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Todd VanDerWerff / Vox:
#GamerGate explained: why the gaming world is fighting about the treatment of women and game journalism ethics — GamerGate: Here's why everybody in the video game world is fighting — Over the past several weeks, the online video game community has become ground zero for a series …
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Storify, Medium, Overland literary journal, The Independent, Examiner, Hero Complex, Kotaku, Paste, @thequinnspiracy, @thequinnspiracy, On The Media, Polygon, TIME, Motherboard and Hot Air
Mike Allen / Politico:
Benny Johnson, former BuzzFeed editor fired for plagiarism, gets hired as National Review's social media director — BRUNCH EDITION - 59 days to midterms — BENNY JOHNSON's new job - OBAMA PUNTS ON IMMIGRATION — WENDY DAVIS discloses abortion of third daughter - JOE SCARBOROUGH signs NBC deal —CHRIS CHRISTIE is 52
Jim Romenesko:
Indiana University's newspaper partners with NYT to show its stories to students in NYT Now — Indiana Daily Student partners with NYT Now — Indiana University's Daily Student newspaper announced today that “we've joined forces with the talented developers of NYT Now to bring our readers …
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Indiana Daily Student and @raju
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Inside the Toronto Star's $10 million niche print business — John Cruickshank, publisher of the Toronto Star, is the first to acknowledge that his strategy for the paper seems anachronistic. — Cruickshank talked the New York Times Syndicate into providing him a semi-custom weekly collection …
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@sladurantaye
Alex Pareene / The Dish:
A Second Look At The Giant Garbage Pile That Is Online Media, 2014 — WARNING: This is a post, by a media professional, about the media. If you are a normal human being, you will not and definitely should not care, except inasmuch as it's part of a debate about whether or not we, the media, are failing you, the normal human being.
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@tomgara, @mathewi, @mariabustillos, @pareene, @markarms, @pkafka, @noahshachtman, @seanmcelwee, @ceodonovan, @malsaafin, @regan_hofmann, @chaykak and @poniewozik
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Global media VP Katie Jacobs Stanton: Twitter is the “operating system” of news, not a competitor to newsrooms — Twitter Media Boss Katie Jacobs Stanton Wants More Partners in More Countries — Twitter has had plenty of challenges. Convincing media companies to work with it hasn't been one of them.
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@antderosa, @digiphile, @vivian, @brie, @sdkstl, @sacca, @mathewi, @ralfonsi, @jayrosen_nyu and @sfiegerman
Capital New York:
The 60-second interview: Elizabeth Spiers, editorial director, Flavorwire (and Gawker founding editor) — CAPITAL: You've recently returned to personal blogging, as has your fellow former Gawkerite Lockhart Steele. Do you think there's a broader trend here?
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@jeremymbarr, @sennettreport and @niemanlab
Hadas Gold / Politico:
The new Cosmo: Love, sex, politics? — Cosmopolitan's website is making room for something new to the the legendary women's glossy: the midterm elections. — The magazine known for its celebrity covers, fashion tips and relationship advice is diving into politics on Monday with its #CosmoVotes campaign …
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@elanazak, @nataliewsj and The Daily Caller
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:
The L.A. Times will begin broadcasting original documentaries in mid-September — The L.A. Times made a move toward expanding its video strategy today — but not in digital video. The newspaper announced a broadcast deal with DIRECTV for a series of documentaries to be called Los Angeles Times Originals.
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times and LA Observed
Tim McGuire / McGuire on Media:
Advocacy and self-interested journalism are inevitable, but what are the consequences? — Just last week I told the students of my 21st Century Journalism class at least 30-40% of them would one day work for organizations that don't do journalism now. — I have been telling other classes …
Discussion:
Guardian
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Cable companies want to unbundle broadcast TV, and broadcasters are angry — À la carte pricing may not be a pipe dream, at least for local broadcast TV. — A Congressional proposal to let cable and satellite customers choose which broadcast TV channels they pay for has led …
Discussion:
The Wrap, The Hill and Broadcasting & Cable
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Netflix may add short-form content to increase mobile usage — Most people don't spend 90 minutes watching whole movies on their phones, which is why Netflix may soon serve them two-minute clips of the best scenes. — Netflix has always been all about TV shows and movies, but soon …
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Nieman Lab and Consumerist
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