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ProPublica retracts reporting saying Gina Haspel oversaw a “black site” while al-Qaida suspect Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded and that she mocked his suffering — On Feb. 22, 2017, ProPublica published a story that inaccurately described Gina Haspel's role in the treatment of Abu Zubaydah …
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Shannon Liao / The Verge:
Snap apologizes for approving 3rd-party ad with “would you rather” options for slapping Rihanna, punching Chris Brown; Rihanna rejects apology — 'I'd love to call it ignorance, but I know you ain't that dumb!' — Rihanna posted an Instagram Story today to denounce Snapchat …
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Bart Barnes / Washington Post:
Michael Getler, a Washington Post foreign correspondent, editor and ombudsman, as well as an ombudsman for PBS, dies at 82 — Michael Getler, a Washington Post foreign correspondent and editor who later led the Paris-based International Herald Tribune and served as an incisive in-house media critic …
James Andrew Miller / Hollywood Reporter:
Interview with former ESPN President John Skipper, who resigned in December citing substance addiction; he says someone tried to extort him for buying cocaine — The former network chief goes public in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter about the real reason behind his abrupt departure …
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Robert Feder:
Layoffs hit Tronc's Chicago Tribune, the second round in five months; memo lists other changes, including content management system, redesign, and planned move — Chicago Tribune staffers bid farewell to more of their colleagues as another wave of layoffs hit the newsroom today.
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CNN:
Trump administration announces new Russia sanctions on 5 entities, including IRA, and 19 individuals, in response to US election interference and cyberattacks — Putin's ‘chef,’ the man behind the troll factory — Washington (CNN)The Trump administration announced Thursday it is enacting …
Peter Kafka / Recode:
theSkimm raises $12M led by GV to build more subscription services, says it has 7M readers who open its newsletter at least once a month — The startup has a newsletter with seven million subscribers, but it wants more revenue sources. — TheSkimm started out as a newsletter aimed at millennial women …
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The Guardian:
Guardian report on gender pay gap: men paid 11.3% more, top-paid workers are 65% male; outlet aims for 50/50 gender balance in top half of organization by 2023 — Difference between men and women in editorial is 7.4% … The gender pay gap at Guardian News & Media is 11.3% …
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Miroslava Germanova / New York Times:
Slovakia's prime minister resigns after demonstrations following murder of journalist Jan Kuciak — BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — The prime minister of Slovakia resigned on Thursday following mass demonstrations over the murder of a journalist who was uncovering government corruption.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The latest Denver Post cuts, an apparent “harvesting strategy” by Alden Global Capital, parent of Digital First Media, shock and sadden remaining journalists — Jesse Aaron Paul could hardly believe his good fortune when he started his internship at the Denver Post in 2014 not long after he graduated from Colorado College.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Trump's nomination of CNBC's Larry Kudlow is another instance of the feedback loop between the president and cable news — In Kudlow, the cable news president has found a cable news economist. — If appointing CNBC commentator Larry Kudlow to run the National Economic Council …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Spotify confirms it is testing an in-app voice control feature; user demo shows fairly accurate speech recognition — Now Spotify listens to you instead of the other way around. Spotify has a new voice search interface that lets you say “Play my Discover Weekly,” “Show Calvin Harris” or “Play some upbeat pop” to pull up music.
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