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Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
The judge in a preliminary hearing over Jim Acosta's White House press pass delays a ruling until Thursday, after hearing arguments from CNN and the DOJ — U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said he is delaying a decision in CNN's lawsuit against the White House until Thursday while he considers the merits of both sides.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox, ABC, NBC, NYT, AP, Bloomberg, First Look Media, Politico, EW Scripps, USA Today, and WaPo say they are filing amicus briefs supporting CNN in WH lawsuit — Fox News is endorsing CNN's legal effort to regain correspondent Jim Acosta's White House credentials.
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CNN:
Responding to CNN's lawsuit, the Department of Justice says the White House can pick and choose which journalists it grants permanent press passes to — (CNN)The Justice Department responded to CNN's lawsuit over the revocation of Jim Acosta's press pass on Wednesday, saying in a court filing …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Financial Times is using a bot to warn its journalists if there are too many male voices in an article, as it tries to attract more female readers — Paper develops bot in attempt to force writers to look include more expert women in pieces — The Financial Times is automatically warning …
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Defy Media was brought down by its poor investments, rising debt, and a dependence on YouTube ad revenue after platforms like Go90 stopped buying content — Life was good for Defy Media in early 2017. The digital media company behind YouTube heavyweights such as Smosh and Clevver …
Gerret Von Nordheim / European Journalism Observatory:
Study: analysis of 3M articles from 2004 to 2016 shows quotations of social media plateaued at the start of the decade but have increased in the last few years — It feels as if half the world usually sees Donald Trump's latest tweets - because the media quote them, comment on them and inadvertently help them to spread even further.
New York Times:
National Book Award for nonfiction goes to Jeffrey C. Stewart, author of The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke; nominees included Adam Winkler and Sarah Smarsh — • Sigrid Nunez wins the fiction prize for “The Friend” — • Jeffrey C. Stewart has won the prize for nonfiction …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Latino-focused digital media company Mitu rehires Roy Burstin as CEO and raises $10M led by LEAP Global Partners — Mitu is still alive and kicking: The Hispanic digital-media company has brought back co-founder Roy Burstin as CEO and received an infusion of $10 million in new capital.
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Sinclair, Raycom, Tribune, Meredith, Griffin, and Dreamcatcher have settled with the DOJ over the sharing of info that allowed them to manipulate TV ad prices — Some of the biggest names in broadcast television have reached a settlement with government regulators after the Justice Department filed …
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Jack Nicas / New York Times:
Jack Nicas, who covers Apple and other tech companies for The New York Times, describes the new tools and old-school methods he uses to cover Silicon Valley — Reporting on secretive technology companies sometimes means finding people who don't want to be found. Jack Nicas, who covers Apple, relies on some old-school methods.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
LinkedIn says it expects $2B in revenue from its media business, driven mostly by ad revenue, by the end of the fiscal year — LinkedIn, the business and employment network, says it expects to bring in roughly $2 billion from its media business — mostly via ad revenue — by the end of this fiscal year.
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Wall Street Journal:
A look at AT&T's and Verizon's approaches to media: AT&T has focused on buying content creators, while Verizon has partnered with Apple TV and YouTube TV — AT&T plunges into programming and advertising, while Verizon banks on a network built to milk 5G technology
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