Mediagazer: AP on robot reporters: 'I can't have journalists spending a ton of time data processing' (Sam Kirkland/Poynter)

5:40 PM ET, July 1, 2014

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Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:

Google acquires music streaming service Songza for undisclosed amount; product intact for now — Google Buys Songza — Google has acquired music streaming service Songza after weeks of speculation around a potential buyout. — Songza uses information about the user and context …

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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:

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Wall Street Journal:
ESPN, Univision crack down on Vine World Cup highlights posted by competitors like SB Nation

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Kristen Hare / Poynter:

Pulitzer names Mike Pride new administrator — Mike Pride is the new administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, Columbia University announced Tuesday. Pride, the former editor of the Concord Monitor “led his small New Hampshire newspaper to national prominence and served as co-chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board …

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Media execs discuss how to close gender gap in journalism leadership at National Press Club — It's time for women journalists to ‘banish bashfulness’ when it comes to pay — The next generation of leaders at The New York Times is “not going to have careers like mine,” …

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Sam Kirkland / Poynter:

AP on robot reporters: 'I can't have journalists spending a ton of time data processing' — AP's plan to automate stories about earnings reports is designed to make life easier for human journalists, not to replace them, AP Managing Editor Lou Ferrara said.

Discussion: USA Today, Gigaom, The Wrap and Business Insider

Jemima Kiss / Guardian:

BBC appoints Matthew Postgate as chief technology officer — Current controller of research and development was part of the management team that created iPlayer and built mobile services — The BBC has announced that it has appointed Matthew Postgate as its chief technology officer.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix Stock Hits All-Time High on Upbeat Analyst Estimates — Netflix shares closed up 7.4% Tuesday to an all-time high of $473.10 after a Goldman Sachs analyst upgraded the stock, citing the company's long-term international growth prospects and its stepped-up investments in kids' programming.

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Brown Moses Blog:

Brown Moses launching crowdfunding campaign July 14 for open investigations site, Bellingcat — Brown Moses Announces Bellingcat - Open Source Investigations For All — I have big news to announce. I will be launching a website called Bellingcat. — As a champion of open source tools …

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Harry McCracken / Technologizer:

Former Time editor-at-large Harry McCracken joins Fast Company as technology editor — Hey, I'm Joining Fast Company! — Just over a month ago, I resigned from my job at TIME and rebooted this website. I wrote at the time that I didn't expect to do Technologizer full-time indefinitely …

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Agence France-Presse:

Russian journalists injured in Ukraine — Reporter Denis Kulaga and cameraman Vadim Yudin wounded by mortar fire in Lugansk area, day after colleague shot dead — Two journalists from the Russian television channel Ren TV have been injured by mortar fire in eastern Ukraine …

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Ronald Grover / Reuters:

Potential Fox-Sky deal may help Murdoch scout for acquisitions at Sun Valley next week — Murdoch's ambitions may take center stage in Sun Valley — (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch jets into Idaho's Sun Valley next week for the year's most exclusive tech and media industry gathering …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times

Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

Tumblr “shadow CEO” Derek Gottfrid is out according to internal email from David Karp — One The Most Important People At Tumblr — Derek Gottfrid — Is Out Of The Company — A key Tumblr employee is out of the company. — Derek Gottfrid, who joined from the New York Times in 2010 …

Discussion: AdAge and VentureBeat

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

The Young Turks, with 68M views/month, generates $400 in one week from YouTube's Fan Funding — Online news channel chosen to test YouTube's ‘Fan Funding’ — The dialog box for YouTube's new Fan Funding program. This one features Poynter fellow Ben Mullin.