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Sources: White House adviser Stephen Miller was escorted off a CNN set by security after an interview with Jake Tapper — - Stephen Miller needed to be escorted off a CNN set on Sunday. — His appearance on “State of the Union” ended abruptly after host Jake Tapper pressed him on damaging claims about President Donald Trump.
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Under political and financial pressure, Breitbart's Steve Bannon issues an apology, tries to reverse statements about Donald Trump Jr. in Michael Wolff's book — WASHINGTON — Isolated from his political allies and cut off from his financial patrons, Stephen K. Bannon …
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WikiLeaks tweeted - then later deleted - a link to a free online copy of Michael Wolff's new book on the Trump administration, Fire and Fury
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Sydney Morning Herald, Business Insider and Mediaite

Michael Wolff played a monster hand of access journalism poker, bluffing his way into the good graces of the administration by attacking mainstream reporters
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Profile of Michael Wolff, who has been a columnist, media executive, and biographer of Rupert Murdoch, and who is accustomed to angering the Manhattan elite
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BBC's China Editor Carrie Gracie resigns over gender pay gap, accuses managers of breaking equality law, says she'll return to BBC TV newsroom — In an explosive letter addressed to licence fee payers, which was leaked to BuzzFeed News, Carrie Gracie claimed the BBC was “breaking equality law”.
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The BBC has banned journalists who tweeted support for Carrie Gracie from presenting on-air segments about the gender pay row at the corporation — Journalists who publicly supported corporation's former China editor are told they cannot now report on gender pay row
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Father of missing sports journalist Courtney Roland says she has been found unharmed and has been taken to the hospital — KHOU 11's Michelle Choi reports from the Galleria area on the disappearance of Courtney Roland … BREAKING UPDATE— The father of Courtney Roland says she has been found safe …
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Samantha Barry is named editor of Glamour, becoming the first person with an exclusively digital and television background to lead a Conde Nast magazine — When Samantha Barry was growing up in Ireland, she and her family would gather around the television to watch the 6 o'clock news.
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Peter Preston, Guardian editor from 1975 to 1995, dies aged 79 — Guardian editor who during 20 years in the role played a decisive part in shaping the paper's future — Peter Preston, editor of this newspaper for almost 20 years from 1975 - then the longest service of any editor since CP Scott …


Showtime to air a multi-part documentary series, The Fourth Estate, chronicling the New York Times reporters covering Trump's White House — We just announced a new revealing multi-part documentary series THE FOURTH ESTATE (wt), exploring the process and progress of The New York Times …
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@jakesherman and @samdolnick


FX: at least 487 original TV programs aired in 2017, up from 455 in 2016 and 288 in 2012, fuelled by Netflix airing 117 shows in 2017, up from 24 in 2013 — PASADENA, Calif. — Too many TV shows to choose from? — You're not alone. — At least 487 original scripted programs aired in 2017 …


Profile of Jordan-based podcast network Sowt, which produces and curates original Arabic-language content on social issues like religion and gender taboos — The podcast network Sowt, which both produces and curates podcasts for a Middle East audience, avoids “just translating and adapting U.S. products” …
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Study: news stations in competitive markets are more likely to produce investigative stories, and high quality investigations appear to raise ratings — A silhouette of a man sits in a stark television studio. Exposed wires snake their way up bare plywood walls. The man's face has been blacked out.

Facebook and Google's influence on the US election and Brexit calls for regulations for more transparency, letting users own their data and social graphs, more — An early investor explains why the social media platform's business model is such a threat—and what to do about it.
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