NowThis to expand into investigative journalism and long-form video – Digiday

Short-form news video giant NowThis is getting into long-form programming, original shows and investigative journalism. The company is embarking on an “aggressive hiring plan” to support the production of more original news reports and video series, according to Athan Stephanopoulos, president of NowThis. Parent company Group Nine Media received a $100 million investment from Discovery…

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The Associated Press on Twitter: “BREAKING: Russian Defense Ministry says its warplanes have flown first combat mission in Syria with U.S.-led coalition aircraft.”

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Donald Trump Tax Records Show He Could Have Avoided Taxes for Nearly Two Decades, The Times Found – The New York Times

Politics Donald Trump Tax Records Show He Could Have Avoided Taxes for Nearly Two Decades, The Times Found close story-meta-footer close story-meta Video Trump’s Tax Records The New York Times obtained records from 1995 showing that Donald J. Trump declared a $916 million loss. The figure is so substantial that it could have allowed him…

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U.S. Southern Baptists Formally Repudiate Confederate Flag

The U.S. Southern Baptist Convention adopted a resolution on Tuesday repudiating the Confederate battle flag as an emblem of slavery, marking the latest bid for racial reconciliation by America’s largest Protestant denomination. The resolution, passed at the predominantly white convention’s annual meeting in St. Louis, calls for Southern Baptist churches to discontinue displaying the Confederate…

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Anti-Semitic Trump supporters made a giant list of people to target with a racist meme – The Washington Post

screenshot of reviews on ((coincidence detector)) The alt-right Internet community has started to sneak into the fringes of the mainstream Internet recently, undoubtedly helped along by unofficial alt-right idol Donald Trump’s rise to prominence in the presidential race. And this means more people are getting introduced to the racist memes popular in this corner of the online universe….

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