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BuzzFeed:
Uber investigating its New York general manager, Josh Mohrer, for tracking Buzzfeed journalist's location without her consent — Uber Is Investigating Its Top New York Executive For Privacy Violations — Uber said Tuesday that it is investigating its top New York executive for tracking …
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Rich McCormick / The Verge:
Uber allegedly tracked journalist with internal tool called ‘God View’ — Josh Mohrer reportedly used internal ‘God View’ tool to follow Buzzfeed reporter — Uber is investigating its top New York executive after he was alleged to have tracked a journalist's location without her permission using …
Nitasha Tiku / Gawker:
Ten good questions Travis Kalanick failed to address in his tweetstorm apology — Uber CEO Posts 13-Tweet Apology Without Answering a Single Question — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick just responded to privacy and ethics concerns about Emil Michael, after the top executive publicly suggested paying $1 million …
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New York Times, PandoDaily, Washington Post, The Next Web, Guardian, @johnpaczkowski, Bloomberg View, @nitashatiku, @rohit_x_ and @janedavis
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
YouTube's Refusal to Remove 20,000 Songs Leads to New Irving Azoff Warning — The standoff involves works by Pharrell Williams and other popular songwriters — YouTube has apparently made the decision not to immediately remove songs composed by popular musicians including The Eagles …
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New York Times, Bloomberg and Stereogum
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Johnston Press, Newsquest, and Local World to launch 1XL digital ad platform to better compete with tech companies like Google, Facebook — Johnston Press, Newsquest, Local World take on Facebook and Google — Regional newspaper publishers pool ad space to compete with tech companies such as Facebook, Microsoft and Google
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Prolific North
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
In Shakeup, Time Inc. Names New Publisher of InStyle — Nina Lawrence Succeeds Karin Tracy — Ad Spending for 100 Largest B-to-B Marketers Nears $5 Billion — InStyle magazine has hired Wall Street Journal executive Nina Lawrence to serve as its publisher. She succeeds Karin Tracy, InStyle's publisher since May 2013.
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WWD, TimeInc.com Official Website and FishbowlNY
Sachin Kamdar / Mediashift:
If Publishers Are Going to Harness Data, We Need One Language — The following is a guest post. Read more about MediaShift guest posts here. Almost three years ago I wrote an article about “Why Publishers Are About to Go Data Crazy.” This prediction came true, but the degree that publishers have gone …
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@chrisamccoy and @mediatwit, Thanks:@pbsmediashift
Caysey Welton / Folio:
Meredith Increases Its Bet On Wedding Media — Company adds Mywedding.com to its portfolio. — A month after Meredith announced its licensing agreement with Martha Stewart Ominimedia-which included Martha Stewart Weddings-the company announced it has acquired Mywedding.com.
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Radio & Television … and WWD
The Age:
ABC cuts: Malcolm Turnbull announces budget reduction of $250 million — The Minister for Communications, Malcolm Turnbull, has detailed a $254 million funding cut to the ABC in a move that could result in job losses and the closure of foreign bureaux. — Mr Turnbull on Wednesday announced …
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen to Reportedly Measure Netflix and Amazon Viewership — Netflix originals ‘Orange is the New Black’ and ‘House of Cards’ could soon see their viewership outed — One of TV's bigger mysteries may soon be solved. Nielsen Media, the company with the standard measurement of U.S. TV ratings …
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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Netflix postpones launch of Cosby comedy special — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix says it is postponing Bill Cosby's upcoming standup comedy special. — A spokesperson for the company says it is postponing the launch of “Bill Cosby 77.” This follows accusations that Cosby has sexually assaulted several women.
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Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Mashable editor Jim Roberts on how he approaches the news — Jim Roberts, who left the New York Times to become editor-in-chief of Mashable, told a group of journalists that the social element of journalism has become the most important factor in how news is distributed — and also in how it is created