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Ken Silverstein / Politico:
Glenn Greenwald, Pierre Omidyar, Adnan Syed and my battles with First Look Media. — My first day at First Look Media was December 30, 2013. I was thrilled to go to work at what seemed like it was going to be the most exciting place in journalism. In the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks …
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@thomas_drake1, Politico, @vermontgmg, @blakehounshell, @jackshafer, @ftrain and @paulxharris
Jennifer Saba / Reuters:
Financial Times ditches metered paywall, offers unlimited 30-day trial for $1, €1 or £1 before subscription model applies — FT to change the way it charges for digital news — (Reuters) - The Financial Times is changing the way it charges readers for digital access …
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Nieman Lab, Guardian, FishbowlNY, Bloomberg Business, @jayrosen_nyu, @thestalwart, @jeffjohnroberts and Capital New York
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Kristina Eriksson / Financial Times:
Financial Times total circulation up 10% YoY to 720K, digital up 21% to 504K, representing 70% of subscribers — Financial Times - 2014 results — 27 February 2015: The Financial Times saw a sharp increase in profits in 2014, driven by growth in subscription and digital revenues and a record high circulation.
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Talking Biz News, @henrymance and @lionelbarber
Reuters:
Atheist U.S. blogger killed in machete attack in Bangladesh — (Reuters) - Machete-wielding assailants hacked to death a blogger in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, in the latest of a series of attacks on writers who support free thinking values in the Muslim-majority nation.
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Agence France-Presse, New York Times, Dhaka Tribune, CNN, Reporters Without Borders, @paulxharris, Bangladesh - Prothom Alo, Times of India, DW.DE, bdnews24.com, Wall Street Journal, The Independent, International Business Times, NY Daily News, International Business Times, Agence France-Presse, Washington Post, Power Line, Fox News, @acorn, NBC News, newsx.com, The Week, bdnews24.com, Al Jazeera English and indiatoday.intoday.in
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Brian Morrissey / Digiday:
#TheDress meme shows that even as legacy publications chase BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed still wins — The dress is white and gold. Or, why BuzzFeed won — We are all BuzzFeed now. That's the only conclusion to draw from yesterday's twin viral sensations: the runaway llamas in Arizona and the (gold and white) dress.
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New York Times, Poynter, BuzzFeed, Medium, BuzzFeed, Poynter, Wired, BuzzFeed, Poynter, CNNMoney, VICE, Motherboard, Business Insider, Mashable, @catesish, Techdirt, @passantino, Engadget, Gawker, Washington Post, PCMag UK, AdAge, @hunterw, @passantino, The Huffington Post, Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day, @annehelen, The Week, @ginasue, @om, YouGov US Opinion Center News, @catesish, @j_nb, @maudpas, @mathewi, PRNewser, kottke.org, TechCrunch, Slate, International Business Times, Digital Spy, Guido Fawkes, CNBC, Mediaite, USA Today, The Verge, Marketing Land, @mccollumashley, @chrishams, UPROXX, @ow, @rafat and @jimgiles
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
The New York Observer rebrands its site as “The Observer” to emphasize national audience — A New ‘Observer’ — In a move to appeal to a broader, national audience and a wider collection of luxury advertisers, Observer Media has rebranded The New York Observer's website as “The Observer.”
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The New York Observer, @aubernalevy and @moorehn
Dave Jamieson / The Huffington Post:
Washington Post To Rethink Drug Testing Job Seekers After D.C. Legalizes Weed — If you've ever been offered a job at The Washington Post, you know there's one undignified step in the hiring process that just about everyone goes through, no matter how many Pulitzer Prizes they've won: You have to pee in a cup.
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Washington Post and FishbowlDC
Matt Brian / Engadget:
Google won't ban adult content on Blogger after all — Well that was fast. Google only declared that it would begin cracking down on adult content posted to Blogger a few days ago, but it's already decided it was a bit hasty in its decision. After coming under fire over the introduction …
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Capital New York, VentureBeat, Reuters, Techdirt, Guardian, Business Insider, The Verge, @jilliancyork, The Next Web and Beyond Search
Kerri Hoffman / PRX:
One year in Radiotopia has raised $620K through 22K Kickstarter backers, added four shows to its lineup in 2015 — Radiotopia by the Numbers — A year ago this month, PRX launched Radiotopia. It has been a year full of incredible growth and lessons learned for all of our shows as well as for the network itself.
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@kerriprx and @radiotopiafm
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Vice Media to Launch Broadly, Its First Female-Focused Channel (Exclusive) — Vice Media is courting women. — The edgy, male-driven media company is launching Broadly, its first female-focused channel, this spring. Vice's plan for the new online vertical is to tell a range of stories …
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@alyssamastro44, @tamyemmapepin and Tubefilter
Michael Depp / NetNewsCheck:
Early numbers for Philly's Billy Penn: $225k of Jim Brady's money, close to 100K page views for February, 53.3% from millennials — Billy Penn Is Brady's Biggest Digital Bet — Jim Brady, former Digital First Media editor in chief, has already invested a quarter of a million dollars …
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@jayrosen_nyu, @coreyhutchins, NetNewsCheck Latest, @davisshaver, @phillydesign and @dangillmor
Robert Feder:
15 staffers take Sun-Times buyouts, including four photographers rehired after firing of photo staff — 15 Sun-Times staffers take buyouts — Fifteen editorial employees of the Sun-Times are leaving the newspaper after accepting voluntary buyouts, sources said Friday.
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Poynter, @lynnemarek, @robertfeder, @photojeskos, @scottphillipspr and @lizzieschiffman
Los Angeles Times:
While Netflix, writers guild, and indie music producers cheer FCC vote on net neutrality, other major media firms like 21st Century Fox and Viacom remain silent — Hollywood cheers FCC's new net neutrality rules — The Federal Communications Commission's adoption of tough new Internet rules …
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