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Elisa Shearer / Pew Research Center:
Pew: one in five US adults say they frequently get their news from social media, surpassing the number who get theirs from print (16%) for the first time — Social media sites have surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans: One-in-five U.S. adults say they often get news via social media …
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Nic Robertson / CNN:
Source: transcript of Jamal Khashoggi's last words contradicts Saudis' explanation that it was an accident; voices of senior officials identified on recording — (CNN)"I can't breathe." These were the final words uttered by Jamal Khashoggi after he was set upon by a Saudi hit squad …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Washington Post's Fact Checker introduces a new category, “Bottomless Pinocchio”, reflecting a trend of politicians repeating incorrect info even when disproven — It was President Trump's signature campaign promise: He would build a wall along the nation's southern border, and Mexico would pay for it.
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J. Max Robins / Columbia Journalism Review:
Filmmaker Alexis Bloom's new documentary on Roger Ailes, Divide and Conquer, has reminded journalists of what it was like to cover Ailes and Fox News — When I ran into Alexis Bloom exiting the screening room after seeing her terrific new documentary, Divide and Conquer: The Roger Ailes Story …
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Gary M. Kramer / Salon:
Alexis Bloom, filmmaker behind Ailes doc “Divide and Conquer”, says Ailes was so paranoid after an encounter with a Muslim employee, he kept guns in his office — Salon talks to Alexis Bloom about her documentary “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes”
The Daily Beast:
YouTube bans Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes, says his channel was deleted for copyright infringement — YouTube banned Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes on Monday, marking the latest social-media blow for the man who started the far-right men's group. McInnes had amassed more than 220,000 subscribers …
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
A pitch deck for Jeffrey Katzenberg's mobile video startup, Quibi, says it would spend $2.6B on programming in 2025 if it reached its target of 70M subscribers — Jeffrey Katzenberg has been open about his plans to spend big bucks on programming for Quibi, his upcoming subscription mobile video streaming service.
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Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
UK broadcasters have hired private security guards to protect reporters and TV guests outside Westminster, after threats and abuse from pro-Trump supporters — TV networks made the joint decision after an ugly incident involving pro-Trump protesters pursuing a Guardian columnist away from cameras.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
IMG's Chief Content Officer Mark Shapiro has been promoted to the newly created post of President at Endeavor, IMG's parent company — After four years overseeing content operations at IMG, Mark Shapiro has been promoted to president of Endeavor. — Shapiro's elevation to the newly created post comes …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Report: original content accounted for 37% of Netflix's US streams, up from 24% a year ago, with the rest of viewing from licensed content — - Fandor Lays Off Staff, Restructures Assets of Indie-Film Streaming Service Under New Entity (EXCLUSIVE) — Is Netflix moving fast enough to bulk …
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Democratic senators are investigating whether Fox News' continued payments to White House communications chief Bill Shine breaches ethics laws — - Four Democratic senators are requesting the White House to hand over documents proving Trump communications advisor Bill Shine …
New Statesman:
UK magazine The New Statesman promotes George Eaton and Tom Gatti to new roles as joint deputy editors, names Stephen Bush as political editor — George Eaton and Tom Gatti become joint deputy editors, Stephen Bush is promoted to political editor. — The New Statesman has appointed George Eaton …
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Study: Comcast's Sky acquisition and Disney's Fox deal mean they will dominate global content spend, displacing Netflix which had been poised to supplant them — Prior to Comcast's Sky acquisition and Disney's deal for Fox, “Netflix was on course to catch — and overtake …