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David Folkenflik / NPR:
‘Period Of Turmoil’ Preceded Abramson Firing, Says Top Editor At ‘Times’ — Dean Baquet sat in his new office in midtown Manhattan, the very picture of composure and precision, as he described the top-level dysfunction that led to the firing of Jill Abramson as executive editor of The New York Times …
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Poynter, Forbes, FishbowlNY, Prof Chris Daly's Blog, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, The Huffington Post, @nprinskeep, @davidfolkenflik, @williamsjon, @ericuman, @sulliview, New York Magazine, @nycsouthpaw, @davidfolkenflik, @sfiegerman, @moorehn, @jennifersaba, The Wrap, @davidfolkenflik and @lisamcintire
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Apple Will Use Curation To Beat A Path To Mainstreaming Music — Ask the average person who their favorite musicians are and they'll struggle to name more than a few. That's one reason search-based streaming services haven't hit critical mass. They force users to know what they want to hear.
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New York Times, Forbes, Mashable, 9to5Mac and hypebot
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Michael Vakulenko / Medium:
Beats is a platform, connecting artists with fans; Apple's users will enable network effects on it — To understand Beats you need to understand Lady Gaga — Look beyond headphones, play lists, music streaming, wearables and label deals — The news are finally out—Apple is buying Beats for 3 Billion Dollars.
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@mikeelgan, Guardian, @danielpunkass, @mryall, @cdixon, @pgiese, @monkbent, @tomgara, @richoakley, hypebot, Digital Media Wire, Forbes, Re/code, VatorNews and The Verge
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Apple didn't want Beats, it needed Beats
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memeburn, MacStories and Tech Trader Daily
Bill Mickey / Folio:
Source Interlink Media Rebrands, Closes 12 Titles — New corporate identity: TEN: The Enthusiast Network — Major changes are happening at Source Interlink Media, publisher of Surfing, Motortrend and approximately 60 other enthusiast titles. Newly installed CEO Scott Dickey announced …
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Folio, Publishers Weekly, Orange County Business …, The News-Press, @cayseyw and Talking New Media
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Alexis Sobel Fitts / Columbia Journalism Review:
Despite earlier promises of investment in staff, The Wire continues drifting without an editor — Chaos at The Wire? — Without an editor in chief, The Atlantic's army of young aggregators is directionless — Back in November, things seemed promising at The Wire.
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@mathewi
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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Coming soon from Andrew Golis and Atlantic Media: ‘This.’ — Atlantic Media is preparing to launch “This.,” a new digital project spearheaded by Andrew Golis, who serves as general manager of The Wire, a source with knowledge of the venture told Capital. — The goal of the vertical …
Discussion:
@maura and the npr social media desk
Sam Kirkland / Poynter:
One year after 28 Sun-Times photojournalists were laid off, where are they now? — One year ago today, the Chicago Sun-Times eliminated its photo staff, laying off 28 full-time employees. — Most of them have landed on their feet, according to email and phone interviews with many of the photographers.
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@abeaujon, @jbenton, @poynter and The Newspaper Guild
Associated Press:
France restricts coverage of D-Day anniversary — PARIS (AP) — Millions of viewers worldwide could miss live coverage of the commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day next week because the French president's office reversed a decision to grant international news agencies free access to the broadcast.
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TVNewser, Poynter, Broadcasting & Cable and GlobalPost
Rem Rieder / USA Today:
Rieder: Time to pass shield law for journalists — Last summer, supporters were confident that at long last the federal shield law for journalists would be enacted. — After a number of false starts, they were convinced that the stars were aligned and that a measure to ensure that journalists …
Brian Anthony Hernandez / Mashable:
TV on Twitter: Starz Is Debuting Full ‘Power’ Episode in New Video Feature — Starz will premiere its new crime drama Power on Twitter, using the social platform's new in-line video feature that allows one-touch playback via Twitter Cards. — The full episode will appear in a tweet …
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Zap2it
Kate Tummarello / The Hill:
National Association of Broadcasters plans second FCC lawsuit over shared resource agreements — Broadcasters to sue FCC on resource-sharing ban — The broadcast industry plans to sue the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over its decision to crack down on resource-sharing deals between broadcasters.
Discussion:
Broadcasting & Cable
Richard Prince / Richard Prince's Journal-isms:
How Maya Angelou learned on the job after landing an editor's job in Egypt with no experience — In 1960, Renaissance Woman Landed Editor's Job in Egypt — Maya Angelou, the Renaissance woman who assumed roles ranging from poet to calypso singer, for a brief time was also a journalist.
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@africandevjobs and @princeeditor
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Probably not a surprise: Turns out your boss spends a lot of time in email — reading news — Do you work in a handsome corner office, one with a view? If so, you likely get a lot of your news in your inbox. — Of course, that's true for many non-captains of industry too.
Discussion:
Medium, @tothevictor and @peteskomoroch
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Journalism Lab:
It's alive! What NPR learned from turning its @nprnews Twitter account from a bot into a human — May 22 was World Goth Day! To celebrate, NPR's main Twitter account, @nprnews, sent out a tweet to its 2 million-plus followers sharing a 2013 NPR story on Goth Barbie.
Discussion:
@vivian and the npr social media desk
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Who's behind that tweet? Here's how 7 news orgs manage their Twitter and Facebook accounts
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@polina_marinova, @ericcarvin, Cision, @bydanielvictor and Talking Biz News
Agence France-Presse:
Turkey sentences Twitter user to jail for blasphemy — Istanbul (AFP) - A Turkish court on Thursday handed a 15-month jail term to a teacher over Twitter posts deemed religiously offensive, local media reported on Thursday. — The court in the eastern city of Mus ruled that the man …
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Al Jazeera English:
Turkey's top court rejects YouTube ban
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Gigaom, USA Today, BBC, Reuters and Associated Press
Sam Kirkland / Poynter:
How Muck Rack's social media tool lets journalists track content sharing — Here's a handy social media tool you might not be aware of: Muck Rack's Who Shared My Link feature. Simply paste any link, and it shows you how many times it was shared on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and more.
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@abeaujon, @poynter, @grrlscientist, bookforum.com and 10,000 Words
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