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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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bizjournals, @digiday, @lmoses, @annb03, TechSpot, @rafat, Slate, Medium, Wall Street Journal, The Digital Media Machine, FishbowlNY, Poynter and Guardian
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, @bmorrissey, The Newspaper Guild, @bizcarson, @terabithia4, @markarms, @tomrisen and @anildash
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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FishbowlNY, @chanders and @chanders
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Ex-soccer player Paul Gascoigne says Mirror Group phone hacking drove him to severe paranoia and alcoholism — Paul Gascoigne says Mirror phone hacking drove him to severe paranoia — Ex-footballer tells court he changed his mobile five times a month and says: 'I'd like to trade in my phone …
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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
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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Capital New York, Politico, Poynter, FishbowlNY, @paulcarr, @the_intercept and @michael_bloom
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 NYU 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
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 …
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Wall Street Journal:
Guardian corrects, clarifies articles on privacy and Whisper app, 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 …
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Guardian and @djbentley
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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Deadline, Broadcasting & Cable, Hollywood Reporter, Re/code, Los Angeles Times, Variety and Tubefilter
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, Quartz, Deadline, Digital TV Europe, BizReport and The Drum
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 …, @lanegrisgt and News24
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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Business Insider, Thanks:@rbilton
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
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Quartz plans to expand into Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa this summer, joining trend of US digital organizations in global expansion — U.S. Digital-Media Outlets Venture Abroad — Mobile connectivity creates opportunity to build audiences for local coverage
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Guardian, Talking Biz News, @enterprisekenya and @mitrakalita
Tom Berg / Orange County Register:
Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz resign from Freedom, OC Register, Rich Mirman becomes president and chief executive of Freedom, Spitz to chairman at Freedom — Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz resign from Freedom, Orange County Register — SANTA ANA - Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz …
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