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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Susan Glasser named Editor of POLITICO — Susan Glasser, the editor of POLITICO Magazine, has been promoted to Editor of POLITICO, a new title that will give her “full authority” over the site's core coverage, magazine and Pro verticals, the company's leadership announced early Thursday morning.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New Politico Editor Susan Glasser praises newsroom's clear-cut mission, acknowledges need to adapt constantly
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@jonathanchait, @mlcalderone, @carloslozadawp, @sbg1 and FishbowlDC
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
YouTube will spend millions to fund & promote new shows from popular creators — YouTube Takes Out Checkbook Again, Pays Its Stars to Make Videos — The world's biggest video site is paying people to make videos. Again. — YouTube is planning to invest millions in some of its biggest stars …
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Rem Rieder / USA Today:
Fighting back against government secrecy — CHICAGO — It's come to this. — A transportation reporter for the Associated Press was told by federal government sources that they would be fired if they provided information to the journalist, AP Washington Bureau Chief Sally Buzbee says.
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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Twitter Quantifies Impact Of Live-Tweeting On TV Engagement — Everyone in the TV business knows the story of how the enthusiastic embrace of Twitter by Shonda Rhimes and Kerry Washington helped “Scandal” go from living on the cancellation bubble to being a ratings hit.
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Re/code and @forbestech
BBC:
BBC team under attack in southern Russia — A BBC team has been attacked in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan. — They had gone to investigate reports of Russian servicemen being killed near the border with Ukraine. — The team's cameraman was beaten up and the camera smashed during the attack.
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Natalie Jomini Stroud / American Press Institute:
From free to fee: How U.S. dailies decide to use paywalls — Before charging for digital content, doing research seems like good business. It can help publishers learn how particular audiences will react to a transition from free content to paying for content.
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@engagingnews, @myurow, @kevinloker, @raju, @ampress, @niemanlab, @jakevolcsko, @jeffjarvis and @mathewi
Ric Bailey / BBC:
Scottish independence: How the BBC reports polling day — Voting in Scotland is taking place between 07:00 and 22:00 — Strict rules mean the BBC, like other broadcasters, isn't allowed to report details of campaigning while the polls are open. — In all national elections …
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Guardian, @jamesrbuk, @even_dave, bbc.co.uk, @anna_ee, @jamesrbuk, @kasie, @catawbapolitics and New York Magazine
Paul Bischoff / Tech in Asia:
The Next Web signs exclusive deal with Tencent to republish articles in Chinese — Tencent has signed a deal with western tech blog The Next Web to be the latter's exclusive content partner for Greater China. The announcement published today says Tencent has exclusive rights to translate The Next Web's content into Chinese.
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The Next Web and @niemanlab
Tampa Bay Times:
Tampa Bay Times cuts employee pay 5% starting Sept. 29, warns of job losses, reduces severance after Oct. 1 — Times cuts employee pay 5 percent, reduces severance payments — Pay for full-time employees at the Tampa Bay Times will be cut by 5 percent under a new cost-savings plan implemented by the newspaper starting Sept. 29.
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Mike Wallberg / IVOH:
New Washington Post newsletter delivers optimism to readers' inboxes — Washington Post photo of Whitney Paxson and daughter Madeline, 6, who were featured in a story about the transformation of alleyways in D.C. The story appeared in the Post's new newsletter, The Optimist.
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Poynter and American Press Institute
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Huffington Post says nearly 50% of traffic comes from outside US as it readies Greek launch — Huffington Post to Launch in Greece — News Aggregator Says Nearly Half of Site's Traffic From Outside the U.S. — The Huffington Post will launch a Greek edition based in Athens this year …
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Wall Street Journal, @elisefoley, Wall Street Journal and The Drum
Alison Langley / Columbia Journalism Review:
In the European Union, reporters are being hampered from doing their work — A group of media rights activists have set out to map free expression violations within the European Union to make a visual statement about how it's increasingly difficult for journalists to do their jobs there.
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@janebsinger and @cjr
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
YouTube is a big success on cable boxes in Hungary. So when will it launch elsewhere? — Cable subscribers in Hungary have been watching a million minutes of YouTube every day since the video service became available on their set-top boxes. — TV viewers love YouTube …
Carmel DeAmicis / Gigaom:
Twitpic says it was acquired and will no longer be shutting down, but doesn't name buyer — Twitpic says it's getting acquired but it won't say by whom — The official Twitpic account just tweeted that the company isn't shutting down after all. It's being acquired, although the tweet didn't specify what company is saving the day.
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@twitpic, The Verge, @textfiles, @8bsn, @yannikouts, Engadget, Gizmodo, The Next Web and PandoDaily
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
CBS May Offer Standalone Showtime to Non-U.S. Viewers — CBS Corp. (CBS) may offer international consumers direct access to programs from its Showtime cable network, as competitor HBO has done in Nordic countries. — The broadcaster may also offer more choices to viewers in the U.S. as part …
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Knight Foundation:
News for high schools: Digital media plus teaching equals support for freedom — Report summary: A Right to Speak Out/Our Business is None of Yours. Credit: Column Five. — Some experts say smartphones make young people stupid. Others say technology makes them smarter.
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@jcstearns, @rickhirsch, @tglaisyer, @brizzyc, @ericnewton1, @jeffjarvis and Guardian
Julia Fioretti / Reuters:
EU regulators agree on guidelines for ‘right to be forgotten’ complaints — (Reuters) - European regulators have agreed on criteria for judging appeals for the “right to be forgotten”, taking into account public profiles or crime for example, when search engines such as Google turn down requests …
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