Mediagazer: Upworthy, Joining a Refrain, Says Paid Posts Get More Views Than Editorial (Michael Sebastian/AdAge)

3:03 AM ET, July 13, 2014

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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:

Role of Sports Illustrated in LeBron James's Announcement Raises Journalistic Questions — By being the first to report on Friday that LeBron James is returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Sports Illustrated beat a journalistic pack that included 15 on-air people at ESPN.

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Craig Calcaterra:

Sports Illustrated gets modern media; gets criticized for it — The LeBron James news dominated sports media for the past several days. Everyone — even people who don't much care about basketball — was interested in it at least on some level. Even if it was only to joke, snark and/or join in some fun collective happening.

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Sports Illustrated editors didn't know of LeBron's decision until ‘this morning’

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David Carr / New York Times:

Hulu receives exclusive rights to stream South Park immediately after broadcast and entire back catalog in deal worth $80M+ — Hulu to Stream ‘South Park’ as More Players Jostle for Online Rights — While the media moguls in Sun Valley, Idaho, jockeyed for parking spaces for their jets …

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Ed Summers / inkdroid:

Bot @congressedits tweets all anonymous Wikipedia edits made from Congressional IP addresses — why @congressedits? — Note: as with all the content on this blog, this post reflects my own thoughts about a personal project, and not the opinions or activities of my employer.

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The Tennessean:

John Seigenthaler, longtime Tennessean editor, dies at 86 — John Seigenthaler, a legendary Tennessee journalist, intimate confidant to two near-presidents and fierce advocate for racial equality, died Friday. He was 86. Mr. Seigenthaler passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family.

Ann Friedman / Columbia Journalism Review:

Gawker's so-far successful experiment in making office chats public — Last Monday, Gawker editor Max Read announced that the bloggers and editors on his team were spending too much time chatting on Campfire, one of several group-chat apps that have become popular in newsrooms.

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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

Upworthy, Joining a Refrain, Says Paid Posts Get More Views Than Editorial — Viral Site Also Names Media Exec Kim Kelleher to Board — Creativity Top 5 — Three months ago the first major brand advertising campaign appeared on Upworthy, a mix of paid and curated posts promoting Unilever's Project Sunlight initiative.

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Kevin Roose / New York Magazine:

Robots Are Invading the News Business, and It's Great for Journalists — Don't fear the revolution. — Earlier this week, one of my business-beat colleagues got assigned to recap the quarterly earnings of Alcoa, the giant metals company, for the Associated Press.

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Barton Gellman / Washington Post:

Washington Post writer responds to criticism of analysis of 160K conversations intercepted by the NSA, sheds light on data set, analysis methods — How 160,000 intercepted communications led to our latest NSA story — The Debrief An occasional series offering a reporter's insights

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Jemima Kiss / Guardian:

Google launches ‘advisory council’ page on right to be forgotten — Search engine formalising procedure to deal with more than 70,000 requests for links to be removed after EU ruling fallout — Google launched a dedicated page on Friday to publicise its advisory council on the right …

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James Ball / Guardian:
Google admits to errors over Guardian ‘right to be forgotten’ link deletions

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Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:

SoundCloud in licensing talks with major labels, may give each revenue split and 3-5% stakes — SoundCloud Said to Near Deals With Record Labels — The largest record labels are closing in on a deal for a stake in buzzy digital-music service SoundCloud Ltd., in exchange for an agreement …

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Twitter's New Analytics Tell Advertisers And Publishers How Many People Actually Saw Their Tweets — If you're looking for more details about how all of your tweets are doing, Twitter today released a new analytics dashboard for advertisers, Twitter Card publishers, and verified users.