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New York Times:
How Origo, a Hungarian site famous for corruption investigations, turned pro-government after its telecom parent was pushed to sell it to allies of Hungary's PM — BUDAPEST — Hungary's leading news website, Origo, had a juicy scoop: A top aide to the far-right prime minister, Viktor Orban …
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
For a NYT tech reporter, apps like Signal help minimize and secure the digital footprint from meetings with sources, but in-person ones remain the most secure — It's easy to leave behind digital evidence when talking to sources — or to friends. Here's how Kate Conger, a tech reporter, reduces that exposure.
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Jill Disis / CNN:
With 120K subscribers and a 19K recipe archive, NYT Cooking is expanding its team and considering a show as it establishes itself as a standalone brand — New York (CNN Business)The New York Times bet more than a year ago that it could convince an audience of foodies to pay for a standalone section devoted to all things cooking.
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
White House communications chief Bill Shine received $8.4M severance from Fox News in May 2017 and will get $3.5M in bonuses both this year and next — The White House communications chief got an $8.4 million package and will receive $3.5 million from 21st Century Fox this year and next.
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Michelle Ruiz / Vogue:
Former CNN journalist Jessica Yellin, tired of the “toxicity” and aggression of cable news, uses her Instagram account to distill news for her 90K followers — Remember when The New York Times published more cover stories about Hillary Clinton's emails than it did about all policy issues combined …
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Ohio Democrat and potential 2020 presidential candidate Sherrod Brown says he fears a journalist will “end up dead” because of Trump's anti-press rhetoric — In a POLITICO interview, the Ohio Democrat highlights his connection with Trump voters, a possible preview of a 2020 campaign.
Denise-Marie Ordway / Nieman Lab:
A round-up of five peer-reviewed papers on Twitter's effect on journalists, social media use among different age groups of journalists, and more — Journalist's Resource sifts through the academic journals so you don't have to. Here's their latest roundup, including research …
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Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
How Guy Raz, former reporter and current unlikely booster of capitalism as podcast host of How I Built This, uncovers the emotional drama of building companies — The astonishment-prone host (Wow!) has turned a pure zeal for business (It's amazing!) into a juggernaut podcast. (What is that like?!)
Alan Burdick / New York Times:
As the NYT's Science Times turns 40 and science sites replace newspaper columns, the challenge for science journalism is extinction in the age of misinformation — Lost in the swirl of alternative truths is the fact that science is a verb, not a noun. — Shortly before turning 30 …
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Mure Dickie / Financial Times:
A look at decline of The Scotsman, whose circulation is down to 17K from 100K in 2000 and value is down to £4.3M from £160M when Johnston Press bought it in '05 — The Scotsman is literally a Scottish landmark: the baroque building constructed as the newspaper's headquarters in 1905 towers …
Jesse Knight / Nieman Lab:
Ex-Vice CTO argues that publishers should work together to create a single CMS platform to cut costs and better compete with Facebook as a single media union — Media companies are each independently trying to solve the same technical problems, rather than focusing on competing with Facebook.
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Darren Rovell / ESPN:
Bleacher Report Live technical issues led Turner to give away stream of golf game between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson for free; some carriers charged $20 — Those who weren't planning to pay $19.99 for “The Match” between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson on Friday got a break …
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