Mediagazer: Omidyar Foundation to give $100M over 3 years to support investigative journalism, fight misinformation, and counteract hate speech, with $4.5M going to ICIJ (Margaret Sullivan/Washington Post)

9:40 AM ET, April 5, 2017

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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:

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Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Julie Roginsky returns to Fox News less than 24 hours after filing sexual harassment lawsuit against the network, appearing on the show America's Newsroom

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Third black Fox News employee joins discrimination suit, alleges complaints about comptroller ignored because she “knew too much” about Ailes and Kranz

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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

Omidyar Foundation to give $100M over 3 years to support investigative journalism, fight misinformation, and counteract hate speech, with $4.5M going to ICIJ — The philanthropy established by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar will contribute $100 million to support investigative journalism …

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Wall Street Journal:

Sources: NFL and Amazon strike $50M deal to stream 10 Thursday night games to Prime members; price is five times that of NFL's agreement with Twitter last year — Deal for 10 Thursday night games will be available only to Amazon Prime members — Amazon is ready for some football.

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Politico:

Docs show Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch copied structure and language used by others in book, failed to cite sources; White House calls it a “false attack” — The White House rejects any suggestion of impropriety. — Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch copied the structure …

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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:

Behind the symbiosis between President Trump and CNN's Jeff Zucker, which thrives as the border between news and entertainment blurs — Inside the strange symbiosis between Jeff Zucker and the president he helped create. — At 3:58 on a recent Wednesday afternoon in Washington …

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Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:

Sources: a rift is opening at Breitbart between EIC Alex Marlow, who wants to take the site mainstream, and DC editor Matt Boyle, who remains anti-establishment — “There's no hierarchy, there's no office, there's no honest brokers. It's just controlled chaos."

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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Sources: The Atlantic's White House correspondent Rosie Gray receives $350K advance from Harper Collins for book about Breitbart

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Mará Rose Williams / Kansas City Star:

How student reporters at a Kansas high school dug into the background of a new principal and found questionable credentials, causing her to resign — Days after student reporters at Pittsburg High School in Kansas dug into the background of their newly hired principal and found questionable credentials …

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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

How Trump insiders reward pro-Trump media figures including Mike Cernovich, who earlier spread Pizzagate rumors and false theories of a Hillary Clinton illness — The pro-Trump “Upside-Down” media is working hard to go mainstream, and it's doing so with help of a powerful ally: the White House.

Jim Brady / ESPN:

ESPN issues new guidelines that recommend connecting political discussions to sports whenever possible — ESPN has issued new political and election guidelines for its employees that, while allowing for political discussion on the network's platforms, recommend connecting those comments to sports whenever possible.

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Micah Singleton / The Verge:

Spotify signs new licensing agreement with Universal Music Group, will restrict new albums from Universal artists to its premium service for up to two weeks — As part of its new licensing agreement with Universal Music Group — Spotify has agreed to a new licensing agreement with Universal Music Group …

Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:

Factba.se compiles every public communication from Donald Trump and the White House in an easily-searchable database — This easily searchable trove covers virtually every single communication that comes from Donald Trump himself across multiple social platforms, as well as from from the White House.

Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:

Showtime picks up TV mini-series about the Roger Ailes scandal, called Secure and Hold: The Last Days of Roger Ailes, based on Gabriel Sherman's reporting — BREAKING: Blumhouse has launched an independent television studio with ITV Studios acquiring a 45 per cent stake.

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Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:
Law and Order: SVU episode inspired by the Roger Ailes scandal to air on April 26

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Melody Kramer / Poynter:

Q&A with Betsy O'Donovan, executive director of student paper The Daily Tar Heel, on adapting to smaller digital ad revenue and finding fellowships — Last summer Betsy O'Donovan, the incoming Executive Director of The Daily Tar Heel, wrote an essay on Medium charting the dire financial situation …