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Lauren Goode / Re/code:
YouTube's Wojcicki says they're considering paid ad-free subscriptions, reaffirms a music service is on the way — Susan Wojcicki Wants to Sell You YouTube Video Subscriptions — YouTube is in the early stages of exploring new subscription services, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki told Re/code's Peter Kafka …
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Wall Street Journal, Variety, Electronista, @stefanomaggi, Business Insider, The Next Web and Guardian
Mike Carter / The Seattle Times:
FBI created fake Seattle Times Web page to nab bomb-threat suspect — The FBI created a fake news story on a bogus Seattle Times Web page to plant software in the computer of a suspect in a series of bomb threats to Timberline High School in 2007, documents reveal.
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The Stranger, @postbaron, @seattletimes, @seattleprivacy, GeekWire, @csoghoian, @csoghoian, @martha_kang, @prisonplanet, @csoghoian, @csoghoian and @fbajak
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
The changing face of technology journalism — When a technology and science publication like Wired runs its own design conference, it's clear something is changing in the way the media world looks at technology. — Last month's California event, Wired By Design, was a two-day …
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@digiday
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Kremlin-backed RT to launch UK TV news channel — Service, formerly known as Russia Today, has been criticised as a propaganda mouthpiece for the Russian government — Kremlin-backed RT is to launch a UK TV news channel. — The Kremlin-backed news channel Russia Today, or RT …
Vindu Goel / New York Times:
Twitter Q3 MAU up 23% to 284M, a decline of 1% in growth compared to Q2; sales doubled to $361M, stock down more than 10% after hours — Twitter's Stock Drops as Its Struggles to Attract New Users Continue — SAN FRANCISCO — Dick Costolo, Twitter's chief executive …
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Forbes, Guardian, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, @sacca, @jeffbercovici, TechCrunch and The Verge
Chris Johnston / The Guardian:
Former BBC and MSN executive Pete Clifton named PA editor-in-chief — Ex-editor of BBC News and BBC Sport websites to continue transformation of news agency into a multiplatform business — Pete Clifton has been appointed editor-in-chief of PA — The Press Association has appointed Pete Clifton …
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Guardian, Press Gazette and @marksweney
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
HBO to Lay Off Over 150 Employees This Week (EXCLUSIVE) — Layoff fever is spreading at Time Warner. — Weeks after the conglom went public with job cuts at its Warner Bros. and Turner Broadcasting divisions, the HBO unit is expected to trim its own staff as well, according to sources.
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@alexweprin and @awallenstein
Casey Johnston / Ars Technica:
One week later, Google algorithm change hits streaming, torrent sites hard — After early efforts in 2012, it appears Google's gotten the results it wanted. — Video streaming and torrent sites have dropped precipitously in Google rankings after the company altered its algorithm last Monday, according to reports from Searchmetrics.
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BGR and Business Insider
Richard Spencer / Telegraph:
British journalist John Cantlie used as ‘Isil reporter’ inside Kobane — John Cantlie, a British journalist who is being held captive by Isil inside Syria, has appeared in a sixth propaganda video — The British freelance journalist held hostage by Isil jihadists has appeared …
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VICE News, Mashable, Guardian, The Huffington Post, Washington Post, International Business Times and BBC
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Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
Jim Foley's imprisonment: from capture to murder
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FishbowlNY, @bobmorevc, @carolcnn, @shreeyasinha, bookforum.com, Columbia Journalism Review and Hit & Run
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Mail Online announces global expansion plans, is recruiting for a new international newsdesk — Mail Online sets out global ambition as it plans to get ‘boots on the ground’ around the world — Mail Online has set out plans for global expansion, pledging to get “boots on the ground” …
Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
YouTube Space arrives in Brazil's São Paulo, its fifth video-production hub globally — Adding to its existing studios in LA, Tokyo, New York and London, Google is launching a new YouTube Space in the Brazilian city of São Paulo. — YouTube Spaces are all about encouraging …
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YouTube Creator Blog and SocialTimes
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
USA Today's Susan Page: Obama administration most ‘dangerous’ to media in history — At some point, a compendium of condemnations against the Obama administration's record of media transparency (actually, opacity) must be assembled. Notable quotations in this vein come from former …
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@rbpundit, @jesselynradack, @ggreenwald, @thomas_drake1, @jyarow, @timfernholz, @sunlorrie, @ericboehlert, @erikwemple and The Daily Caller
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