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Pew Research Center:
Case studies of how local news flows in three cities: Denver, Colo., Macon, Ga., and Sioux City, Iowa — Local News in a Digital Age — Whether in a tech-savvy metropolis or a city where the town square is still the communication hub, local news matters deeply to the lives of residents.
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
New Pew report: In cities big and small, readers still rely on traditional media for local news — If you're looking for the latest information on local weather, crime, or education, the place you turn for news likely depends on the options around you. In a targeted look at how residents read …
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streetfightmag.com, @sidneyeve, @pewjournalism, @lrainie, @pewresearch and Journalism.org
Guardian:
Katharine Viner wins staff ballot for Guardian editor — Ballot result means Viner is guaranteed place on shortlist of candidates to succeed Alan Rusbridger — Staff of the Guardian and Observer have voted in favour of Katharine Viner, the current editor-in-chief of Guardian US …
Michael Zhang / PetaPixel:
World Press Photo Strips Giovanni Troilo of His First Prize Win for Misrepresenting Photo — In a surprising turn of events, the World Press Photo organization has announced that it will be withdrawing the 1st prize award it had given photographer Giovanni Troilo for his Contemporary Issues series “The Dark Heart of Europe.”
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BBC:
India threatens BBC over rapist interview — India's home minister has threatened action against the BBC, after it aired a film in the UK featuring an interview with an Indian rapist on death row. — Rajnath Singh said he would investigate whether “norms have been violated”.
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Telegraph, Hindustan Times, Guardian, Firstpost and NPR
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Business Insider to launch a standalone consumer tech site in Q3 — Business Insider plans spinoff consumer tech site — Flush with new funding, Business Insider is planning to launch a new site devoted to consumer technology that will attempt to expand its audience beyond business readers, Digiday has learned.
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, the last day I arrived to work at the MailOnline newsroom in New York City and saw Keith Poole …
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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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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New York Times media desk changes: Bill Brink to media editor, Conner Ennis to deputy media editor, John Koblin new TV reporter — The New York Times Rebuilds Media Desk After Buyouts — NEW YORK — The New York Times made a series of internal moves Thursday to strengthen …
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Capital New York, Politico, FishbowlNY, The New York Times Company, @edmundlee and @mikeisaac
Sam Gustin / Motherboard:
Republican congresswoman Marsha Blackburn reintroduces bill to block FCC from implementing net neutrality rules — And Here Is the Bill Attempting to Roll Back the New Net Neutrality Rules — Marsha Blackburn, the conservative Republican lawmaker from Tennessee, has reintroduced legislation …
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Netflix tries to explain its apparent sudden flip-flop on net neutrality
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Richard Deitsch / SI.com:
An in-depth look at ESPN Audio and the future of sports talk radio — One of my most vivid memories of my childhood is sneaking a small radio into bed at night and spinning the AM dial in hopes of landing on sporting event. Like many sports fans of my era, I often fell asleep to the sounds …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Turkish journalist arrested over military coup scoop he wrote in 2010 — He faces eight years in jail on a charge of obtaining classified documents — Turkish investigative journalist Mehmet Baransu has been arrested and charged with obtaining secret state documents. — The allegations against him are extraordinary.
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TodaysZaman, DW.DE and Committee to Protect …
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
EU court rules ebooks are electronically provided services and not eligible for lower VAT rate — France, Luxembourg lose lower VAT rate battle on ebooks — (Reuters) - France and Luxembourg lost their battle to apply reduced VAT rates to ebooks on Thursday when a top European court agreed …
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