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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Associated Press sues State Department, seeking access to Clinton records after repeated unfulfilled FOIA requests, including one from 5 years ago — AP sues State Department, seeking access to Clinton records — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Wednesday …
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Celeste LeCompte / Nieman Lab:
In media companies, the editorial staff shouldn't be kept in the dark about finances — When a tiny post appeared on Gigaom Monday night, noting that the company had ceased operations and was now controlled by its creditors, every push notification I allow on my phone started buzzing, flashing, and beeping.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Insiders say Gigaom's site and events were profitable, but research platform failed to meet its goals — Inside GigaOm's VC-driven demise — Tech media eulogized one of its own on Tuesday when GigaOm abruptly announced it had run out of money and was ceasing operations after eight years.
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PandoDaily, bizjournals, @lmoses, @annb03, @digiday, TechSpot, @rafat and Slate
Chris Thompson / Poynter:
Gigaom's Mathew Ingram on the site's sudden closure: “One minute you're working on a story, and the next minute someone is telling you you don't have a job”
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Howdy Y'all, @gigastacey, The Newspaper Guild, @bmorrissey, @bizcarson, @markarms, @terabithia4, @tomrisen and @anildash
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Wall Street Journal:
Guardian corrects, clarifies articles on Whisper app privacy, takes down commentary post — Guardian Backpedals on Whisper App Privacy Violations — The Guardian on Tuesday clarified and corrected a series of controversial articles it published late last year about Whisper, a mobile app designed to transmit messages anonymously.
JIMROMENESKO.COM:
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism to reduce enrollment, cut about six positions — Columbia Graduate School of Journalism dean Steve Coll tells colleagues: “We believe it's best for the school to return to a smaller student body size.” With the downsizing, “I've reached the conclusion …
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Bloomberg Business, Media & Entertainment, @reidepstein, FishbowlNY, @chanders and @chanders
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Actor in the BBC's EastEnders, Steve McFadden, details personal costs of Mirror phone hacking in court statement — EastEnders actor felt ‘hunted like a fox’ over Mirror phone hacking — Steve McFadden, who plays soap's Phil Mitchell, claims ‘appalling’ hacking caused split with then-partner and on-screen lover Lucy Benjamin
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Jay Rosen's NYU class releases trailer and website from Future of New York Times course — The Future of The Times, as Seen by an N.Y.U. Class — Jay Rosen, who does lots of innovative things in his role as journalism professor at New York University, came up with a new wrinkle for the current semester …
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Poynter and @jmcunning
John McDermott / Digiday:
Snapchat seeking deals with sports leagues and networks to feature live sports, starting with NCAA Final Four, plans ad revenue split — Coming to Snapchat: live sports broadcasting — Snapchat has grand ambitions to become a dominant mobile media platform, and it has taken one step closer with live sports.
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SlashGear, The Verge, The Drum and Business Insider, Thanks:@rbilton
First Look Media:
Former Guardian News & Media, North America CEO Michael Bloom named president and GM of First Look Media — Welcoming Michael Bloom — Today we welcome media and tech entrepreneur Michael Bloom to First Look Media as our new President and General Manager.
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The Wrap, @paulcarr, @the_intercept, Poynter, @michael_bloom, Capital New York, Politico and FishbowlNY
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Vox Media Launches Entertainment Division, Signs With WME (Exclusive) — A version of this story first appeared in the March 20 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. — Vox Media is looking to video for its future. — The digital media company, which owns and operates a collection …
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@niemanlab, The Wrap, Tubefilter and Journalism.co.uk
Joe Otterson / The Wrap:
AwesomenessTV, DreamworksTV Team With Verizon on Over-the-Top Channels — AwesomenessTV and DreamworksTV are teaming up with Verizon for two new over-the-top channels, the companies announced on Wednesday. — The multi-platform AwesomenessTV will produce more than 200 hours of original content per year for the wireless provider.
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AdAge, Re/code, Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Tubefilter, Variety, Deadline and Broadcasting & Cable
Kevin Young / BBC Blogs:
Behind BBC's “Live and Social” desk, which verifies breaking news on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and regularly beats wires — When Twitter's ahead of the wires it pays to be ‘Live and Social’ — is a senior broadcast journalist in the BBC Newsroom
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@dw_innovation and @sarahmarshall
Steven Levy / Backchannel:
Outgoing White House comms director Dan Pfeiffer: disaggregation of media makes impact harder to achieve, but going direct to specific audiences is easier — How Obama Became a YouTube (and Buzzfeed, and Funny or Die...) Star — White House Communications Czar Dan Pfeiffer reveals the strategy …
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Bloomberg View, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Tubefilter
BBC:
South Africa TV presenter Vuyo Mvoko mugged on camera — One of South Africa's best known TV journalists has been mugged on camera as he waited to go on air. — Footage shows two men accosting Vuyo Mvoko, from the national broadcaster SABC, who was outside a Johannesburg hospital to report …
Chris Davies / SlashGear:
After 11 hours, the App Store and iTunes are back online — Apple's App Store and iTunes have sprung back into life, after technical issues brought the download stores offline in the early hours of this morning. Downloads of apps, music, and video resumed at approximately 1:30pm Pactific today …
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CNBC, Bloomberg Business and The Next Web
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Nokia paying Wired magazine millions to produce editorial-style site MakeTechHuman in year-long content marketing campaign — Nokia Taps Wired for Seven-Figure Content-Marketing Campaign — Magazine's Brand Lab Plans to Tackle Thorny Topics — Nokia — the technology supplier …
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Forbes
Sonia Perez D. / Associated Press:
Gunmen kill 2 journalists in southern town in Guatemala — GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Gunmen shot and killed two journalists and wounded a third Tuesday as they walked in a park in southern Guatemala, the editor of Prensa Libre newspaper said. — Danilo Lopez, the local correspondent for Prensa Libre …
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Committee to Protect …, News24 and @lanegrisgt
Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
4 in 10 TV households also subscribe to Netflix, Amazon or Hulu — Four in ten American households with traditional television now also subscribe to some form of streaming service like Netflix or Amazon, according to a new Nielsen report on audience behaviors.
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Broadcasting & Cable, Wall Street Journal, LostRemote, Deadline, Digital TV Europe, BizReport, Quartz and The Drum
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
New York Times Showcases Short Documentaries Funded Through Kickstarter (Exclusive) — The New York Times is giving documentary filmmakers an international platform. — The media company has teamed with Kickstarter to highlight six short documentaries that were backed in part using the crowdfunding platform.
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The New York Times Company, bizjournals, GeekWire, VideoInk and The Wrap
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