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David DeBolt / Mercury News:
Dori Maynard, president of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, dies at 56 — Oakland: Dori Maynard, journalist and diversity champion, dies at 56 — OAKLAND — Dori J. Maynard, a journalist and longtime champion of diversity in news coverage and among the people who report the news …
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Before his HarperCollins book deal, NY Gov Andrew Cuomo backed tax breaks that helped News Corporation — Before Book Deal, Andrew Cuomo Backed Bills That Helped News Corporation — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo likes to portray himself as a crusader against corruption in Albany …
Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
Slate launches podcasting platform Panoply, partnering with companies like NYT, HuffPo, and New York Mag — Slate's Panoply platform is serious about podcasts — Slate's Andy Bowers has worked on podcasts for nearly 10 years. It took that long for him to feel that the medium had established …
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New York Times:
World Surf League shows how sports leagues are increasingly using web-first broadcast strategy — World Surf League Takes Web-First Approach to Drawing Viewers — Last December, as 21-year-old Gabriel Medina battled to be crowned surfing's newest champion on the North Shore of Oahu …
Gabriel Arana / The Huffington Post:
Bill O'Reilly Lied About Witnessing Suicide Of JFK Assassin's Friend, Former Co-Workers Say — As Bill O'Reilly continues on the warpath against those reporting on whether he embellished his combat experience, new allegations have emerged that the Fox News anchor lied about being present at a suicide in Florida.
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Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:
Charlie Hebdo staff ponder bittersweet new success after jihadi terror attack — French satirical magazine returns to newsstands with financial future secure and print run 50 times greater than before militant Islamists killed 12 journalists — A new issue of the satirical magazine Charlie …
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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:
Medium adds tags, simplifies posting, and redesigns presentation of posts as it aims for shorter, off-the-cuff content — Medium, known for going long, wants to go shorter — Medium announced some new updates to its publishing platform today. They include a tagging system …
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Katie Zavadski / New York Magazine:
A look back at 15 years of Andrew Sullivan's The Dish; 115K+ posts since 2001 and an offer of $5k/year from one reader to keep it going — A Look Back at Andrew Sullivan's the Dish — As he closes down his blog, a timeline of what it served daily. — In 2000, Andrew Sullivan was best known …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Reddit now prohibits posting nude photos or videos of sex acts without prior consent from the people depicted in them — In Privacy Update, Reddit Tightens Restrictions on Nude Photos — For nearly a decade, Reddit, the huge online message board, has been known for its freewheeling stance on letting its users govern themselves.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Sling TV is for new pay TV customers, Dish says, but marketing also aims at cord cutters — Sling TV's Owner Tells the TV Guys It's Not About Cord-Cutting. It Tells Customers Something Else. — Is Sling TV for cord-cutters or cord-nevers? — Depends on whom you're talking to at Sling TV.
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Maria Rodale / Mediashift:
Maria Rodale, CEO of magazine publisher Rodale, suggests 10 ideas to help magazines increase readership and revenue — Maria Rodale's 10 Ideas That Could Rock the Magazine World — Earlier this month, I represented my company at the annual American Magazine Media Conference.
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