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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
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PandoDaily, bizjournals, @annb03, @digiday, TechSpot, @lmoses, Poynter and @rafat
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, @tomrisen, @terabithia4 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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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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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, Business Insider and The Drum, 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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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
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
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Leslie Moonves: Showtime OTT Service Coming in ‘Not Too Distant Future’ — CBS Corp. chief Leslie Moonves has made it clear that Showtime is poised to join HBO in offering an OTT service “in the not too distant future.” — Speaking Wednesday morning at the Deutsche Bank investor conference …
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Deadline and International Business Times
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
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Sony to offer PlayStation Vue Internet TV service in New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia within two weeks, plans nationwide rollout by the end of the year — Sony to Roll Out New Internet TV Service This Year — PlayStation Vue service to compete with Dish Network's Sling TV
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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