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1:55 PM ET, August 5, 2014

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Alexa Davis / Forbes:
After Breakup, Gannett's Print and Broadcast Assets May Be Ripe For The Picking  —  Gannett Tuesday became the latest media company to separate its publishing assets, which include USA Today, from broadcast and digital businesses.  The move is the latest in a string of similar actions …
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Gannett to Separate Broadcasting, Publishing Businesses Via Spin-Off  —  The move is mindful of Tribune's split, which was completed late Monday.  —  Gannett Co. said Tuesday it would create two publicly traded companies by separating its broadcasting and digital businesses from its publishing operation.
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Russian journalist's body found after disappearance  —  The body of an independent Russian journalist was found in a wood the day after he had gone missing following threats from law enforcement authorities.  —  Timur Kuashev worked for the magazine Dosh (or Dosch) as its correspondent in Nalchik …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Lauren Kern joins New York magazine as executive editor  —  Lauren Kern headed back to New York mag  —  Lauren Kern is leaving The New York Times Magazine and heading back to New York as executive editor.  —  She fills the vacancy created by the departure last month of longtime executive …
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Frank Rose / Wired:
How the Smartphone Ushered In a Golden Age of Journalism  —  When I first  —  arrived in New York, some time back in the last century, I gazed in awe and fascination at subway riders reading The New York Times.  Thanks to a precise and universally adopted method of folding the paper …
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New York Times Reporter Addresses Israeli Censorship On Soldier Story  —  NEW YORK — Jodi Rudoren, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times, addressed the paper's decision Friday to withhold a biographical detail about an Israeli soldier at the Israeli military's request.
Discussion: New York Times and Mediaite
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Shazam Inks TV Ad Pacts with A+E, AMC, Dick Clark Productions and Others  —  Shazam Entertainment, whose app is best known for ID'ing songs, is making an even stronger push into American TV.  —  The company has struck deals with partners including A+E Networks, AMC, Dick Clark Prods. and Fuse …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Danny Zappin, Ousted CEO of Maker Studios, Raises $25 Million to Launch Digital Studio  —  Danny Zappin, who was fired as CEO of Maker Studios and unsuccessfully tried to block a shareholder vote on Disney's acquisition of the mulitchannel network he co-founded, has raised $25 million …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Russian state media watchdog tells BBC to remove online interview with Siberian artist and activist  —  Russia's state media watchdog has asked BBC Russian to remove an online interview with a Siberian artist and activist, the corporation has said.  —  The interview with Artem Loskutov …
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Time Warner Rebuff of Fox May Not Just Be Negotiating Ploy  —  Rupert Murdoch tends to finish what he starts.  So from the moment the news broke last month that Time Warner Inc. had rejected an $80 billion bid by Mr. Murdoch's 21st Century Fox, the assumption on Wall Street and in the media world …
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Washington Post has record traffic month after adding digital staff — is it the Bezos effect?  —  The Washington Post saw record traffic to its website in July, and editor-in-chief Marty Baron credits the paper's new digital projects and the addition of about 60 new editorial staff for the growth
Discussion: Washington Post
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
NATO soldier fires ‘warning shot’ near AP photographer  —  A member of NATO forces fired a warning shot near an Associated Press photographer outside of a military training academy on the outskirts of Kabul, according to the New York Times.  —  Massoud Hossaini was there to cover a story …
Discussion: Gawker, New York Times and Mashable
 
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Dylan Baker / Tech City News:
Media giant Bauer launches €100m digital business fund
Ben Blanchard / Reuters:
China releases investigative journalist after almost year in jail
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Norman Solomon / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalism groups rally around a petition supporting James Risen
Gilad Lotan / Global Voices:
Analysis: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter serve as siloed propaganda engines for Gaza news
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Former Obama spokesman explains the toxic relationship between media and the White House
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

Eugen Rochko / Mastodon Blog:
Mastodon forms a new US non-profit, to receive tax-deductible US donations and in-kind support, with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and others on its board

William Brown / Firstyear's blog-a-log:
Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers

 
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