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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Longtime Steve Bannon backer Rebekah Mercer issues rebuke distancing family from Bannon, says she's committed to Breitbart News, where she holds minority stake — Stephen K. Bannon's main financial backer is formally cutting ties with the former Trump adviser.
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Lawyer Charles Harder demands that publisher Henry Holt and Co. cease and desist from publication of Michael Wolff's book on Trump — President Trump on Wednesday castigated his former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon as a self-aggrandizing political charlatan who has “lost his mind,” …
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CNNMoney:
Publisher of Wolff book moves release date to Friday, starting at 9am ET, from previously scheduled Tuesday release date — The publisher of Michael Wolff's new book about President Trump is rushing it onto bookshelves. — “Due to unprecedented demand, we are moving the on-sale date …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump fell for Michael Wolff's skill of sucking up to sources before he tears them down, a decade after Wolff did the same to Murdoch — The president should have known better. Michael Wolff does not mess around. — President Donald Trump could have saved himself a lot of grief if he …
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Michael Wolff / British GQ:
Wolff book excerpt on the Ailes plans for a new conservative TV network and the media handlers closest to Trump, including Hope Hicks — Soon after the inauguration of Donald Trump on 20 January 2017, GQ columnist Michael Wolff was granted special access to the White House.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Michael Wolff has dozens of hours of tapes of interviews with Bannon and other White House insiders, making some quotes in his new book hard to refute — Michael Wolff has tapes to back up quotes in his incendiary book — dozens of hours of them. — Among the sources he taped, I'm told …
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Source: “hard push” exists to convince Breitbart CEO Larry Solov and Susie Breitbart to fire Steve Bannon; WH press secretary says firing should be considered — Trump slams Bannon: He lost his mind — The White House on Thursday said that Breitbart should consider firing …
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Michael Wolff / New York Magazine:
Michael Wolff book excerpt recounts Trump's talks with media figures including Roger Ailes, who urged Trump to float rumors of a TV network, and Murdoch
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump lawyer Charles Harder sends Steve Bannon a letter demanding he refrain from disparaging comments about Trump and his family, claims Bannon breached NDA
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Billboard:
Sources: Jimmy Iovine to leave Apple Music in August, a time believed to coincide with the full vesting of his Apple stock — His planned departure is likely timed to his shares fully vesting, sources tell Billboard. — Look for Jimmy Iovine to leave Apple Music in August.
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Tony Romm / Recode:
FCC releases final text of the order overturning net neutrality and statements from Pai, O'Rielly and Carr in support and Rosenworcel and Clyburn in opposition — It's long! — Roughly a month after the Federal Communications Commission voted to scrap the U.S. government's net neutrality rules …
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Tony Romm / Recode:
Sources: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai canceled his scheduled appearance at CES after receiving death threats — The threats have intensified following an FCC vote to repeal net neutrality rules. — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai canceled his scheduled appearance …
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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Spotify says it has 70M paying subscribers, up from 60M in late July 2017, as the company prepares for an IPO — Spotify today announced on Twitter that it has hit a new milestone, with the streaming music service reaching a total of 70 million paid subscribers.
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Newsroom employees at The Los Angeles Times were voting Thursday on forming a union that would represent about 380 staffers; results expected January 19 — Newsroom employees at The Los Angeles Times will cast ballots Thursday on whether to form a union, in what they believe …
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Will Oremus / Slate:
Calls for Twitter to ban President Trump are misguided and counterproductive; the biggest threat posed by @realDonaldTrump is to Trump's own presidency — Ever since Donald Trump became president, some liberal activists have called for Twitter to suspend his account.
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