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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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@justinnxt
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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, @annb03, bizjournals, @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, @markarms, The Newspaper Guild, @tomrisen, @anildash, @bmorrissey, @bizcarson and @terabithia4
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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Bloomberg Business, AdAge, Media & Entertainment, @chanders, FishbowlNY, @chanders, @reidepstein and @chanders
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
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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International Business Times, BBC, BBC, Sky News, UK - The Huffington Post, Globe and Mail and Telegraph
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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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The Verge, SlashGear, 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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Media Wire Daily, The Wrap, Poynter, Capital New York, Politico, @the_intercept, @michael_bloom, @paulcarr and FishbowlNY
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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The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter and Variety
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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Tubefilter, The Wrap, @niemanlab and Journalism.co.uk
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
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
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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Talking Biz News
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 and Wall Street Journal
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
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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Re/code, AdAge, Tubefilter, Variety, Deadline, Los Angeles Times, Hollywood Reporter and Broadcasting & Cable
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