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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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Nieman Lab and Digital Content Next


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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Variety, @tvietor08, @willsommer, @miekeeoyang, SPLICETODAY.com and @swin24
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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.


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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@sarafischer, The Big Lead, @bryaninpgh, @walsha, @nitzbluv, @talkhoops, @aneelinhere, @fichtenbaum, @timkawakami, @edmundlee, @darrenrovell, @rafat, @kevinmdraper, @sethpo, @jamiemottram and @slmandel


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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@chrismegerian, @raju, Heidi Przybyla, @kronayne, @apentertainment and @heidiprzybyla


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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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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Multichannel News, MediaPost, Broadcasting & Cable, @jbflint and @variety_cynthia


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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Press Gazette and @mattnavarra


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.


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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@dunstewart, @johnny_suputama, @craigmod, @trophyuncle, @algonquinbooks, @publisherslunch and @nbsalert


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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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


Journalists of color, who predicted Trump's rise and the forces behind it long before their white peers did, are needed in our newsrooms — Jamelle Bouie tried to tell us. So did Nikole Hannah-Jones. Jelani Cobb spoke up, as did Vann Newkirk II, Adam Serwer, and Jenée Desmond-Harris.


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 …


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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@patdennis, Fox News Insider and Mediaite