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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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Howdy Y'all, PandoDaily, @justinnxt, TechSpot and Slate
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.
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
After the archive came down: The New Yorker's revamped paywall is driving new readers and subscribers — The trick to turning readers into a group of frothing hoarders: Tell them they can dive into The New Yorker's archive and leave with as many stories as their arms can bear.
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@vauhinivara, @carlazanoni and @valoni
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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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, New York Times, @chanders, @reidepstein, @chanders, Media & Entertainment, AdAge and FishbowlNY
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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@jmcunning and Poynter
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook teams with Turner sports to stream “bracket lounge” NCAA March Madness fan event — Facebook Dives Into March Madness with Turner Live-Streaming Deal — Social-media giant Facebook is teaming with Turner Sports to livestream coverage of the NCAA's March Madness college basketball bracket announcement Sunday.
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Broadcasting & Cable
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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UK - The Huffington Post, BBC, Sky News, International Business Times, BBC, Globe and Mail and Telegraph
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Nielsen: 36% of US households subscribe to Netflix, 13% to Amazon Prime, 6.5% to Hulu Plus; traditional TV time falls almost 10% in second half of 2014 — Nielsen Charts Reach of Video Streaming — About two in five American households now subscribe to a video streaming service like Netflix …
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Broadcasting & Cable, Wall Street Journal, LostRemote, Washington Post, The Drum, Digital TV Europe, BizReport, Quartz, Deadline and GantDaily.com
Rich Kirchen / Milwaukee Business Journal:
Journal, Scripps shareholders OK transaction; closing expected by early April — Journal Communications Inc. shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of shifting the company's television and radio stations to E.W. Scripps Co. and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to a new newspaper-led independent company called Journal Media Group.
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Columbia Journalism Review, bizjournals and Variety
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Paramount hit with 20-24 layoffs Wednesday in Viacom restructuring; Nickelodeon also affected — Paramount & Nickelodeon Latest Hit With Layoffs In Viacom Restructuring — EXCLUSIVE: At least 20 to 40 rank and file employees across all divisions of Paramount Pictures have been laid off, we've learned.
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Variety, The Wrap and Hollywood Reporter
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, Business Insider and The Drum, Thanks:@rbilton
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
Inside The Blade's settlement with the US government — The US government and The Blade of Toledo, OH, agree on at least one thing: The government owes the newspaper $18,000. — That's the result of a settlement agreement announced last week that arises from a March 2014 incident …
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@jonathanwpeters
Capital New York:
Interview with Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen Adler on competition, Reuters TV, websites, layoffs, Jack Shafer, more — The 60-second interview: Stephen Adler, editor in chief, Reuters — CAPITAL: Reuters has competed historically against newswires like the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse.
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Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Seattle's GeekWire marks four years as an indie tech news site, profitable and growing, funded through ads, events, membership — GeekWire at 4 years: How we've evolved, and what's next in our startup adventure — Four years ago this week, we left our jobs at a big media company and launched GeekWire …
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