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Emily Bell / Guardian:
Can Silicon Valley disrupt journalism if journalists hate being disrupted? — Facebook's Chris Hughes says he doesn't want to ‘listicalize’ the New Republic. Then why is Buzzfeed still winning the internet? — “It is frustrating to me personally that there was a perception we would listicalize the place.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The many eulogies for The New Republic expose its clubby, racist, white staff and perspective — The New Republic: An Appreciation … Last week, Franklin Foer resigned his editorship of The New Republic. A deep, if not broad, mourning immediately commenced as a number of influential writers lamented …
Guy Vidra / The New Republic:
Guy Vidra writes open letter to TNR readers, says company will invest in tech and editorial — A Letter to Our Readers — Today I want to address the recent changes at The New Republic on our own pages. It is important to me to outline the vision for this critically important institution.
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George Packer / New Yorker:
Amid a couple of dispiriting events, the changes at The New Republic best highlight the ongoing crisis in journalism
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Erin Griffith / Fortune:
HBO launching web-only service in April 2015, will outsource streaming tech to MLB Advanced Media — Exclusive: HBO to outsource streaming technology in blow to ‘backstabbing’ CTO — The future of HBO Go is unclear. In a major strategic shift, HBO will license the technology underpinning …
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
FOIA law update gets scant attention from large news organizations amid other big stories — Free Flow of Government Information? Yawn. — Amid big-time Washington news like the torture report, a nomination for attorney general and cameras for police officers, a bill to strengthen …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
How much of your news site's search traffic comes from Google News? Probably 5 to 25 percent — There's Google and then there's Google News. One tries to soak up the entire Internet, the other a curated selection of news sites. It's easy to confuse the two, since you'll often get …
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Economist Editor John Micklethwait becomes Bloomberg's Editor-in-Chief, Matt Winkler stepping down — Matt Winkler steps down as Bloomberg News EIC — Matthew Winkler will step down as editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News. Economist Editor John Micklethwait will be the news organization's new editor-in-chief.
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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Murdoch: Digital Gives TV Business Chance to Innovate — 21st Century Fox's COO says MVPDs are moving too slow — The killer app on digital is television, said James Murdoch, chief operating officer of 21st Century Fox. — Asked about Fox's digital strategy at the 42d annual UBS Media Conference …
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Michelle Starr / CNET:
Pirate Bay knocked offline worldwide following police raid — Police in Sweden have raided The Pirate Bay, seizing servers, computers and other office equipment, citing violations of copyright law. — Peer-to-peer file-sharing site The Pirate Bay has been knocked offline worldwide in the wake …
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Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal:
SoundCloud in discussions to raise about $150M at a valuation expected to top $1.2B — SoundCloud's Valuation Could Top $1.2 Billion With New Fundraising — SoundCloud, a popular music and audio-sharing service, is in discussions to raise about $150 million in new financing at a valuation …
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Meet Chuck C. Johnson, divisive blogger drawing hate and praise in the dark corners of Twitter — What Is Chuck Johnson, and Why? The Web's Worst Journalist, Explained — If you were active on social media this weekend, you may have noticed frequent references to a website called “GotNews” and a writer named Charles C. Johnson.
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Amazon Instant Video can now stream movies and TV shows in 4K — Amazon today announced Amazon Instant Video has gained support for Ultra HD picture quality. Amazon Prime subscribers can now watch movies, TV shows, and Amazon Original Series content in the higher resolution.
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