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Michael Learmonth / International Business Times:
Sources: HBO's new streaming service to be called “HBO Now”, will cost $15/month, include Apple TV as launch partner — HBO In Talks With Apple To Be Launch Partner For Coming Web Service ‘HBO Now’: Exclusive — HBO is in talks with Apple to make Apple TV one of the launch partners …
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's use of private email helped stonewall FOIA requests by Gawker and the Associated Press — Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests — WASHINGTON — In 2012, congressional investigators asked the State Department for a wide range of documents related …
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Longtime Clinton aide Philippe Reines exchanges barbs about FOIA and email records with reporters for Free Beacon and Gawker, copying in other reporters — So, Philippe Reines Sent Us an Email — Philippe Reines, the longtime aide to Hillary Clinton, sent Gawker a long note last night …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
AP considering legal action for Clinton docs — The Associated Press is considering legal action for extremely long delays on its Freedom of Information Act requests for records related to Hillary Clinton's tenure at the Department of State. — “We have not received any documents yet …
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The Daily Caller
James King / Gawker:
Former Daily Mail US writer talks about the publication's dishonesty, sensationalism, plagiarism, more — My Year Ripping Off the Web with the Daily Mail Online — On July 11 of last year, I arrived to work at the MailOnline newsroom in New York City and saw Keith Poole, our managing editor, standing outside smoking a cigarette.
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Weak Tribune Publishing and Scripps earnings make the case for spinning off newspapers — Tribune Publishing and E.W. Scripps this morning reported disappointing fourth quarter revenues from newspaper operations, matching the pattern established by other public companies.
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Nieman Lab, Capital New York and Chicago
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
AP will use software to write NCAA game stories — Automated Insights, a company that provides language generation software to The Associated Press and other organizations, announced Wednesday the news cooperative will use the software to produce thousands of stories about collegiate sports.
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The Huffington Post, @stevebuttry, NetNewsCheck Latest, @maghielse and The Daily Caller
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Andy Lack leaves post at Broadcasting Board of Governors — Andy Lack, the former NBC executive rumored to be considering a return to the network, has stepped down from his position as CEO and director of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the agency announced Wednesday.
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BBG, Washington Post, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, CNNMoney, Washington Post and Hollywood Reporter
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Major theater chains to boycott Netflix-owned drama over simultaneous streaming and theatrical release plans — Major Theater Chains to Boycott Netflix's ‘Beasts of No Nation’ — Major theater chains will boycott the release of “Beasts of No Nation,” the Cary Fukunaga drama that Netflix bought …
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Tubefilter, Home Media Magazine, Hollywood Reporter, Quartz, Shadow and Act, Netflix Life, Forbes, Business Insider, Broadcasting & Cable, Telegraph and Gigaom
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Interview with Hearst exec Steve Swartz on investment in business media, spinouts, and streaming — Cosmo Aside, Information Is Sexy for Hearst — Magazine and TV giant invests in business media and young digital brands — As chief executive of Hearst Corp., Steve Swartz leads …
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Media Wire Daily and FishbowlNY
Wall Street Journal:
Nielsen acquires eXelate for about $200M to expand into serving programmatic advertisers — Nielsen to Acquire Data Specialist eXelate — Measurement giant Nielsen said it has acquired eXelate, a data and technology company that helps digital advertisers better target online advertising.
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AdAge, MediaPost, PR Newswire and TVNewsCheck.com
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
Interview with Patreon CEO Jack Conte on the impact of ad-funded models on artists, and the importance of Amanda Palmer's new campaign — As Amanda Palmer joins Patreon, CEO Jack Conte tells us why (interview) — “What most people don't really understand is that all content creators …
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hypebot, Wired, Guardian, hypebot and Digital Music News
Lene Bech Sillesen / Columbia Journalism Review:
Examining the power of Pop-Up Magazine and whether journalism turned into performances still qualifies as journalism — The power of Pop-Up Magazine's live journalism — ON A NOVEMBER NIGHT LAST YEAR, a group of journalists and artists gathered around a conference table backstage …
Morgan Eichensehr / American Journalism Review:
Behind #InTheirWords, a USA Today interactive storytelling project about race — Here's One Way to Tell Stories About Race: Remove the Journalists — Editor's Note: This article is part of Storybase, a series of occasional articles exploring new forms of interactive storytelling.
Randy Kennedy / New York Times:
Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine Art Critic, Suspended From Facebook — Elizabeth D. Herman for The New York Times — For the last eight years the veteran New York magazine art critic Jerry Saltz has built a lively and enviable following on Facebook, which he has described as his 21st-century version …
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The Verge, @tomgara and @edmundlee
Arunima / IBNLive:
India plans legal action against maker of film about Delhi rape, asks that documentary not be broadcast anywhere in the world — Make sure Nirbhaya documentary is not aired abroad: Rajnath Singh to BBC, MEA, I&B Ministry — New Delhi: After banning the screening of Nirbhaya documentary …
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The Hindu, Firstpost, BizAsia UK, dna, @ibnlive and @tufailelif
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