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Telegraph defends coverage of HSBC, will write guidelines for how editorial and commercial staffs cooperate — The Telegraph's promise to our readers — Telegraph View: We are proud to combine journalistic excellence with commercial success and we will continue to do so
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Telegraph owners' £250m HSBC loan raises fresh questions over coverage — Barclay brothers secured loan for loss-making company shortly before Telegraph reporters were allegedly discouraged from running articles critical of HSBC — The owners of the Daily Telegraph secured …
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UK Human Rights Blog, @sturdyalex, @tomwitherow, @patrickgower, Press Gazette, Media Standards Trust, @jamesrbuk and Guido Fawkes

More Telegraph writers voice concern
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@clairlemon, Guardian, Press Gazette, @borzou, @arishapiro, @antderosa and BuzzFeed

Dean Baquet: NYT will retire 'system of pitching stories for the print Page 1′ — This memo just went out to staffers from New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet:
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The Awl, The Huffington Post, Politico, Gigaom, @crampell, @mlcalderone, @moorehn, @benmullin, @chillmage, @ellenbarrynyt and The New York Observer
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The new New York Times Magazine launches Sunday with 220 pages, up 33 pages over previous year; eBay bought all digital ad inventory
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Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's tales about his own combat reporting fail to withstand scrutiny — Bill O'Reilly Has His Own Brian Williams Problem — The Fox News host has said he was in a “war zone” that apparently no American correspondent reached. — After NBC News suspended anchor …


YouTube sees 50% annual growth in views for the last three years, despite Facebook's focus on video — YouTube Says Growth Is Still Strong Despite Push From Facebook — YouTube's head of content says the video giant has seen 50% annual growth in views for the last three years …
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@emersongreg and Re/code
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YouTube prohibits sponsored overlays to keep creators from cutting Google out of ad revenues
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Beyond Devices, Marketing Land, @tbskyen, Tubefilter, The Overspill and @brandonminiman


Australia's Greste urges help for other jailed reporters — Journalists still detained in Egypt should not be forgotten, freed Australian Al-Jazeera reporter Peter Greste said in an address in London on Thursday. Greste was deported from Egypt this month after over 400 days in jail …
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Out on Bail, Al Jazeera Journalist Mohammed Fahmy Speaks from Cairo
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Telegraph, @mazmhussain, @rowaida_abdel, @rdevro and @the_intercept


Exclusive: ABC News Launches on Xbox One — First U.S. news app on the gaming platform — ABC News has launched on the Xbox One, becoming the first U.S. news app to take residence on the gaming console. — The launch is tied to ABC's coverage of the 87th Academy Awards that will air live on Sunday night.
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Reporters at the New York Times don't usually editorialize on Twitter, but James Risen has obligation to speak strongly because of his personal experiences — Why a Reporter's ‘Epic Rant’ on Twitter Gets No Argument Here — On Twitter this week, James Risen laid out his plan for the future:
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Politico, @byrontau, Lawfare, @sulliview, Techdirt, @picardonhealth, @speechboy71, @speechboy71, TheBlaze.com, RT and Boing Boing


Ashton Kutcher's A+ is now one of 50 biggest US sites, with editorial staff of 10, Bacardi and Lenovo as sponsors, and a plan to add celebrity-controlled pages — Inside Ashton Kutcher's celebrity-powered viral media empire, which no one knows exists — Ashton Kutcher owns …
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U.K. on Track to Become First Country Where Half of Ad Spending Goes to Digital — Half of all U.K. advertising spending in 2015, or nearly $12.27 billion (£8.0 billion), will go to digital media, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. That would make the country …

Axel Springer-owned French firm Aufeminin buys Livingly, US publisher of Zimbio, StyleBistro, and Lonny, for $25M with earnout up to $50M — Aufeminin.com to Buy Livingly Media — DIGITAL DUO: European Web site Aufeminin.com, owned by Axel Springer AG, said it has agreed to buy Livingly Media Inc. …
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BuzzFeed buys mobile “visual conversation” startup GoPop, previously called Zeega and part of media accelerator Matter's first class — BuzzFeed Expands Mobile Team By Acquiring “Visual Conversation” Startup GoPop — BuzzFeed just announced that it's acquiring San Francisco startup GoPop.
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@cdirusso, @ceodonovan, @mikeisaac, @karaoehler, @jshapes, @niemanlab and @advancitcapital

Politico's Rachel Van Dongen leaves for The Washington Post — Politico deputy managing editor Rachel Van Dongen is leaving for The Washington Post, where she'll “lead a new initiative for the National desk,” The Washington Post announced Thursday. — Van Dongen left the Post to join Politico …
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Washington Post and @poynter