Mediagazer: WH Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told Mueller investigators that her comments to media saying FBI agents lost confidence in Comey were “not founded on anything” (Brett Samuels/The Hill)

5:45 PM ET, April 18, 2019

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Brett Samuels / The Hill:

WH Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told Mueller investigators that her comments to media saying FBI agents lost confidence in Comey were “not founded on anything” — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders acknowledged to investigators with special counsel Robert Mueller's team …

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Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:

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Jason Guerrasio / Business Insider:

Leaked internal data: MoviePass subscribers have dropped from 3M+ in June 2018 to about 225,000 now; subscription models at AMC and Cinemark are having success — - MoviePass has dropped from over 3 million subscribers to about 225,000, according to internal data obtained by Business Insider.

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Alex Hern / The Guardian:

Facebook permanently bans far-right individuals and groups, like the British National Party, the English Defence League, and Britain First — Number of organisations and individuals permanently banned for being ‘dangerous’ — Facebook has permanently banned a number of far-right organisations …

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US ranked 48th in the World Press Freedom Index, a third year of decline, entering the ranks of countries whose treatment of journalists is “problematic” — For the third time in three years, the United States' standing in an annual index of press freedom declined …

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Google Home and Assistant-powered speakers get a free ad-supported version of YouTube Music with limited functionality, in 16 countries including the US and UK — Listening to music on your Google Home speaker right out-of-the-box seems too good to be true, right? It's not!

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Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:

Judge denies claims against Weinstein Co. and Miramax in a suit by 10 women against Harvey Weinstein; a sex trafficking claim against Weinstein remains — - Judge says Weinstein himself must face sex-trafficking claim — Suit filed by 10 women who say companies enabled misconduct

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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

Money magazine will end its print edition after the June issue and become online-only following a failed sale attempt by Meredith — Money magazine is the latest print title to fold in a fading magazine industry. — Publishing house Meredith Wednesday said it is taking down the for sale sign …

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