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Reporter publishes leaked diary of James Brown's wife, now faces a subpoena seeking her notes to find her source — Reporter Fights to Air Diary of James Brown — NEWBERRY, S.C. — Sue Summer may seem at first glance an unlikely candidate to be involved in one of South Carolina's …
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Jessica Roy / New York Magazine:
Jane Spencer on Fusion's Relaunch, Building a Diverse News Operation, and What It's Like to Be Post-Post Text — “It’s rare to get to work in a place that’s committed to serious journalism, innovative experimental projects, and has a mission associated with social justice and social values.”
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Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic Online:
With relaunched site and new digital focus, Fusion aims to expand beyond Hispanic audience to all millennials
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Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Taboola gets $117M in funding to build a Google Now for content — Credit: Thinkstock / Huchen Lu — Credit: Thinkstock / Huchen Lu — If you're familiar with the name Taboola, you probably associate it with those “from the web” or “recommended for you” modules that show up on dozens …
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David Lieberman / Deadline:
Disney CEO Bob Iger mulling possible direct-to-consumer streaming services for ESPN, Marvel, and Star Wars — Bob Iger Hints At Streaming Service Plans For Marvel And ‘Star Wars’ — The Disney CEO tossed in the possibility of new direct-to-consumer offerings in response to a question …
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Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Disney blows past estimates in Q1, revenue of $13.39B, $1.27 EPS; broadcast up 35%, cable down
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Above inflation pay-rise for FT journalists, with bonuses for staff who have ‘deepened audience engagement’ — The Financial Times is giving all of its journalists above-inflation pay rises of around 2 per cent. — The Retail Prices Index inflation figure currently stands at 1.6 per cent.
David Bloom / Deadline:
MiTu Online-Video Network Raises $15 Million In Series B Funding — MiTu, the Latino-oriented online-video network, said it has raised 50 percent more than it initially had announced in a Series B round that now totals $15 million. The company also announced the hiring of Martha E. Flores …
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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter is testing a new landing page featuring curated tweets for people without accounts — Another Twitter Update! This One's a New Homepage, Designed to Lure New Users. — Twitter is showing off yet another new product tweak — a homepage designed for people who visit Twitter but don't have their own account.
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
Sky half-year results see 5% revenue rise to £5.6B and operating profits up 16% to £675M — Sky profits rise 16% after strong UK and German demand — Pay-TV group beats analysts' forecasts in its first results as a European operation — Strong demand for pay-TV in the UK …
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Al Tompkins / Poynter:
How a listener's complaint improved NPR's reporting — National Public Radio's Dan Charles taught journalists two lessons Monday morning. One lesson is that simple solutions to complex problems usually don't work. The other lesson is when your public takes the time to contact you about your reporting …
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Mitsusada Enyo / Asahi Shimbun:
Editor of Hong Kong daily under fire for bumping Tiananmen story — HONG KONG—Staff at a liberal newspaper here cried foul after the chief editor decided to swap a top story on the Tiananmen Square bloodshed with a business piece moments before the paper went to press.
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
BuzzFeed grew its Latino audience the old-fashioned way: with content — BuzzFeed has had a goal for the past year: Grow its Latino audience. Its mix of content did better among young whites than non-whites, and it was showing up in its traffic. The site decided to take action …
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David French / Reuters:
Saudi's Kingdom Holding sells 5.6 percent stake in News Corp — (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding 4280.SE, the investment firm owned by billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, sold most of its stake in media giant News Corp (NWSA.O) as part of a portfolio review, it said on Wednesday.
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Analyst Gordon Borrell sees local digital ads soaring in 2015, but not for newspapers — Gordon Borrell, among the best known of digital advertising analysts, was predicting two years ago that the newspaper business would stabilize, with some companies growing their digital revenues 30 percent a year.
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC Trust to look into £100m bid to save BBC3 channel — Rona Fairhead says bid by independent producers and decriminalising non-payment of licence fee will form part of consultation into trust's future — BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead has said the controversial £100m bid …
Margaret Rhodes / Wired:
Joshua Topolsky, editor of Bloomberg Digital, explains the reasoning behind Bloomberg's bold, fluid redesign — Haters to the Side: Bloomberg's Loud Redesign Touts the Future of Web News — Not everyone loves the new Bloomberg Business site. On Twitter, pundits have pilloried it …
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