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Telegraph:
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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Simon Bowers / Guardian:
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
Chris Cook / BBC:
More Telegraph writers voice concern
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@clairlemon, Press Gazette, Guardian, @borzou, @arishapiro, @antderosa and BuzzFeed
Mother Jones:
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 …
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
David Carr taught me how to create narrative argument, so my George Polk Award belongs to him — King David — David Carr, incomparable, irrepressible, and now legendary, is my friend and my brother. I talked to him about everything—relationships, money problems, taxes, religion, drugs, alcohol, travel, writing, food, death.
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@pbump, @justinnxt, @erinleecarr, @tanehisicoates, @gregamarx, @jessicalustig, @gabrielsnyder, @e_alexjung, @peacockc, @matthaber and @nprmonkeysee
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
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, @ellenbarrynyt, @chillmage and The New York Observer
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
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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Gawker, New York Times, WWD, Poynter, @jackshafer, investors.nytco.com, Co.Design, @chrisboutet, @mathewi, WWD, AdAge, Washington Post, New York Magazine, @langealexandra, @joepompeo, @mtaeckens, @joepompeo, @courtneyreimer, @fordm, @raju and @rafat
Martin Beck / Marketing Land:
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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Re/code and @emersongreg
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Eric Blattberg / Digiday:
YouTube prohibits sponsored overlays to keep creators from cutting Google out of ad revenues
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Beyond Devices, Marketing Land, Tubefilter, The Overspill, @tbskyen and @brandonminiman
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Bros. Leads $24 Million Investment in Machinima — Warner Bros. is building on its relationship with gaming-centric digital media firm Machinima. — The studio has led a $24 million financing round in the company, which also operates a YouTube network.
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The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable and Variety
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
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, @sulliview, Techdirt, @picardonhealth, @speechboy71, @speechboy71, Lawfare, TheBlaze.com, RT and Boing Boing
Agence France-Presse:
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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Murtaza Hussain / The Intercept:
Out on Bail, Al Jazeera Journalist Mohammed Fahmy Speaks from Cairo
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Telegraph, @mazmhussain, @rowaida_abdel, @rdevro and @the_intercept
Tim Baysinger / Broadcasting & Cable:
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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ABC News, LostRemote, ABC News and The Wrap
Rob Price / Business Insider:
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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@ajs, Thanks:@robaeprice
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
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 …
Mark Seibel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
#FreeAustinTice campaign kicks off for reporter missing in Syria — WASHINGTON — Major U.S. media organizations launched a campaign Thursday to publicize the plight of missing McClatchy contributor Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria in August 2012. — Tice is thought to be still alive …
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Reporters Without Borders, USA Today, @whitneywortman and Reporters Without Borders
Jennifer Weil / WWD:
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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Folio, PRWeb and Rude Baguette
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