Mediagazer: WatchESPN's Record 1.7M Concurrent World Cup Viewers Beats The Super Bowl (Matthew Panzarino/TechCrunch)

11:15 PM ET, June 26, 2014

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Sam Schechner / Bloomberg:

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Alicia Rancilio / Associated Press:

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ING:

Study: Only 20% of journalists always check their facts before publishing — 2014 Study impact of Social Media on News: more crowd-checking, less fact-checking — The Social Media Impact (#SMING14) survey conducted by ING among an international group of journalists and PR professionals shows …

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Lexy Savvides / CNET:

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

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Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

WatchESPN's Record 1.7M Concurrent World Cup Viewers Beats The Super Bowl — The WatchESPN app (or site, or however you access it) was the way that many Americans were watching the US vs. Germany World Cup match today. So many, in fact, that the site had issues serving all of its users in the first half.

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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:

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Alex Ben Block / Hollywood Reporter:

India Joins China, Russia, Switzerland On Piracy Watch List — Italy and The Philippines fall off the list of countries where intellectual property like movies and TV aren't properly protected for the first time since 1989. — The 2014 International Piracy Watch List is out …

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Todd Wasserman / Mashable:

USA Today uses content discovery tool Curiyo to keep readers from leaving the site — USA Today Tries New Way to Keep Readers From Leaving — USA Today is trying out a new content discovery tool to keep readers from leaving the site. — The newspaper has tapped Curiyo …

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Al Jazeera Gains Support In Fight For Jailed Journalists — NEW YORK — Al Jazeera executives and correspondents pledged Wednesday to keep pressure on the Egyptian government following this week's widely condemned convictions of three network journalists on spurious terrorism charges.

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