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Erik Wemple:
Navy Yard Shooter: What about that alleged AR-15? … CNN correspondent Pamela Brown just reported on air that Aaron Alexis, the deceased suspect in the Navy Yard shootings, entered the facility yesterday armed with a shotgun. Citing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
News outlets often stumble in quest for speed and accuracy
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John Herman / BuzzFeed:
What Ever Happened To GOOD? — Remember GOOD magazine? Its parent organization has a new partner. The military. — This press release arrived in my inbox with a clang. — GOOD, an organization most commonly associated with its short-lived, ultra-conscious, proudly left-wing magazine …
Vindu Goel / New York Times:
For Twitter, Key to Revenue Is No Longer Ad Simplicity — SAN FRANCISCO — When it comes to making money, Twitter is all about keeping it simple. There are no banner ads, no dancing animations, no ads inserted between screens that you must click to get past.
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Bloomberg, @mathewi, Business Insider and AllThingsD
Michael Rondon / Folio:
Johnson Publishing Gets Credit Infusion — Johnson Publishing has secured a line of credit as it continues to “reposition” itself in the marketplace. The company behind popular African-American titles Ebony and Jet announced it has agreed to a revolving credit facility with Gibraltar Business Capital.
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Chicago Business
Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
In a year, Netflix's competition shifted from Hulu to HBO to everything — Netflix recently updated its “long-term view,” the company's refreshingly candid assessment of its place within the internet video industry. Which means, if you care about Netflix, you should go read it now.
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@jeremyzilar, @zimbalist, @nickblunden, @theatlantic, @jessicalessin, The Verge and Netflix
Paul Sloan / CNET:
Major labels want iTunes radio to succeed; streaming is more lucrative than broadcasting — Here comes Apple's iTunes Radio — With iTunes Radio, Apple wants to be your DJ — and big music labels are rooting for its success. Pandora, meantime, says growth is slowing.
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Jasper Jackson / TheMediaBriefing:
How does the music industry get people to pay for digital content?
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eMedia Vitals and @rajunarisetti
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
YouTube Grabs a Microsoft Vet for Big Product Job — YouTube has a billion users who watch more than six billion hours of video a month and upload 100 hours of video a minute. — Keeping all of that going is a pretty big engineering job. Here's some high-level help for that …
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Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:
Former Facebook editor launches Beacon, a platform that pays journalists — Former Facebook managing editor Daniel Fletcher and the two founders behind the Backspaces storytelling app have launched the beta version of a platform that aims to help independent journalists get paid for their work.
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Forbes, @danielfletcher, @noahchestnut, @joshuafoust, @jamietarabay and @cschweitz
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch:
News Curation Platform Paper.li Raises Further $2 Million — Smallrivers, the Swiss startup behind news curation platform Paper.li, has raised further funding: $2 million from Debioinvestment, and Polytech Ventures (co-founded by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technologies where SmallRivers is based) …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
As Amazon Preps Its Apple TV Killer, It Plays Nicely With Apple TV — Amazon is planning on going head to head with Apple TV later this fall. — But before that happens, it will work nicely with Apple TV: Amazon's Instant Video app now supports AirPlay, which means you can stream old episodes of …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline.com:
Fox News Primetime Shakeup: Hannity Goes To 10 PM, Megyn Kelly Gets 9 PM Slot — Things are changing at Fox News Channel on October 7. That's when the cable news network will celebrate the 17th anniversary of its launch — and also will have an almost all-new primetime lineup.
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Politico, The Wrap, The Huffington Post, Mediaite, Business Insider and @brianstelter
Online News Association:
2013 Online Journalism Awards finalists announced — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Finalists for the 2013 Online Journalism Awards, many pushing the envelope of innovation and excellence in digital storytelling and distribution, were announced today by the Online News Association and its academic partner …
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10,000 Words, NetNewsCheck Latest, @joykliu, @niemanlab and The Wrap
David Cohn / Circa Blog:
Real Talk: Pondering how headlines became uninformative — On Sept. 5 Techmeme made headlines. Literally. It was the first time that the popular aggregator began writing its own headlines instead of excerpting them. The change is a win for readers and for Techmeme.
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@noahchestnut, @lukemorris, @stefanjbecket, @benhuh, @annatauzin and @patmuldowney
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Time Out chief executive Aksel van der Wal to stand down — Van der Wal, who led major restructuring of business, replaced on acting basis by Time Out London editor-in-chief Tim Arthur — The owner of the Time Out magazine franchise is to part company with chief executive Aksel van der Wal …
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