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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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Forbes, Multichannel News, Electronista, The Verge, Gigaom, The Wrap, Inside TV, Pocket-lint, Engadget, Business Insider, @cityofthetown, @leokitty, @nchan, @pkafka, @eringriffith, @karlbode, @adamnash, @alexweprin, WebProNews and BGR
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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 …
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Mondoweiss, Columbia Journalism Review, @markstricherz, @maxjrosenthal, @mikeisaac, @annehelen, @sullivanamy, @adamshatz, @heerjeet, @katehinds, @jamilsmith, @kelsey_dallas, @pmarca, Melville House Books, @jelani9, @ctatplay, @extendedcomment, @josh_barrage, @dan_ps, @ctdawe, National Post, New York Times, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and New Yorker
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Guy Vidra / The New Republic:
Guy Vidra writes open letter to TNR readers, says company will invest in tech and editorial
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@mlsanalyst, bookforum.com, @hawthornelat, @mmoyr, @scottbix, Poynter, @dandrezner, @antderosa, @tomgara, @theshrillest, @rgolanvilella, @daveweigel, @daniellarison, @alexmassie and Talking Points Memo
Emily Bell / Guardian:
Facebook's Chris Hughes says he doesn't want to ‘listicalize’ the New Republic. Then why is Buzzfeed still winning the internet?
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Fusion, @pmarca, @sulliview, The Awl, American Prospect, Washington Post, Front Page Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Wrap, Fox News, NPR, @mathewi, @lpolgreen, @fmanjoo, Poynter, New York Times, @jonathanshainin, @annettef24, @lexinyt, @gregorydjohnsen, @jcstearns, Mashable and @jayrosen_nyu
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
How the mid-2000s dream of the “citizen journalist” mutated into a dangerous trend of digital citizen policing. — Citizen journalism was one of the great dreams of the mid-2000s internet. Just as blogs had given anyone with an internet connection and a keyboard a platform …
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@kristoncapps, @mat, @cwarzel, @mathewi, @nickriccardi, @katienotopoulos, @buzzfeedben, @digiphile, @sophie_kleeman and @stevekandell
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
New online-only BBC3 plan includes news partnerships and a focus on social sharing to allow audience to shape and comment on programming — Online-only BBC3 to be split into ‘think’ and ‘laugh’ strands — BBC says budget for youth-focused shows after axing of TV channel will be 80% longform and 20% on shortform digital content
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Guardian, BuzzFeed, Advanced Television, Express & Star, Televisual and broadcastnow.co.uk
Politico:
Politico and Axel Springer jointly acquire European Voice, will relaunch it as Politico in spring 2015 with 30 journalists in major EU capitals — POLITICO & Axel Springer Announce Joint Acquisition of European Voice — MATTHEW KAMINSKI NAMED EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF EUROPEAN EDITION OF POLITICO, LAUNCHING IN SPRING 2015
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Capital New York, Politico, Poynter, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and @blakehounshell
Neil Westergaard / Denver Business Journal:
Exclusive: Anschutz explores bringing back Rocky Mountain News in Denver — Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz is exploring the possibility of reviving the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver daily newspaper that shut down in 2009 after nearly 150 years of publication, the Denver Business Journal has learned.
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Poynter, Gazette, FOX31 Denver, Denver Post, Associated Press and @elistokols
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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@robpegoraro, @opengavin, @amylikesopengov, The White House, Politico, @dangillmor, @digiphile, @senatorleahy, VICE News, The Hill, Guardian and E Pluribus Unum
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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Poynter, FishbowlNY and Adam Sherk
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Wired publisher Kim Kelleher on legacy media and female mentorship — Wired publisher Kim Kelleher: ‘Stay grounded’ — This is “View from the Top,” the latest in a Digiday series featuring creative leaders talking about their career paths and leadership perspectives. Read previous interviews here.
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@condenast and @digiday
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
How nonprofit Mother Jones balances donations and advertising, capitalizes on its social media following, and forms partnerships — Mother Jones' nonprofit fix for serious journalism — Troubles at The New Republic have attracted fresh attention on the business challenges facing policy …
Michael Learmonth / International Business Times:
The CIA's Big Sell: How The Agency Convinced The Press Its Brutal Interrogation Methods Were Working — The Central Intelligence Agency misled journalists from top U.S. news organizations such as the New York Times, NBC News and the author of the book “The CIA at War” to convince the public …
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New York Times, @arifleischer, Washington Post, @ggreenwald, @learmonth, Bloomberg.com, BBC and Guardian
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Media execs focus on digital advertising, which accounts for 30% of market share worldwide and dominates in UK, Australia, Canada and other markets — Is Digital Media Starting to Eat Into TV Advertising Revenue? — Digital is already the top media category in 14 of the 73 markets analyzed …
Adrian Chen / New York Magazine:
Viewers and demonstrators rely on live streaming as mainstream media begins to use it to supplement reporting — Is Livestreaming the Future of Media or the Future of Activism? — On Wednesday evening, hundreds of chanting protesters marched fast down Tenth Avenue after a grand jury declined …
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@mollycrabapple, @adrianchen, @missjupiter1957, @ethanz and @mattdpearce
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