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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CNN/ORC poll: 52% say Brian Williams should be allowed back on — A new CNN/ORC poll shows a sharp divide in the country's reactions to Brian Williams' six-month suspension from “NBC Nightly News.” — A slim majority, 52% of respondents, said NBC News should allow Williams to return to his anchor chair.
Discussion:
The Wrap, Wall Street Journal and TVNewser
John McDermott / Digiday:
Tumblr drives approximately 1M referrals per month to Mic's website, twice as many as Twitter — How Mic turned Tumblr into a big traffic driver — A little more than a year ago, Mic (then still known as PolicyMic) had just a few hundred followers on Tumblr and was doing nothing but reblogging posts from other accounts.
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the npr social media desk
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
The Huffington Post to launch weekly primetime satirical news show on March 24, will air live on homepage and HuffPost Live video network — The Huffington Post Launches Weekly Satirical News Show (Exclusive) — The Huffington Post is expanding its live video programming with weekly primetime news hour The HuffPost Show.
Discussion:
Poynter, Gawker, TVNewser and The New York Observer
Guido Fawkes:
Leaked Memo Shows Telegraph Offered Sony “Support Across Editorial” — In their response to Peter Oborne's explosive resignation, the Telegraph strenuously denied allegations the distinction between editorial content and advertising is being blurred:
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Guardian, BuzzFeed, Politico, @martinbelam, The Wrap, @mrharrycole, @aliceross_ and openDemocracy
Guardian:
How Google determined our right to be forgotten — Google has acted as judge, jury and executioner in the wake of Europe's right to be forgotten ruling. But what does society lose when a private corporation rules public information? — Mario Costeja González spent five years fighting …
Peter Maass / The Intercept:
How the Espionage Act landed mid-level official Stephen Kim in jail for talking with reporter James Risen about a classified document — Stephen Kim Spoke to a Reporter. Now He's in Jail. This Is His Story. — ON THE MORNING of June 11, 2009, James Rosen stepped inside the State Department …
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@trevortimm, @edpilkington, @ggreenwald, @brianstelter and The Huffington Post
Alyssa Bereznak / Yahoo News:
With Vines, tweets and listicles, IS spreads its hateful message. Can the West find a way to fight back? — Yahoo News 6 hrs ago — When Robin Williams died last August, people around the world rushed online to mourn the loss of the actor. “Oh dear God. The wonderful Robin Williams has gone,” Bette Midler tweeted.
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TVNewser, @alexmleo, RT and PandoDaily
New York Post:
Former Fortune editor Andy Serwer to head Yahoo! Finance — Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer has been hiring big names in journalism to beef up its Web properties. — Former Fortune Editor Andy Serwer said he is returning to his “digital roots” as the new head of Yahoo! Finance.
Discussion:
Andy Serwer's Tumblr, Yahoo, FishbowlNY, WWD and SiliconBeat
Matthew Lasar / The Nation:
Once a beacon of progressive radio, Pacifica is now beset by financial woes and infighting — Is Pacifica Radio Worth Saving? — Once a beacon of progressive programming, the network is now beset by financial woes and infighting. — This article appeared in the March 2-9, 2015 edition of The Nation.
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
BuzzFeed, NPR, WaPo, Guardian, and others support Twitter's challenge to Patriot Act gag orders — Tech and media firms join Twitter in key test of FBI gag orders — A bitter fight between the Justice Department and Silicon Valley is expanding as a diverse group of companies have lined …
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The Hill
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Entertainment firm Whalerock creates online and app-based channels for celebrities to supplement traditional media with paid and free programming — Coming Soon: Celebrity Web Networks From the Media Company Whalerock — SANTA MONICA, Calif. — An under-the-radar media company …
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Variety
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:
Media accelerator Matter tries to connect an entrepreneurial ethos to traditional media companies — Matter, the public-media startup accelerator in San Francisco that began as a collaboration between PRX, the Knight Foundation, and KQED, is ramping up for a busy 2015.
Discussion:
Idea Lab, @ibogost, Matter, Medium and Knight Foundation