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Rebecca Carroll / The New Republic:
I'm a Black Journalist. I'm Quitting Because I'm Tired of Newsroom Racism. — My first job in media was as a television producer. I was 28 years old, eager and brimming with ideas, some of which I'm sure were good and others of which I'm sure were not. Not long after starting the job …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
NABJ boss says CNN essentially called him a liar in dispute over diversity
NABJ boss says CNN essentially called him a liar in dispute over diversity
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Pew Study: Liberals and conservatives inhabit different media worlds with little overlap in trusted news sources — Media habits of liberals, conservatives: ‘different worlds’ — Ever wonder why your avowed-conservative brother and fervently-liberal aunt can't even seem to agree on the facts?
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Guardian touts ComScore win over New York Times — The Guardian says it has for the first time surpassed The New York Times on a prominent web-measurement firm's Internet traffic ranking. — For the month of September, roughly 42.6 million people over the age of 15 accessed …
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Ebola Deeply mixes curation and reporting, expanding Lara Setrakian's pop-up news site model — Ebola Deeply builds on the lessons of single-subject news sites: A news operation with an expiration date — A contagious disease outbreak seems like a good time for some explanatory journalism.
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Jethro Nededog / The Wrap:
Jill Abramson Teaming With Steve Brill on Startup Venture — Jill Abramson is planning a startup with journalism entrepreneur Steven Brill. — The fired New York Times editor revealed her plans during an interview on NPR's “WBUR Live,” according to the show's tweets.
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Robert Feder:
Stop the presses: Tribune buying Sun-Times suburban newspapers — In a blockbuster deal that could change the Chicago journalism landscape, the parent company of the Sun-Times plans to sell all of its suburban daily and weekly newspapers to Tribune Publishing, sources said.
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Times-Picayune will close New Orleans print facility, print in Alabama — The Times-Picayune will close its New Orleans print facility and print in Alabama, it announced Tuesday. About 100 production jobs will be lost, but none from the newsroom, the Advance-owned paper says.
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Jennifer Saba / Reuters:
Nielsen, Adobe to measure online TV across multiple devices — Nielsen and Adobe Systems Inc announced an alliance on Tuesday that aims to measure the viewership of digital video across all Internet-connected platforms including TVs, smart phones and tablets as the television ecosystem undergoes dramatic change.
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TechCrunch:
Yahoo In Talks To Buy Video Ad Platform BrightRoll For Around $700M — Yahoo has been building up its video and video advertising content, and we have heard that it may make another key acquisition in the area to further raise its game. The company is in talks to acquire BrightRoll …
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Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg:
Dish Wins Tentative Ruling Over Fox in AutoHop Litigation — Dish Network Corp. (DISH)'s AutoHop service, which lets subscribers watch recorded primetime television programs with the advertisements taken out, doesn't infringe Fox Broadcasting Co.'s copyrights, a federal judge said in a tentative decision.
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Angus Foster / BBC:
BBC News website launches Australia page — Readers will notice some changes on the BBC News website regarding Australia. — The biggest difference is that we are launching a new Australia page which will be dedicated to giving you more news and features about Australia …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Under VP of business dev Erin Pettigrew, e-commerce now accounts for 10% of Gawker's revenue — This is the most important person at Gawker you've never heard of — Nick Denton, the co-founder of Gawker Media, is known for his penchant for measuring the impact of his blog network.
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