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Rosenthal hopes a younger, news informed audience that's interested in op-ed will embrace the NYT Opinion app — Who's Going to Buy The New York Times's New Opinion App? — When The New York Times announced its new mobile app, NYT Now, in April, it did more than release a new piece of software to the world.
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NYT launches NYT Opinion, a $6/month subscription and app for op-eds, editorials, and curated online commentary
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New Tow Center report examines current state of data journalism, takes inputs from journalists, academics, and more — Read some of the smartest thinkers on data journalism in this new Tow Center report — In order to consider the future of data journalism, you have to start by looking at the past.
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@niemanlab, @trasel and Project News


Lara Logan returns to CBS, will likely be back on 60 Minutes in the fall — Lara Logan Back at Work on ‘60 Minutes’ — The correspondent has been on the bench for seven months after anchoring an erroneous report about the Benghazi attacks. — Lara Logan has returned to work, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
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The Wrap, CNNMoney.com, TVNewser, Associated Press, New York Times, Mediaite, New York Magazine and The Huffington Post


Kushner's Freedom newspapers lurched from one strategy to another; print focus isn't working — The newsonomics of the Orange County Register's swerves all over the freeway — Pity Aaron Kushner's poor driving instructor. We can easily imagine the then-16-year-old's driving inclinations as he first took the wheel.
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Just Like Comcast Did, Verizon Says Netflix Is Slowing Its Own Streams — Verizon, responding to complaints from Netflix about its broadband service, says Netflix is slowing down its own video streams to the telco's providers. — If that sounds confusing, that's because it is.
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Verizon, @edmundlee, The Verge and DSLreports
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Netflix Nags Another New Partner, Blaming Verizon for Slow Streams
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In addition to Soundcloud, Twitter also reportedly considered acquiring Pandora and Spotify — Last month, a Recode rumor suggested Twitter was looking to buy Soundcloud, only to have a WSJ rumor say that “the numbers didn't add up” for a deal to go through.
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Financial Times

Daily Beast exec shuffle: CEO departs, editor and digital officer to be managing directors, Conde Nast veteran will advise — Leadership changes at The Daily Beast — Five months after parting ways with founding editor Tina Brown, The Daily Beast is making more changes to its top management team.

Raju Narisetti says “storytelling could be the key to the industry's long-term relevance” — Can storytelling be the industry's savior? — Media companies want to tell stories. Brands want to tell stories. Audiences want to hear stories, yet now crave an experience with their content.

France lifts restrictions on D-Day video coverage — PARIS (AP) — France on Wednesday dropped restrictions on live video coverage of ceremonies this week marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, ensuring that millions of viewers across the world will be able to watch the event as it unfolds.


Whisper editor Neetzan Zimmerman talks about traffic, Facebook's media role, Whisper for news — Can anonymity app Whisper become a viable news source? — Neetzan Zimmerman was once heralded as the Internet's foremost viral-traffic whisperer; a one-man traffic generating machine who …
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Amazon Feud With Publishers to Escalate as Contracts End — Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)'s sales contracts with some of the world's biggest publishers, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins, are next up for renewal, signaling that skirmishes over e-book pricing are set to spread.
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Mediashift, New York Times, Guardian and Gigaom


Film streaming and downloads to overtake box office in 2017 — The growing popularity of downloads and streaming services like Netflix means that Blu-ray and DVD sales are declining — Netflix's HQ: the streaming service is eating into DVD sales. Photograph: Graham Whitby Boot/Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd.
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Gigaom, Variety, Digital Spy and The Wrap