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US House candidate Greg Gianforte “body-slams” Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs in Montana, is charged with misdemeanor assault; audio captures altercation — Audio obtained of Greg Gianforte attacking a reporter on the eve of a special election to fill a congressional seat vacated by a member of the Trump administration
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Ed Butowsky, Fox News pundit who facilitated a private investigation into the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich, has links to Steve Bannon — Ed Butowsky, the Dallas wealth manager and frequent Fox News guest who facilitated a private investigation into the murder of Seth Rich …
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As Cars.com pulls ads from his show, Fox News' Sean Hannity says progressives are trying to silence his conservative voice — The Fox News host defiantly pushes back against critics in a HuffPost interview just as a first advertiser flees. — As Fox News host Sean Hannity came under fire …
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Sources: Facebook signs deals with Vox, BuzzFeed, others for video content, paying up to $250K/episode for longer shows it will own, $10-35K for shorter shows — Facebook Inc (FB.O) has signed deals with millennial-focused news and entertainment creators Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN …
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The Manchester Evening News raised £1M+ in crowdsourced donations from 30K+ people, for the families of those killed or injured in the city's terror attack — A fundraising page set up by the Manchester Evening News to support the families of those killed or injured in the bombing …
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Terrorism is mass murder with a media strategy and news outlets must learn to disrupt it, instead of providing endlessly looping coverage of attacks — Struggling to cover terror in the media age. — It's 2017, and the world is shaken by another depraved mass murder, carried out and claimed in the name of ISIS.
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Media Insight Project study: 17% of Americans say media is very accurate, but 34% say media they use most often is very accurate; 53% call media they use moral — Just 24 percent of Americans said they regard “the news media” as “moral,” but that number jumps to 53 percent for the media they consume often.

Talent agent, film producer, sports promoter, and a former Univision owner, Jerry Perenchio dies at 86 — In his long career, Jerry Perenchio, who died Tuesday at his Bel-Air home, deftly pulled the levers of power to create culturally defining media events, propel political candidates …
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Profile of Maggie Haberman of The New York Times: well-sourced, with a longtime relationship with Trump, dominating the White House beat from New York City — The man with the orange hair is making a scene. Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for the New York Times …

Facebook redesigns Trending Topics pages to make it easier for users to discover alternate news sources — Redesigned Trending Results Page — Starting today, we're introducing a redesigned Trending results page, which is the page you see when you click on a Trending topic to learn more about it.
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Ken Kurson, the editor-in-chief of Jared Kushner's family-owned New York Observer, resigns to take job in strategic communications at Teneo — Ken Kurson, the editor-in-chief of Jared Kushner's family-owned New York Observer, has resigned and will take on a new job at in strategic communications.
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HBO has shelved Jon Stewart's shortform animation series, blaming technical issues; the company says it is still pursuing other projects with Stewart — Jon Stewart and HBO are not going forward with his much-anticipated animation project, a setback for what was supposed to be the next step in his post-late-night career.
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