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Federal prosecutors have evidence of Trump's participation in American Media Inc.'s payoffs of Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, a violation of election laws — New link at Wall Street Journal
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Press Secretary Sanders tweeted a video that experts say was altered and which made Jim Acosta's encounter with a White House intern appear more violent — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Wednesday night shared a video of CNN reporter Jim Acosta that appeared to have been altered …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
CNN should sue the White House for taking away Jim Acosta's press pass under a false pretext, and press-rights groups and media outlets should join in — CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta is a smart, tough reporter. He can also be a grandstander who seems to thrive on conflict with President Trump …
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Meredith sells Fortune magazine to Thai businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon for $150M — The sale to Chatchaval Jiaravanon gives the business publication a new owner for the second time this year — Meredith Corp. MDP -4.70% said Thai businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon has agreed …
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Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
The Philippines says it will charge news site Rappler and founder Maria Ressa for tax evasion; Rappler accuses government of trying to silence critical coverage — SHANGHAI — The Philippine government said on Friday that it would charge a veteran journalist and her online news start-up with tax evasion …
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Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
Leaked audio and screenshots show Axios dismiss criticism after it used a clip of Trump saying he would end birthright citizenship as a promo for its HBO show — “They hate ya cause they ain't ya,” one employee wrote. — Their weekly staff meeting had become a crisis debriefing …
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Jim Edwards / Business Insider:
Medium CEO Ev Williams says he will be raising more money; Medium has raised $132M, has 90M MAUs, and publishes 20K articles per day — - Ev Williams needs more money for Medium, which he says is still not profitable. — Medium has received $132 million from investors so far.
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@rafat, @duanekinsey and @jbenton, more at Techmeme »
Kimberly Pierceall / Virginian-Pilot:
Tribune Publishing, which bought The Virginian-Pilot in May, to offer buyouts to full-time, non-unionized workers who have been with the company for 10+ years — Days after reporting a losing third quarter and as it entertains bids to buy its newspapers, Tribune Publishing is planning …
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HuffPost, Chicago Business, @laura_nelson and @mattdpearce
Stephen Shankland / CNET:
The New York Times is digitizing its 5M-7M photo archive using Google AI to recognize text describing the photos and will use Google's storage services — Google's computer brains are helping The New York Times turn a historic archive of more than 5 million photos into digital data that'll appear …
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Digiday, Nieman Lab and Editor & Publisher, more at Techmeme »
Carmin Chappell / CNBC:
News Corp. reported mixed Q1 results with net income of $128M, up 47% YoY, on $2.52B in revenue, up 23% YoY but shy of estimates of $2.54B; ad revenue fell 7% — - News Corp. reported fiscal first-quarter earnings Wednesday that beat analysts' expectations for earnings but missed on revenue.
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@npfandos, Hill Reporter, The Wrap and News Corp
Knight Foundation:
Knight Foundation awards the International Center for Journalists a $5M grant over five years for the ICFJ Knight Fellowships program — FELLOWS WILL FOSTER DIGITAL INNOVATION AND HELP ADDRESS THE GLOBAL SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION — Fellows will foster digital innovation and help address the global spread of misinformation
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Post-GDPR, some brands are pushing ad agencies to take more responsibility for data breaches, asking agencies to agree to pay fines in case of a breach — The risk of millions of dollars in fines adds a new flashpoint to brands' relations with shops — New data privacy rules are pushing marketers …
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Disney is taking a $157M writedown on its $400M investment in Vice Media; investment in December 2015 reportedly gave Disney 10%, at a valuation of $4B-$4.5B — - Disney wrote in its fourth-quarter earnings report that it plans to write down its investments in Vice Media for $157 million.
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Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Disney says its new streaming service will be called Disney+ and will launch in the US in late 2019
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The Verge, @chillmage, /Film, The Next Web, The A.V. Club, @backlon, @natjarv, @xpangler, /Film, The Walt Disney Company, CNN and TV Tattle, more at Techmeme »
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