismegerian, @raju, Heidi Przybyla, @kronayne and @apentertainment
Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
Twitter should kill the retweet if it wants to foster healthy conversation, instead of the Like, as RTs are what really reward and drive outlandish comments — The feature derails healthy conversation and preys on users' worst instincts. — On Monday, Twitter was briefly ablaze …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
David Poltrack, CBS chief research officer who helped greenlight some of the network's biggest shows, is retiring in June after 50 years at the company — Dr. Poltrack had some interesting news for a group of CBS executives trying to sort out the network's primetime schedule in 1992.
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Broadcasting & Cable, MediaPost, @variety_cynthia and @jbflint
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Snapchat expands Snapchat Shows by adding 25 new series out of the UK, from partners including Sky News, Vice, and Sky Sports — Snapchat, in hot competition with the likes of YouTube and Instagram's IGTV to capture a growing audience that is replacing traditional TV with online and mobile video programs …
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Patrick Shanley / Hollywood Reporter:
The NYPD is investigating a suspicious paper envelope sent to The New York Times headquarters; the building was not evacuated and has been given the all-clear — An official for the NYPD said that an envelope with paper in it was delivered to the building and that an investigation is ongoing.
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New York Post, CNN, The Daily Caller and Boing Boing
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Suspicious package sent to CNN looks similar to pipe bombs mailed last week; Jeff Zucker says the network's mail is now being screened at an off-site facility
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Poynter, @bijancnn, Washington Post, NPR, @mattdpearce, Business Insider, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CBS News, The Daily Beast, NBC New York, CNBC, NPR and NBC News
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Penguin Random House imprint Dutton is issuing four novels by John Green as “mini books”, cellphone-sized editions aimed at young people — Dutton, a Penguin Random House imprint, has just released its first batch of mini books, with a box set of novels by the best-selling author John Green.
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
THR/Morning Consult poll: 56% of Americans say cable is unaffordable; 18-29 year olds spend more time with video games, social media, and YouTube than TV — Meanwhile, 47 percent say the same about satellite, while just 17 percent deem streaming unaffordable, a new Hollywood Reporter/Morning Consult poll finds.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Despite calls to tone down his rhetoric, Trump renewed his attack on the press on Monday, calling them “the true enemy of the people” — President Trump lashed out anew Monday at the news media, calling it “the true Enemy of the People,” and he again blamed what he called …
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Trump calls GQ writer Julia Ioffe a “sick woman” after she claimed on CNN that he'd radicalised more people than ISIS; she later apologized — President Trump struck back at Julia Ioffe on Monday after the GQ correspondent accused him of “radicalizing” more people than ISIS.
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