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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN is asking the US District Court for another emergency hearing, following the White House's latest threat to suspend Jim Acosta's press pass — (CNN)The White House has issued a new warning to CNN's Jim Acosta, saying his press pass could be revoked again at the end of the month.
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Brian Stelter / Reliable Sources:
The White House plans to suspend Jim Acosta's press pass yet again when the court's 14 day restraining order expires, according to a letter from WH officials — A new threat to Jim Acosta's press pass If you thought the Trump administration would seek to settle CNN and Jim Acosta's lawsuit out of court... think again.
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Jason Schwartz / Politico:
The White House is working on a new set of “rules” to govern reporters' behavior at press conferences; WHCA's Knox says WH has not reached out about them — The administration is drawing up rules for White House reporters' behavior, and the president said if journalists don't follow them …
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WHCA:
The White House Correspondents' Association announces that writer and biographer Ron Chernow will headline its 2019 dinner — The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is pleased to announce that Ron Chernow, one of the most eminent biographers of American presidents and statesmen …
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Comedian Michelle Wolf, who performed at the WHCA dinner earlier this year, slams its members as “cowards” over decision to drop comedy act from event — Comedian Michelle Wolf slammed the White House Correspondents' Association on Monday after the organization announced …
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Edmund Lee / New York Times:
BuzzFeed is debuting a membership model, offering exclusive newsletters and content for $5/month, as CEO Peretti suggests site could merge with rival publishers — Jonah Peretti, the chief executive, says his company could eventually merge with other online publishers in order …
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Source: BuzzFeed's commerce division has generated $50M in sales this year, as it develops millennial-targeted product inventions for firms like Maybelline — - Commerce division has generated $50 million in sales this year — Media company has invented products for Scotts and Maybelline
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Facebook has announced it's donating £4.5M to fund 80 local newspaper jobs across the UK over the next two years, subsidising the cost of trainee reporters — Social media firm to finance trainee ‘community’ journalists scheme — Facebook will donate £4.5m to fund 80 local newspaper jobs …
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Journalists can avoid spreading Trump's infectious lies via headlines and tweets by abstaining from amplifying or by adding context — Journalists have become complicit in spreading the president's falsehoods and conspiracy theories. Here's how they can do better. — Staff writer at The Atlantic
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Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
Profile of a “satire” site that promotes absurd pro-right posts on Facebook, and one of its readers, who shares its posts without seeing the satire — NORTH WATERBORO, Maine — The only light in the house came from the glow of three computer monitors, and Christopher Blair, 46, sat down at a keyboard and started to type.
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Amanda Hess / New York Times:
Social media and the internet have led to endless sequels, prequels, reboots, and remakes, which have turned storytelling into infinite “content” — The age of the sequel is over. Now it's the age of the sequel to the sequel. Also the prequel, the reboot, the reunion …
Jocelyn Johnson / The Wrap:
Shalini Sharma, who led video and partnerships at Fast Company for five years, is joining Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global as its first head of video — Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global announced its first head of video on Monday, — Shalini Sharma joins the company …
Tim Shorrock / The Nation:
In a recent story on North Korea's missile bases, the NYT exaggerated a thinktank report, relied on outdated information, and risked repeating Iraq-era mistakes — Stretching the findings of a think-tank report on Pyongyang's missile bases is a reminder of the paper's role in the lead-up to the Iraq War.
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