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Paul Linford / HoldtheFrontPage:
UK's Johnston Press, publisher of The Scotsman, The Yorkshire Post, and the i, is ending its effort to be sold and is planning to place itself in administration — Regional publisher Johnston Press has announced it is ending its attempts to find a buyer for the company and placing itself in administration.
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CBS News:
In interview, Sheryl Sandberg says “we absolutely did not pay anyone to create fake news” and says she didn't know Facebook had hired Definers — A day after a searing investigation into Facebook by The New York Times, the company's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, is defending herself and the social media giant.
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Tim Miller:
Tim Miller, who has worked with Definers Public Affairs and Crooked Media, defends his work, including the effort to link Soros to anti-Facebook groups — Setting the Record Straight Regarding My Facebook Work — Over the past 48 hours I've had some extremely serious accusations leveled against my integrity and my work.
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Nick Martin / Splinter:
With Tim Miller, suspended after NYT Facebook report, Crooked Media engaged in the familiar media exercise of featuring a Never Trumper in the name of “balance” — And we're back with friend of the pod Tim Miller, who this week has managed to sully the fine name of Pod Save America by being a dirtbag!
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
With little evidence, Definers Public Affairs pitched a story last summer suggesting Apple News editors were biased against the GOP, based on campaign donations — New York (CNN)The conservative public affairs firm that worked for Facebook, and spread opposition research …
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CNN:
Judge orders White House to return Acosta's hard pass immediately citing violation of due process, thus granting CNN's request for a temporary restraining order — (CNN)Federal judge Timothy J. Kelly sided with CNN on Friday, ordering the White House to reinstate chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta's press pass.
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Scott Nover / The Atlantic:
Press freedom advocates express cautious relief, for now, after the return of Jim Acosta's press press, and praise unity of most media outlets supporting access — A federal judge temporarily restored Jim Acosta's White House press credentials, but didn't rule on the CNN correspondent's First Amendment claims.
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Rebecca Keegan / Hollywood Reporter:
The Criterion Collection says it will launch a streaming service of classic films in the spring, after outcry over WarnerMedia's decision to shut FilmStruck — “Round up your buddies,” Steven Spielberg told Edgar Wright, when a campaign was launched to save FilmStruck.
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
The Obama DOJ didn't prosecute Julian Assange because it would have been a threat to press freedom, a reason as valid now, post-DNC leak, as it was then — The Trump Justice Department inadvertently revealed in a court filing that it has charged Julian Assange in a sealed indictment.
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Washington Post:
Court filings in an unrelated case and sources reveal prosecutors have charged Julian Assange under seal, but the nature of charges remains unclear
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New York Times, @seamushughes, Washington Post, Freedom of the Press …, emptywheel, Committee to Protect …, @trevortimm, @pressfreedom, Vanity Fair, @normeisen, @jonathanwpeters, Gizmodo, @jonathanwpeters, @razhael, Associated Press, @asharangappa_, Fortune, Mashable, The Guardian, @sparrowmedia, Slate, @jamesrbuk, The Wrap, @caitoz, @matthewamiller, @trevortimm, @devlinbarrett, @markszaidesq, @mattzap, @mattzap, NPR, @colmorrisdavis, @bradmossesq, @charlie_savage, @emptywheel, The Week, The Daily Caller, The Verge, TechCrunch, Al Jazeera, Reuters, The Daily Beast and Engadget
John Koblin / New York Times:
ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey, the first black executive to run the entertainment division at a major network, to leave the company — Channing Dungey, the first black executive to run the entertainment division at a major network, is leaving ABC, the company announced Friday.
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
In earnings call, Paramount Pictures CEO said the studio signed a multi-picture film deal with Netflix following The Cloverfield Paradox release strategy — Paramount Pictures has signed a multi-picture film deal with Netflix, studio boss Jim Gianopulos revealed today during Viacom's fourth …
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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
William Goldman, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President's Men, dies at 87 — Badly hung over, the detective rises from a foldout couch in his office. He turns off the TV that has been on all night, dunks his head in ice water …
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Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch:
Pirate Studios raises $20M for its self-service music studios that allow recording and live streaming while its cloud software handles mixing and mastering — Pirate Studios, the music technology company that operates fully automated and self-service 24 hour music studios, has secured $20 million.
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