Mediagazer: Seeing More Politics in Your News Feed? Facebook Boosts Partisan Sites (Jason Abbruzzese/Mashable)

6:55 PM ET, July 14, 2014

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Ryan Roslansky / Official LinkedIn Blog:

LinkedIn acquries Newsle, a tool for monitoring mentions of people in news stories — Stay In The Know On Your Network: Newsle Joins The LinkedIn Family — We know LinkedIn is a place you visit to stay up-to-speed on your network, showcase and strengthen your professional identity …

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Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:

Julia Turner Is Named Editor in Chief of Slate — The online magazine Slate on Monday named Julia Turner its editor in chief, replacing David Plotz, who is stepping down after six years in the job. — Ms. Turner has served as Mr. Plotz's deputy editor since 2008.

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Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:

Under Larry Kramer, USA Today focuses on breaking news fast and going viral — USA Today Goes Viral — TYSONS CORNER, Va. — “Today is a good day to be here because we are starting Social Media Tuesdays,” exclaims Larry Kramer, the publisher of USA Today.

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Josh Rottenberg / Los Angeles Times:

‘Snowpiercer,’ VOD and the future of film distribution — On June 27, a bold new sci-fi film opened in theaters. Critics raved. Fanboys exulted. Word-of-mouth was overwhelmingly positive. No, it wasn't “Transformers: Age of Extinction.” — Upon its release, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's …

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

A.G. Sulzberger named ‘senior editor for strategy’ at Times — The New York Times has confirmed a new role for Arthur Gregg Sulzberger, a rising newsroom star and the son of Times publisher and chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. — The younger Sulzberger, who previously did stints as an editor …

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Michael Cieply / New York Times:

BitTorrent launching paywall and using crowdfunding to finance new sci-fi series — BitTorrent to Try a Paywall and Crowdfunding — LOS ANGELES — This might be the latest twist on crowdfunding — or the web equivalent of seeking a ransom. — BitTorrent, a purveyor of file-sharing technology …

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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:

Time chief content officer Norman Pearlstine on the spinoff, The Awl, Twitter, and more — Norm Pearlstine on Standing in Checkout Lines and The Awl — Norm Pearlstine. (Illustration by Paul Kisselev) … What does the spinoff mean for Time Inc.? We were very much defined …

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Ellen Emmerentze Jervell / Wall Street Journal:

Swedish author and his bot created 2.7M Wikipedia articles; some editors object to methods — For This Author, 10,000 Wikipedia Articles Is a Good Day's Work — In Sweden, Sverker Johansson and His ‘Bot’ Have Created 2.7 Million Articles; Some Purists Complain

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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Report around the clock: How some news orgs use time zones to their advantage to operate 24/7 — It was well past midnight the morning of June 14 on the East Coast of the United States when Los Angeles Kings defenseman Alec Martinez slammed home the Stanley Cup-winning goal deep into the second overtime.

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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:

BuzzFeed let longtime staffers edit and even delete early posts to match “editorial standards” — Why Are Your Favorite BuzzFeed Posts Disappearing? — Avid consumers of BuzzFeed's entertaining and informative listicles have noticed something strange: Their favorite listicles are disappearing from BuzzFeed's servers.

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Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:

An Israeli BuzzFeed Copycat Is Suddenly in the Top 10 of Facebook's Publishers — Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and the surest way to Internet traffic. — PlayBuzz, an Israeli knockoff of viral media giant BuzzFeed, has become one of the most popular media publishers on Facebook, according to data released by NewsWhip.

Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:

Seeing More Politics in Your News Feed? Facebook Boosts Partisan Sites — Facebook has helped catapult sites like BuzzFeed and Upworthy into social stardom, boosting the visibility of media content on the News Feeds of millions of users and generating a deluge of traffic.

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