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WH Press Secretary Sarah Sanders calls Jemele Hill's criticism of Trump a “fireable offense”; Hill later tweets her regrets, and ESPN says it accepts apology — Sarah Sanders: Jemele Hill comments ‘outrageous’ — ESPN host Jemele Hill's tweet calling President Trump a …
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Profile of Jemele Hill and her partner, Michael Smith, the co-hosts of ESPN's SC6, as Hill faces blowback for tweeting that Trump is a white supremacist — The new cohost of ‘SportsCenter’ and her partner, Michael Smith, have been blamed for the network's perceived liberal bias.
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Editor-in-chief of Condé Nast's Glamour, Cindi Leive, announces she's stepping down after 16 years, becoming fourth longtime magazine editor to leave in 2 weeks — After 16 years leading the women's title at Condé Nast, Leive is resigning at the end of the year.
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Leaked memo directs every federal government department or agency to hold one hour event on handling classified and unclassified information to prevent leaks — The top US national security official has directed government departments and agencies to warn employees across …
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Journalists, filmmaker, and others sue DHS, ICE, and border patrol for digital searches at border, saying First and Fourth Amendment rights were violated — Americans who say their phones and laptops were seized by US border agents filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts on Wednesday arguing …

Comedy Central extends Trevor Noah's contract through 2022 and adds year-end specials for The Daily Show — The deal, which includes year-end specials featuring the host, will keep him on the Viacom-owned cable network through 2022. — Comedy Central is fully committing to Trevor Noah.
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In open-ended question, 37% of US adults couldn't name any rights guaranteed by First Amendment; 39% support Congress stopping natsec reporting without gov't OK — Many Americans are poorly informed about basic constitutional provisions, according to a new national survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center.
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Study of four UK print papers on four days shows men have over half of all bylines and photos for news, business, and comment sections — • ETHICS AND QUALITY, LATEST STORIES, NEWSROOM MANAGEMENT — National newspapers in the UK are mostly written by male journalists, even though women make up nearly half of the profession.

At a conference, P&G CBO Marc Pritchard calls on marketers and tech firms to reinvent digital ads, which average ~1.7 second view time, with focus on targeting — Marc Pritchard sees digital media players making progress on transparency and brand-safety, but the chief brand officer …
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New York Times reporter Mike Isaac is writing a book about Uber for W. W. Norton, due out in 2019 — Crazy ambition, betrayal, sex, deceit and naked power grabs all make for a page-turner. — The Uber story has crazy ambition, betrayal, sex, deceit, naked power grabs, and lots and lots and lots of money.

Facebook says it will stop letting advertisers edit headlines on previews of news stories they use as ads, with exceptions for original publishers — Social network's change came after WSJ flagged examples of the practice — Facebook FB -1.17% on Thursday said it will stop allowing advertisers …
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Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins says the streaming service will spend ~$2.5B on original content in 2017, less than half of the $6B Netflix says it's spending this year — Hulu is spending a bundle on programming this year: Its content budget for 2017 is around $2.5 billion, CEO Mike Hopkins said Thursday.
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