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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
NYT's executive editor Dean Baquet writes memo to staff, outlines goals for 2015, announces creation of audience development department — Dean Baquet's ‘Charting the Future’ Note to Times Staff — A turbulent year at The Times is over, and with that, the executive editor, Dean Baquet …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Verizon approached AOL about possible acquisition or joint venture to strengthen mobile-video offerings — Verizon Said to Approach AOL About Possible Takeover or Venture — Verizon Communications Inc. has approached AOL Inc. (AOL) about a potential acquisition or joint venture …
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Ina Fried / Re/code:
Verizon CEO Says Video Effort to Debut in Second Half, AOL Acquisition Report Inaccurate
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Journalist Joshua Hersh Named BuzzFeed's Michael Hastings Reporting Fellow — NEW YORK — BuzzFeed News named journalist Joshua Hersh on Tuesday as the site's next Michael Hastings National Security Reporting Fellow, a one-year appointment given in honor of Hastings, an award-winning journalist killed in a car accident in 2013.
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Melissa Segura named BuzzFeed's first investigative fellow
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Tom Watson / Forbes:
Instead of building a platform, First Look's Reported.ly launches a decentralized approach to breaking news, using Twitter, Facebook, others — Inside The Decentralized News Network: Reported.ly's New Model For Journalism — Anyone who followed the Arab Spring on Twitter …
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Capital New York:
NYT's Amy O'Leary, Innovation Report co-author, joining Upworthy as editorial director — New York Times' Amy O'Leary to join Upworthy as editorial director — New York Times deputy international editor Amy O'Leary is leaving for a new job as editorial director of the viral content site Upworthy.
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Meet Nate Cohn, New York Times' new young gun on data — When The New York Times lost statistics star Nate Silver and his high-traffic 538 franchise to ESPN in July 2013, it found a way to fill the void by assembling a data-driven politics and policy brand called The Upshot …
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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Kindle Unlimited program has let one author increase annualized revenue about 50 percent — For the Indie Writers of Amazon, It's Publish or Perish — One big argument for “all you can eat” music, video and book services is that they encourage people to sample new artists and ultimately develop …
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
With Power of Social Media Growing, Police Now Monitoring and Criminalizing Online Speech — On March 6, 2012, six British soldiers were killed in Afghanistan by a roadside explosive device, and a national ritual of mourning and rage ensued. Prime Minister David Cameron called it a “desperately sad day for our country.”
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNBC To Opt Out of Nielsen Ratings for Daytime Programming - Report — Business-news network CNBC is planning to stop using Nielsen ratings as the basis for the sale of advertising on its daytime schedule to advertisers, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday morning …
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Caysey Welton / MinOnline:
Meredith buys ad tech firm Selectable Media; CEO says it continues to look for partners or acquisitions — Meredith Charges on With Another Acquisition — The Meredith Corporation began 2015 much like it ended 2014-with another acquisition. Tuesday, it announced the purchase of Selectable Media …
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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Fusion, Vox, Al Jazeera and The Verge Partner With Newscast App ‘Watchup’ (Exclusive) — Watchup, a free video news app that allows users to cobble together their own personalized newscasts from local, national and international sources, partnered with Fusion, The Verge …
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Charlotte Eyre / The Bookseller:
Kickstarter publishing projects raised $22m in 2014 — Publishing projects launched on crowd-sourcing website Kickstarter raised $21.8m (£15m) internationally in 2014, according to the company's end-of-year round-up. — Last year, 22,252 Kickstarter projects reached their funding goals thanks …
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Jason Linkins / The Huffington Post:
Public official Kirby Delauter threatens newspaper with lawsuit for publishing his name; it then publishes his name, lots — Maryland Lawmaker Thinks Press Needs His OK To Use His Name, Which Is ‘Kirby Delauter’ — Got a little story this morning about the Streisand Effect — which …
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