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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Sources: Sean Hannity is so close to Trump some WH aides have dubbed him the “shadow” Chief of Staff, with Trump consulting the host about what he should tweet — The phone calls between President Trump and Sean Hannity come early in the morning or late at night, after the Fox News host goes off the air.
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Hannity appears to have used legal services of two other Trump-linked lawyers: Victoria Toensing and Jay Alan Sekulow, who both have appeared often on his show — Sean Hannity has had no shortage of lawyers. In court on Monday, his name was disclosed as the third “mystery client” of Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen.
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Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Rob Balin, the lawyer who represented news orgs including the NYT on Monday and persuaded judge to name Sean Hannity as Michael Cohen's secret client — Rob Balin, a media lawyer at Davis Wright Tremaine, is the reason we know that Sean Hannity was Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's secret client.
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Ahead of GDPR, Facebook debuts enhanced privacy controls for all users globally, starting in EU, with more choices about ads, allowing face recognition, more — In recent weeks we've announced several steps to give people more control over their privacy and explain how we use data.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
After nearly 15 years, The Hill is ending its annual 50 Most Beautiful List that generated controversy and was even featured on HBO's “Veep” — After nearly 15 years, The Hill is bidding a beautiful bye-bye to its annual 50 Most Beautiful list.
The Daily Beast:
Breitbart News gave Cambridge Analytica exclusive rights to resell its engagement data in 2016, former Cambridge Analytica employee tells UK Parliament — A former Cambridge Analytica director has claimed that the company had exclusive access to Breitbart's engagement data.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Verizon's Oath poaches Alibaba Managing Director K. Guru Gowrappan to be COO, as Head of Media Brands Simon Khalaf - who oversaw HuffPost, others - leaves — Simon Khalaf is out; K. Guru Gowrappan is in. — Verizon is moving around top managers at Oath, its Yahoo-AOL tie-up that's supposed …
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Neda Ulaby / NPR:
NPR newscaster Carl Kasell dies at 84 from complications of Alzheimer's disease after a lifelong career on air — Every weekday for more than three decades, his baritone steadied our mornings. Even in moments of chaos and crisis, Carl Kasell brought unflappable authority to the news.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube introduces new monetization tools for creators and announces expansion of sponsorships, as it faces backlash from smaller creators — YouTube says it's rolling out more tools to help its creators make money from their videos. The changes are meant to address creators' complaints …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Cheddar, dubbed “CNBC for millennials”, is launching a tech and business-focused news network and a new general news network, Cheddar Big News, on YouTube TV — Cheddar, the streaming video network dubbed the “CNBC for millennials” is launching its original tech …
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TechCrunch, Variety, Cheddar, MediaPost and Multichannel News
Trevor Timm / Columbia Journalism Review:
Ex-FBI agent Terry Albury, who pleaded guilty to charges under the Espionage Act after leaking a document on how the FBI can target media, faces jail time — For the past three weeks, two former FBI officials—Andrew McCabe and James Comey—have received wall-to-wall media coverage …
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Bob Papper / Radio Television Digital News Association:
Survey: in 2017 TV news employment surpassed total newspaper staff with 27K TV staff and 25K newspaper staff; ~20% of newly created positions focus on digital — Highlights — The latest RTDNA/Hofstra University Survey has found that total local TV news employment has surpassed total …
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