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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
A look at Hannity's real estate empire, including apartment complexes bought with HUD help, a fact Hannity didn't mention when interviewing Ben Carson last year — When Sean Hannity was named in court this week as a client of Donald Trump's embattled legal fixer Michael Cohen …
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Sean Hannity responds to Guardian story, describing it as the “latest fake news attack”, and says he never discussed Obama-era loans with HUD officials — It is ironic that I am being attacked for investing my personal money in communities that badly need such investment and in which …
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Mediaite, The Wrap and The Guardian
Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings' base salary declined from $900K to $850K in 2017, but his overall compensation package increased 5%, with $23.5M in stock options — Content chief Ted Sarandos saw his pay jump more than 18 percent to $22.4 million. — Netflix CEO Reed Hastings received …
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Variety, Business Insider, Multichannel News and Fortune
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Ex-Sinclair reporter Suri Crowe says she was disciplined by company management for failing to apply “balance” to climate change stories — Sinclair Broadcast Group executives reprimanded and ultimately ousted a local news reporter who refused to seed doubt about man-made climate change and …
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@onesarahjones, @senwhitehouse and @danascottlo
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
New York Times reporter Nicholas Confessore responds to criticism of Clinton coverage from colleague Amy Chozick, says decision to publish stories was correct — New York Times reporter Nicholas Confessore is hitting back against his colleague Amy Chozick — now engaging in a very public reckoning …
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@nickconfessore, @ryanchittum, @ggreenwald, @nickconfessore, @kfile and New York Times
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
Journalist Saher Shakir, who was sexually assaulted while on assignment for Vice, files lawsuit against the company claiming they blamed her for the attack — A freelancer at the counterculture media giant Vice who was sexually assaulted while on assignment filed a lawsuit Friday claiming …
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@oneunderscore__, @tomilahren, @alicesperi and @oneunderscore__
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
“Bernie TV”, or videos on Facebook Live and Twitter from Bernie Sanders' staff, lets the senator reach voters directly; his 2017 videos were viewed 800M+ times — For a brief moment in late October 2016, when Hillary Clinton was surfing on a six-point national lead over Donald Trump …
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The Daily Caller, @regwag2003, @adamplatt1999, @bobbrigham, @jmillerlewis, @dougbierend, @kasie, @jonathancohn, @gdebenedetti and @gdebenedetti
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Tencent Music is preparing for an IPO, potentially coming in the second half of 2018, that could value it at $25B+, double 2017's valuation of $12.5B — Deal would be one of the largest tech offerings ever — Tencent Music Entertainment Group, China's largest music-streaming company …
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Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
CNN creates a video, comparing Trump's talking points alongside those of Fox News personalities, showing he often repeats what they say almost verbatim — From Fox hosts' lips to the president's ears — President Donald Trump doesn't hide his feelings: He thinks Fox News is the “fairest” source of news.
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Washington Post
John F. Harris / Politico:
In a Q&A with Politico EIC John Harris, NYT Editorial Page Editor James Bennet discusses his role and recent controversies around the section — Is civil discourse our last hope, or a pointless exercise in the Trump era? A conversation between New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet …
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@ashleyfeinberg, @ericboehlert, @vabvox, @neversassylaura, @irisrimon, @jayrosen_nyu and Splinter
Emma Brockes / The Guardian:
Profile of Hanya Yanagihara, editor-in-chief of The New York Times T Magazine by day and a bestselling author by night — When Hanya Yanagihara was 10 years old, her father let her visit a pathologist's lab. He was a doctor and an artist, twin interests his young daughter shared …
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@njstallard, @martingoodman2, @book_tokens and @jswatz
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