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Arif Durrani / MediaWeek:
Trinity Mirror's pre-tax profits rise 2.6% as digital focus takes hold — Trinity Mirror, home to the Daily Mirror, Sunday People, Liverpool Echo, and the Manchester Evening News, has reported a 2.6% lift in pre-tax profits in 2013, after cost savings and digital investment.
Discussion:
Press Gazette, Guardian, Reuters, Financial Times, RTTNews and HoldTheFrontPage
Emily Bell / Guardian:
Journalism startups aren't a revolution if they're filled with all these white men — Nate Silver has a chart to hire for ‘clubhouse chemistry’. Ever heard of something called ‘workplace diversity’? — When the predictive superstar Nate Silver announced last summer that he would defect …
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Helienne Lindvall / Guardian:
What is a music stream? Artists and labels in battle over digital income — Dispute rages over how royalties should be split in the age of Spotify, Google and Apple — UK artists, managers and performers have called for streaming revenue to be split 50/50 between labels and artists.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Edward Snowden looms over Pulitzer Prizes — Next month, the trustees who oversee America's most distinguished journalistic award could face their toughest decision in at least four decades. — The issue before the Pulitzer Prize Board: Does it honor reporting by the Washington Post …
Discussion:
@dylanbyers and @mlcalderone
John Glenday / The Drum:
Future pairs with Gawker Media to bring Kotaku and Lifehacker to the UK — Media group Future has announced a tie-up with Gawker Media to bring localised versions of Kotaku and Lifehacker to the UK market. — Kotaku, the gaming culture media brand, currently reaches 1.1m people …
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Press Gazette, Guardian, Gamasutra, MCV: Home Stream and VG247
Isaac Chotiner / The New Republic:
David Remnick Interview: On Russia, Obama and Editing The New Yorker — The New Yorker editor on difficult writers, Obama's shortcomings, and learning from Anna Wintour — When I met David Remnick at his Upper West Side apartment last month, he had just returned from Sochi. It was very much a work trip.
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@edyong209, @leftleaningec, @janefriedman, bookforum.com, @tnr, @erikwemple and Capital New York
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Transformative or just taking? Lawyers struggle to define fair use in wake of Google Books case — When federal judge Denny Chin declared last fall that Google's decision to scan 20 million books did not violate copyright law, the ruling came as a new high water mark for “transformative use” …
Adrienne LaFrance / Quartz:
Why venture capitalists are suddenly investing in news — Something curious is happening in the American news business. — Media organizations are hiring again. Promising young reporters are leaving stalwart publications for new newsrooms. And venture capitalists are pouring millions into nimble publishing startups.
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@jost, @jayrosen_nyu, @niemanlab, @erichippeau, @sarahcuda and @adriennelaf
Mat Honan / Wired:
Twitter's irreplaceable role in breaking news means it can't crash like it did on Tuesday — Why Twitter Can't Keep Crashing — Twitter was down for quite some time yesterday. Once upon a time, that was an annoyance. But not anymore. Now, when Twitter goes down, it's a full-on problem.
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@rlytle, @vivian, @mat, @autom8, @dangillmor, @rachaelrad, @mighty55, @pdgurney, @sedjtroll and @niemanlab
Brian Braiker / Digiday:
Inside the Texas Tribune model of sustainable journalism — One of the best little newspapers in Texas made a big announcement this week. Austin-based Texas Tribune tapped former New York Times exec Tim Griggs to be its new publisher and chief operating officer.
Discussion:
@niemanlab
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
With aid from business training and tech platforms, ex-Patch journalists could end up stronger — Like a phoenix from the ashes: How some local reporters are sticking it out post-Patch — Wealthy, suburban, outer-metro areas have always been financial strongholds for local journalism.
Discussion:
@niemanlab and @ericnewton1
American Press Institute:
Media Insight Project launches to research readers' relationship with news — The American Press Institute, The Associated Press and NORC at the University of Chicago announce new research initiative — The Media Insight Project will focus on understanding changing news audiences
Discussion:
@ampress, @mike_orcutt, @ap_corpcomm and @jeffsonderman
Catherine Taibi / The Huffington Post:
Lara Logan Still On Leave Of Absence From ‘60 Minutes’ — Lara Logan remains on a leave of absence from “60 Minutes,” and there is still no word on when she will be returning. — Logan was suspended from CBS News in November after airing a botched and discredited report on the October 27 Benghazi attack.
Discussion:
Poynter
Jeremy Hodge / Al Jazeera America:
An American journalist's account of his time spent in an Egyptian prison … I stood handcuffed in the prosecutor's office in Cairo's Dokki district, looking down at a three-ring binder notebook that had been seized from my apartment and lay strewn across the table.
Discussion:
@evanchill and @awhawth, Thanks:@jaredbkeller
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Rebekah Brooks denies giving evidence from ‘prepared script’ — Prosecution suggests that ex-NoW and Sun editor must have been ‘very much aware’ of what her co-defendants were doing — Rebekah Brooks has denied giving evidence from a “carefully presented and prepared script” …
Discussion:
mUmBRELLA, @lisaocarroll and @ipasho
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Press Gazette:
Brooks: ‘Climate of paranoia’ during last days of News of the World amid ‘police leaks to Guardian’
Discussion:
Guardian, @gazthejourno and Guardian
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Hacking trial hears details of Blair's offer to help Brooks prepare for committee appearance
Discussion:
Guy Fawkes' blog and Guardian
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