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Mother Jones:
Bill O'Reilly's Own Video From Falklands Protest Contradicts His “War Zone” Claim — He has said he saw civilians massacred in Buenos Aires. The report he filed at the time said nothing of the sort. — Throughout the controversy set off by a recent Mother Jones article …
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
The O'Reilly tapes: Phone recordings raise new questions about JFK story
The O'Reilly tapes: Phone recordings raise new questions about JFK story
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Pressthink, Business Insider, The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, @beychok and @brucebartlett
Jamil Smith / The New Republic:
News organizations shouldn't just promise to “cover race”; they should dedicate a beat to it — Working on the Race Beat — The future of racial coverage at The New York Times and elsewhere — In November 2013, Tanzina Vega, a young reporter for The New York Times …
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@jamilsmith, @keldyortiz, @justinnxt, @johnmcquaid, @chrisgeidner, @loisbeckett and @jamilahlemieux
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Former NYC mayor candidate and supermarket billionaire John Catsimatidis may be negotiating to buy New York Daily News — John Catsimatidis is mystery man behind Daily News sale — Maverick supermarket billionaire John Catsimatidis is said to be the mystery suitor negotiating to buy the embattled Daily News from Mort Zuckerman.
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New York Times, Page Six, Wall Street Journal and New York Magazine
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Yahoo TV Converts to Tumblr-Based Digital Magazine Format — Yahoo's TV news and reviews section has adopted the company's “digital magazine” format, a visually oriented design based on the Tumblr mico-blogging website. — The new Yahoo TV digital magazine is the 11th title in the format …
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Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
Netflix will launch in New Zealand and Australia on March 24 — Netflix is announcing that its video streaming services will become available in New Zealand and Australia on March 24, 2015. — The service will be available on smart televisions made by Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Philips …
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Netflix, Variety, ZDNet, mUmBRELLA and The Next Web
Scott Dadich / Wired:
Wired launches redesigned responsive site, web pages now load twice as fast — WELCOME TO THE NEW WIRED — Welcome to the new WIRED. This site is the culmination of more than two years of work by dozens of super-talented people, people I'm proud to have as colleagues.
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Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
The New Republic's investment arm buys part of analytics startup Parse.ly, deal said to be in “mid-six figures” — The New Republic's investment arm buys up a piece of analytics startup Parse.ly — The New Republic's investment arm has made its first move in buying a piece of web analytics firm Parse.ly.
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Uber launches a quarterly print magazine, Momentum, for drivers in Boston, New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Ohio, and Oklahoma — Uber just launched a quarterly print magazine, Momentum — Here's something different. — Uber, the $41 billion ride hailing company …
Andrew Hampp / Billboard:
Atom Factory CEO Troy Carter launches news site focused on tech, music and pop-culture, Smashd.co, ad-free at launch — Troy Carter's Atom Factory Debuts News Vertical Smashd — Troy Carter has already successfully tackled artist management, tech start-ups and even his own bottled water.
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Smashd, @adampopescu, @atomfactory, @slobotski, @smashdco and @johnlegend
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Russia Today faces inquiry over anti-western comments in Ukraine debate — Media regulator to launch investigation into views expressed during Crosstalk programme on Kremlin-backed broadcaster — Russia Today is to be investigated by media regulator Ofcom over anti-western comments …
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@stacyherbert, The Intercept, @wolgadeutscher, @miriamelder, World News Publishing Focus …, @maxkeiser and @ggreenwald
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
YouTube and Turner Sports partner to offer March Madness college basketball highlights — YouTube to Showcase March Madness Highlights — YouTube wants in on the madness. — The Web video powerhouse has seen Twitter strike deals to showcase both National Football League …
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Los Angeles Times, NCAA.com, Variety and Tubefilter
Tumblr Staff:
Tumblr metrics on #TheDress: 73M pageviews on original post, 140K pageviews per minute between 10:30-11:30 p.m. Thursday night — Remember last Thursday, when a single slip of fabric covered up the whole internet? Here's a few stats about exactly how much and how quickly that dress blew up.
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Rebekah Brooks likely to return to News Corp in UK-based role focusing on digital endeavors — News Corp. Set to Rehire Rebekah Brooks, Acquitted Executive — Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's media holdings in Britain, acquitted last year on charges related …
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