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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson / Financial Times:
Corporate owned news sites bypass traditional media, blurring lines between journalism and PR — The invasion of corporate news — The lines between journalism and PR are rapidly becoming blurred as business interests bypass traditional media to get their message across
Discussion:
Capital New York, @emilybell and Om Malik
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Twitter's New US Media Boss is Kirstine Stewart — Twitter has named Kirstine Stewart to head up its U.S. media unit, filling a vacancy left by Chloe Sladden in June. Stewart, who had previously run Twitter's media group in Canada, will report to Katie Stanton, who now runs Twitter's global media group.
Discussion:
Variety, @joannauk, @katies, @shinangovani, @mathewi, @kathrynbuczko and @chrisdoyle
Tamara Baluja / J-source:
Winnipeg Free Press adds social media element to letters to the editor — Letters to the editor are a dying breed. Although a long-standing tradition at newspapers, they just don't jibe with today's media landscape of immediacy and urgency. The Winnipeg Free Press is changing that by bringing social media to snail mail.
Discussion:
@meltait, @tamara_baluja, @tamara_baluja, @quinparker and @iabcmanitoba
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 …
Discussion:
Guardian, The Next Web, Marketing Land, Forbes, Business Insider, YouTube Blog, Tech Trader Daily, Engadget, 9to5Google, Variety, SocialTimes, LifeHealthPro, The Next Web, Bloomberg, Onlinevideo.net, CNET, TechBeat and Gigaom
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Hollywood emerges as winner in Alibaba's market debut — If Hollywood handed out an award for film financing, it would go to Alibaba founder Jack Ma. — Studio heads are anticipating an influx of investment dollars from Asia, thanks to the Chinese e-commerce giant, which is poised to pull off …
Discussion:
Forbes, New York Times, CNBC, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Reuters and CNBC
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Facebook wants to be better at putting breaking news in your feed — Social network will factor trending topics and how recently friends have commented in to its algorithm — Facebook: much better for ice bucket videos, BuzzFeed quizzes and baby photos than it is for keeping abreast of breaking news.
Discussion:
Facebook, Wall Street Journal, BetaNews, Gigaom, Ars Technica and Engadget
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Comcast makes its case to F.C.C., listing its disruptors — Thursday evening, Comcast filed with the F.C.C. a detailed response to questions asked by the Commission late last month. Comcast's filing is redacted, with many answers about its business removed for competitive reasons.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Mobile website readership overtakes desktop for Mail Online, Metro and Mirror — Mail Online, Metro and the Mirror all now attract more readers to their websites from mobiles than they do from personal computers. — New evidence of the shift from desktop to mobile news readership is provided …
Discussion:
Journalism.co.uk and @pressgazette
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Chinese Internet Giant Tencent Launches Film Production Unit — HONG KONG - Tencent, the giant Chinese Internet firm which operates WeChat and the QQ messaging service, has unveiled plans to become a film producer. — Its new unit Tencent Movies+ has a slate of seven feature films in development.
Discussion:
Tech in Asia, Forbes, BusinessKorea and ScreenDaily
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.
Discussion:
Poynter, @ivohmedia, @mallarytenore, @carloslozadawp, @meena_thiru and @jayrosen_nyu
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Mirror and Express are only two Fleet Street titles not to name British journalist held by IS — The Daily Mirror and Daily Express are the only two national newspapers not to have identified British journalist John Cantlie who is being held hostage by the Islamic State.
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The Huffington Post, The Independent, Global News, Newsweek, ASHARQ AL-AWSAT, NBC News, The Daily Beast and NY Daily News
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