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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Judge postpones his decision until Friday in CNN's preliminary hearing against the White House over Jim Acosta's press pass — (CNN)Lawyers for CNN and the Trump administration are awaiting an initial ruling on the network's federal lawsuit over press access to the White House.
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Responding to CNN's lawsuit, the Department of Justice says the White House can pick and choose which journalists it grants permanent press passes to
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox, ABC, NBC, NYT, AP, Bloomberg, First Look Media, Politico, EW Scripps, USA Today, and WaPo say they are filing amicus briefs supporting CNN in WH lawsuit
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One lobbying firm used by Facebook runs a “news” site with good posts for clients, negative posts on rivals, and a “Media/News” Facebook page followed by 120K+ — Facebook's ties to Definers Public Affairs, first reported on Wednesday in The New York Times …
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Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Twitter's Explore tab starts sorting stories into topic-based sections, such as News, Sports, Fun, and Entertainment, in the US for iOS — Twitter has updated its Explore tab for iOS, sorting entries into separate sections depending on their topics. The platform says it implemented …
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Benjamin Oreskes / Los Angeles Times:
After covering last year's Oroville dam failure, Chico Enterprise-Record editor David Little knew to prioritize nuts-and-bolts information for the CA Camp fire — It's an iconic if horrifying shot of the Camp fire pulverizing Paradise — a large ball of grayish-black smoke with fire radiating on the right …
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Apple signs a multiyear deal with a top independent studio, New York-based A24, for a slate of films — Apple is enlisting Oscar-winning indie studio A24 to produce a slate of films for the tech behemoth. The partnership comes as Apple is delving more deeply into making its own shows and movies …
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John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
FCC Chair Ajit Pai says he plans to stay in his post at least through the next two years — Plans to remain atop FCC for at least next two years — FCC chair Ajit Pai says he has every intention of staying atop the FCC at least through the end of the President's first term.
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
The week before the election, “caravan” was said 1,202 times on Fox and 834 times on CNN, but only 203 and 75 times on those same channels the week after — In the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections, news of a migrant caravan moving through Mexico toward the United States dominated the airwaves.
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Kali Hays / WWD:
Sources: Seventeen magazine is cutting down its print edition from the current bimonthly schedule to special standalone issues starting next year — The 75-year-old title will no longer have a regular print schedule, as Hearst continues to change under its new magazines president.
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Elizabeth Jensen / NPR:
NPR newsroom diversity report: 57% are women, 27% are people of color, up 2% YoY, largely due to rise in Latinx employees, which comprise 8% of staff — Having a diverse newsroom is crucial if NPR wants to tell stories that matter to an increasingly diverse country.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast makes Tubi, a free, ad-supported streaming video app with ~10K movies and TV shows, available to its Xfinity X1 customers, the third OTT service on X1 — Comcast is bringing Tubi's free, ad-supported service with almost 10,000 movies and TV show titles to its Xfinity X1 customers nationwide.
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Gerret Von Nordheim / European Journalism Observatory:
Study: analysis of 3M articles from 2004 to 2016 shows quotations of social media plateaued at the start of the decade but have increased in the last few years — It feels as if half the world usually sees Donald Trump's latest tweets - because the media quote them, comment on them and inadvertently help them to spread even further.
Eric Johnson / Recode:
Q&A with Daily Beast Editor-in-Chief Noah Shachtman on the site's role as a “high-end tabloid”, access journalism, and social media for reporters — The site's new Editor in Chief Noah Shachtman wants to take “full, big, considered swings” at the targets who deserve it.
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