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Scot Finnie / Computerworld:
After a 47 year run, Computerworld will publish its last print edition on June 23 — The continuing evolution of Computerworld — On June 23, we will publish the last print issue of Computerworld. — It was 47 years ago, almost to the day, that Computerworld's very first issue rolled off the presses: June 21, 1967.
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Talking New Media, Folio, Ars Technica, Talking New Media, TechEye, Re/code, Technologizer and Talking Biz News
Tony Horwitz / New York Times:
An author describes a cautionary experience publishing a digital best seller with Byliner — I Was a Digital Best Seller! — WEST TISBURY, Mass. — FIVE months ago I published a short book called “Boom.” Commercially it was a bust. No news in that: Most books lose money …
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Gawker, The New York Observer, @kris_e_benson, @jimbohider, @rahulrg, @ryanklindsay, @laurahazardowen, @_bridge8, @timothynoah1, @ayjay, @nicole_s_cohen, @ethanz, @bradmeltzer, @emilydreyfuss, @katzish, @joshuafoust, @noctambulate, @pamelapaulnyt, @sarahlapolla, @davidmwessel, @mappingbabel and @davidgrann
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
LinkedIn acquires major fact checking patents — Lucas Myslinski was tired of having to fact check the questionable emails his father often forwarded to him. — “My dad would send these emails where they say something like, 'Oh the government is stockpiling billions of dollars of ammunition …
Discussion:
@craigsilverman
Knight Foundation:
Spark Camp expands model of connecting innovators — Photo: Matt Thompson and Amy Webb at Spark Camp. Credit: Amy Webb. — A little more than three years ago we hosted our first “Spark Camp,” then an experimental gathering for journalists funded in part by Knight Foundation. — Related Press Release
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@knightfdn
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
German publishers want an 11 percent cut of Google News — Street View, copyright, a “right to be forgotten”—Europe and Google have issues. — Several of Germany's largest newspaper and magazine publishers have instituted legal proceedings against Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo.
Discussion:
BuzzMachine and PC World
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
With Atlantic article on reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates sees payoff for years of struggle — He paid to get here. Paid with the skull-rattling pain of a metal trash can clattering down hard onto his head when he was a kid racing from thugs in West Baltimore. Paid with the jobs he lost.
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@johnica, Pacific Standard, Gawker and The Daily Caller
Robert Andrews / Beet.TV:
Mail Online's New US CEO Steinberg: “We are Going to Grow Massively” — CANNES, France - The conservative British mid-market tabloid is a gargantuan celebrity traffic driver online. Now it wants to both align and connect with a leading social messaging service.
Peter Adams / The News Literacy Project:
Facebook's related posts could serve as debunkers by highlighting fact-checking sites — Facebook's Related Content Algorithm Might Have More Potential Than It Thinks — In this entry, Peter Adams, NLP's senior VP for educational programs, reflects on the potential of algorithms …
Discussion:
@rsingel and @noahchestnut
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Univision owners trying to sell their stakes, but so far, nada — Univision Communications' owners are looking for an exit. Los Angeles billionaire Haim Saban and his four private equity partners are trying to unload their stakes in the nation's biggest Spanish-language broadcaster.
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TVWeek.com and Reuters
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Aaron Kushner Fires Back at LA Register Criticism: 'It's Not a Gamble, It's a Simple Business Strategy' — After coming under fire for launching the Los Angeles Register and then announcing budget cuts a short time later, Freedom Communications CEO Aaron Kushner is speaking out.
Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:
How the Fire Phone will turn Amazon into Apple's greatest music threat — Image Credit: Original image via PinnacleAnimates/Shutterstock; Illustration by Tom Cheredar — How can you leverage mobile to increase profitability for your company? Find out at MobileBeat …
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Forbes
Guardian:
BBC announces raft of new measures on diversity — Corporation to launch more internships, introduce new targets, and Lenny Henry and Lady Benjamin will join advisory group — The BBC has announced new measures to improve the representation of the Black, Asian and minority ethnic community …
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Hollywood Reporter, Guardian, mirror, The Stage and BBC
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Women correspondents lead the way in Iraq and Syria for CBS — In the world of television news, foreign correspondents are part of an elite club, one that comes with a healthy air of mystique and bravado. The job description can include the ability to sneak into war zones before battles begin …
Cory Bergman / Medium:
How to make breaking news matter again — Breaking news is broken, and it's only getting worse — If you ask your friends and neighbors about the state of journalism these days, they'll inevitably start complaining about breaking news. — You'll hear about the endless “breaking” …