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Donald R. Winslow / NPPA:
Sports Illustrated Lays Off All Staff Photographers — The remaining six staff photographers at Sports Illustrated magazine were all laid off yesterday. — Staff photographers Robert Beck, Simon Bruty, Bill Frakes, David E. Klutho, John W. McDonough, and Al Tielemans were informed …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Michael Bloomberg offered to buy the New York Times, Arthur Sulzberger Jr. said the paper not for sale — People Are Talking About Michael Bloomberg Buying the New York Times, Including Michael Bloomberg — If the former mayor tries, it won't be without its challenges.
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Is Times Vulgarity Policy Wise? Or Full of ‘Slop’? — When Jonathan Martin jumped through hoops last week to avoid using a vulgarity in the lead anecdote of his story, some readers let me know they didn't like it. — The first two paragraphs of his story on Republican options for 2016 went like this:
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Ben Mutzabaugh / USA Today:
Airline catalog SkyMall files for bankruptcy — SkyMall, the in-flight shopping catalog that's long been a staple of airline travel, appears to have become a victim of changing times. — The company that produces SkyMall filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Bob Dylan Gives Away 50,000 Copies of His New Album to AARP The Magazine Readers — Kind of Like U2's iTunes Strategy — Bob Dylan is borrowing a page from U2's playbook to help promote his new album “Shadows in the Night” — although Mr. Dylan's approach is far more analogue than U2's …
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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Vice News debuts ‘virtual reality news broadcast’ of US Millions March — Digital artist Chris Milk and Spike Jonze's report was filmed at December protest in New York after death of Eric Garner — The current wave of interest in virtual reality technology may be fuelled by games …
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Gideon Lichfield / Quartz:
How The Economist chose its first female editor-in-chief — This post has been corrected. — Yesterday The Economist chose Zanny Minton Beddoes to be the first female editor-in-chief in its 171-year history. “About time,” you might say. — But among its peers, the venerable British publication …
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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Jezebel staffers express concern after Gawker Media seating chart is published — Staffers at Jezebel, Gawker Media's women's blog, are upset that Gawker's new seating chart was leaked to and published on The Awl, a blog founded by a former editor at Gawker.
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
NYPD increasing patrols near Gawker, BuzzFeed, Daily Beast offices after Charlie Hebdo attack
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John McDermott / Digiday:
Sources: Snapchat's Discover feature will include content created by newly hired media team — Inside Snapchat's original media ambitions — Snapchat wants to be more than just a distribution channel for other media companies; it's planning on becoming a publisher itself.
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New York Times:
Scorsese documentary on Bill Clinton shelved over disagreements about control over interview questions and final cut — A Scorsese Documentary on Bill Clinton Is Stalled — Martin Scorsese has tackled the mob, the Dalai Lama and the real-life Wolf of Wall Street.
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Mark Wilson / Co.Design:
The Upshot: Where The New York Times Is Redesigning News — Should I buy a condo or continue renting? I'd been asking myself that question as I perused Chicago real estate, uncertain how market gains, taxes, tax breaks, maintenance costs, homeowners insurance, mortgage payments, and assessments would add up for me financially.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
GoPro and NHL team up for live broadcast of player perspective beginning All-Star Weekend — NHL Players Strap On GoPro Cameras for Live TV Broadcasts — Hockey fans, get ready for some in-your-face action from the ice: The NHL and the National Hockey League Players' Association reached …
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Alex Hern / Guardian:
Wikipedia bans five editors from gender-related articles amid gamergate controversy — The online encyclopedia's highest court has ruled on more than 10 editors deemed to be breaking the site's rules — Wikipedia's arbitration committee, the highest user-run body on on the site …
Simon Houpt / Globe and Mail:
After conflict of interest allegations, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. bans on-air journalists from paid appearances — In wake of Amanda Lang controversy, CBC bans on-air journalists from making paid appearances — The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is banning all outside paid appearances …
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Jess Yu / New York Times:
New Yorker's Peter Hessler says China Daily used his byline on an editorial he didn't write — New Yorker Writer Is Surprised by Byline in Chinese Newspaper: His Own — Readers of Peter Hessler, the author of “River Town” and other well-received books about China, may have been surprised …
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Sean O'Kane / The Verge:
Spotify updates iOS app with Touch Preview, a quick way to sample and discover music using gestures — Spotify unveils Touch Preview, a beautiful new music discovery tool — An audible solution for a visual problem — Last year was a busy one for Spotify. It hit 10 million paid subscribers.
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