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Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Marty Baron on Ezra Klein's departure: “The company is owned 100 percent by Jeff Bezos, so any decision to fund a new venture would be his to make” — It's remarkable, I think, how much mainstream-media attention the departures of Nate Silver from The New York Times and Ezra Klein …
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Nieman Journalism Lab, Gigaom, @maura, @kevglobal, @jbenton, @mathewi, Talking New Media, Talking Biz News, @webjournalist, @wesleylowery and @joshsternberg
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Allie Jones / The Wire:
Redefining Internet Journalism Proving Harder Than Vox Expected — “What is marijuana?” Vox.com asks today, ready to seriously answer that question for anyone who's not sure. Ezra Klein's newly-launched site, which aims to report and explain the news in a way that's unlike anything we've ever seen …
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PandoDaily, Associated Press, Columbia Journalism Review, @mathewi, Erik Wemple and Vox
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New York Times Changes Ezra Klein Quote To No Longer Criticize Washington Post
New York Times Changes Ezra Klein Quote To No Longer Criticize Washington Post
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@mikeisaac, @edbott, The New York Observer, @bankoff, Mediaite, Mediawire Daily, @romenesko, @umairh and New York Times
Bloomberg:
Microsoft Xbox launching six TV series in June; comedians Seth Green, Sarah Silverman onboard — Microsoft Goes Hollywood in Amazon-Like Programming Push — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is going Hollywood with a cast including comedians Sarah Silverman and Seth Green, aspiring World Cup players and eerily human robots.
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Forbes, Broadcasting & Cable, Variety, Engadget, TechnoBuffalo, cnbc.com, Businessweek, VentureBeat, The Verge, VG247, Wall Street Journal, Hollywood Reporter, Herald Scotland, GameSpot, CNET, The Independent, Guardian, Wired.co.uk, BGR, TechRadar.com, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, The Next Web, Deadline.com, International Business Times, Gizmodo and @dinabass
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Xbox Boosts User-Generated Video Play with YouTube and GoPro
Xbox Boosts User-Generated Video Play with YouTube and GoPro
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Xbox Wire, TIME, TechCrunch, Engadget and Nerdist
Raju Narisetti / Nieman Journalism Lab:
We need to talk: 26 awkward questions to ask news organizations about the move to digital — Here are 25 awkward questions (and one counter-question) that I wish media reporters/critics would routinely ask of editors and mainstream news organizations, each year.
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@tom_el_rumi, @mathewi, @craigmod, @fieldproducer, @raju, @charlesforelle, @tothevictor, @sarahmarshall, @mattderienzo, @marklittlenews, @antderosa, @jbenton and Kirk LaPointe's …
Marc Frank / Reuters:
Cuba says U.S. created other ‘Cuban Twitter’ projects — HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba said on Sunday the United States continues to use social media to “subvert” the island's government and that the revelation this week of a U.S.-created, Twitter-like service for Cuba was just one of several examples.
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VentureBeat and Latin Times
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
USAID refutes claims about allegedly subversive Cuban Twitter clone
USAID refutes claims about allegedly subversive Cuban Twitter clone
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USAID Impact, TechCrunch, The Next Web, TheHill and NPR
Laurie Penny / New Statesman:
From Vox to 538, white guys get feted as the future of journalism while everyone else gets attacked and dismissed — From Vox to 538, white guys get feted as the future of journalism while everyone else gets attacked and dismissed. — GOOGLE PLUS ONE — TWEET WIDGET
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@pennyred, @m_m_dh, @kissane, @pmarca, @profbootyphd, @pennyred, @robert_exley, @katikrause, @peggyholman, @losowsky, @saramayeux, @jaredbkeller, @bronwen and @moorehn
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Six major movie studios file copyright lawsuit against Megaupload, seek $150k per infringement — Movie Studios Sue Defunct Piracy Site Megaupload, Seeking Millions in Damages — Six major U.S. movie studios have sued Megaupload — which U.S. law enforcement officials shut down in January 2012 …
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Gigaom, Hollywood Reporter, Home Media Magazine, Mashable, Deadline.com, @kimdotcom and @kimdotcom
Stephen Buckley / Poynter:
Last Saturday, Omidyar gathered industry thinkers to brainstorm First Look Media's strategy — Omidyar's First Look Media looking to find its focus, target an audience — Pierre Omidyar has issues. Several problems, actually. — The billionaire technologist, philanthropist …
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@paulcarr, @samkirkla, @jayrosen_nyu, @megan and @davewiner
Bob Fernandez / Philly.com:
Senate hearing on Comcast merger comes amid major concerns — The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold the first public hearing on Comcast Corp.'s proposed $45.2 billion deal for Time Warner Cable Inc. on Wednesday, amid regulatory and financial concerns about merging the No. 1 and No. 2 cable-TV companies.
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Radio & Television … and Los Angeles Times
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David Carr / New York Times:
Questions for Comcast as It Looks to Grow
Questions for Comcast as It Looks to Grow
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TVNewser, @davidsirota, @carr2n, @jcstearns and @samgustin
Erin Madigan White / The Definitive Source:
Associated Press CEO Gary Pruitt condemns attacks on journalists in order to control news — Pruitt: ‘Journalists today are targeted’ — Three days after the killing of an Associated Press photojournalist and the wounding of an AP correspondent in Afghanistan, AP President …
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Martin Weil / Washington Post:
Charles S. Stone Jr, founder of National Association of Black Journalists, dies at 89 — Charles S. Stone Jr., journalist and professor, dies at 89 — Charles S. (Chuck) Stone Jr., a prominent and pioneering American journalist who touched and shaped many lives as a big-city newspaper columnist …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Rutgers AD: If Star-Ledger died, 'That'd be great' — Speaking to a journalism class, Rutgers University Athletic Director Julie Hermann said “That'd be great” about the prospect of The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger dying. “I'm going to do all I can to not to give them a headline to keep …
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New Jersey Online, Muckgers, Mother Jones, New Jersey 101.5, @kellymcb and @mlcalderone
Lorraine Luk / Wall Street Journal:
Foxconn family's content company eyeing partnership with Taiwan's largest cable TV operator — Foxconn's Founding Family Eyes Cable TV Alliance — Foxconn's founding family seems to have ambitions far beyond assembling iPhones and iPads for Apple. — An entertainment content company run …
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Publishers including US Weekly and Rolling Stone experimenting with sponsored comments — Publishers bring native ads to their comment sections — Native advertising, the ad format du jour, has been an effective way for publishers to make money, ostensibly without interfering with the reader experience.
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TechCrunch, @bradparsons, @ssktanaka, @dangoldgeier, @melisbuzzfeed, @jlandau and Business Insider
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Business staff at Conde Traveler to do internships at hotels to learn “art of luxury service” — Traveler Magazine Learns Luxury Service at Hotels — Like most of the staff at the opulent Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan, Bill Wackermann was busy. He attended an early morning meeting to prepare for the day's guests.
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@condelibrary and Skift
Jim Romenesko:
Lee Enterprises executives get six-figure bonuses for doing their jobs — Journalists at Lee Enterprises's flagship newspaper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, haven't seen raises since 2008, but Lee's top execs continue to run to the bank with big bonus checks. — Mary Junck and Carl Schmidt
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@romenesko, @dangillmor, bizjournals and The Newspaper Guild