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Kremlin demands apology from Fox News after host Bill O'Reilly calls President Vladimir Putin a killer, during interview with Donald Trump — The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were “unacceptable” comments one of the channel's presenters …
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First Draft, Facebook, Google, and news organizations including AFP and Le Monde launch verification project CrossCheck, to tackle fake news in France — Today, we are proud to announce the launch of CrossCheck with Google News Lab. CrossCheck is a collaborative journalism verification project …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Ahead of the French election, Google and Facebook team up with Agence France-Presse, Le Monde, others on CrossCheck, a countrywide fact-checking initiative — In France, Google and Facebook are hoping to get ahead of the “fake news” fury that exploded in the U.S. shortly after the November presidential election.
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Vox Media names Trei Brundrett, architect of its Chorus CMS, as its first COO as its focus turns to video and native ads with video views in 2016 exceeding 2.5B — Trei Brundrett led team that built web publishing platform — Owner of the Verge, Recode has beefed up management, board
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Gizmodo Media Group CEO Raju Narisetti, on layoffs at Fusion, the future of Gawker, and potential expansion into TV — “Think of all these sites as the digital, non-linear television arm of Univision.” — What exactly is Fusion? is a question many asked when the Univision …
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Philly.com:
Sources: Philadelphia freelance journalist Emily Guendelsberger identified as the woman who infiltrated and may have secretly recorded a GOP retreat — Federal authorities have identified a Philadelphia journalist as the woman who infiltrated and might have secretly recorded a closed-door discussion …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Speaking to the US Central Command, Donald Trump claims that the media intentionally covers up reports of terrorist attacks — Speaking to the United States' Central Command on Monday, President Trump went off his prepared remarks to make a truly stunning claim: The media was intentionally covering up reports of terrorist attacks.
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Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
How Julia Hahn, a 25-year-old Breitbart reporter from Beverly Hills, became a special assistant to President Trump — How Julia Hahn got from the University of Chicago to Breitbart to the White House. — There's an old saw about Washington, D.C., that staffers in their twenties …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Michael Luo, who joined The New Yorker as investigative editor in October, has been named editor of the magazine's website — Just a few months after joining The New Yorker, Michael Luo is moving up at the magazine. — Luo, who was hired as The New Yorker's investigative editor in October …
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Kristen Mascia / Cosmopolitan:
Despite claiming that she'd misspoken when referring to the “Bowling Green Massacre” on MSNBC, Kellyanne Conway also referred to it in an interview on Jan 29 — Conway used the same wording in a conversation with Cosmopolitan.com on Jan. 29. — Kellyanne Conway took to Twitter …
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Analysis of government hospitality registers suggests News Corp execs visited Downing Street more than any other company in UK from April '15 through Sept. '16 — New analysis of UK government hospitality registers suggests executives from News Corp are more likely to visit Downing Street than any other company.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Janice Min is leaving The Hollywood Reporter to join Eldridge Industries in a media investment strategy role, a move that may foreshadow the Reporter's sale — LOS ANGELES — Janice Min, who has orchestrated a stunning turnaround at The Hollywood Reporter over the last seven years …
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