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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.
Discussion:
Slate, Howdy Y'all, PandoDaily, The Technology Chronicles, Medium, MediaNama, BBC, Forbes, The Week, @justinnxt and TechSpot
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.
Discussion:
Guardian, TechCrunch, Press Gazette, Silicon Republic, Mashable, @lisafleisher, @benpopper, Re/code, Business Insider, RT, @dansinker, @djbentley, Poynter, @bgrueskin, @davidclinchnews, Ars Technica, @joshuachavers, @no_such_zone, The New York Observer, The Next Web, @willoremus, @sriramk, @daweiner, @moneyries and @neetzan
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, @valoni and @niemanlab
Guardian:
Egyptian newspaper censored over report state institutions fail to pay tax — Al-Watan newspaper, normally pro-regime in its views, forced to scrap edition with front-page banner decrying ‘tax avoiders’ in government — Censors have forced a regime-friendly Egyptian newspaper to rewrite …
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@glcarlstrom and english.ahram.org.eg
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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Wall Street Journal, Broadcasting & Cable, LostRemote, Washington Post, Deadline, The Drum, Digital TV Europe, BizReport, Quartz and GantDaily.com
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Amazon's ‘Write On’ Crowd-Publishing Platform Opens To All — Amazon has a new crowd-publishing platform called Write On, which is a direct competitor to Wattpad, the social network with self-publishing authors offering up their content for free, and working together with the community to incorporate feedback into their ongoing work.
Discussion:
Good E-Reader and GeekWire
Tom Bergin / Reuters:
Google change allows company statements to top news searches — (Reuters) - A little-noticed change in the way Google selects search results has allowed company statements to top the list of news links shown when users search for information on businesses. — The measure may cost news …
The New York Observer:
How the AP Botched Its Investigation of Civilian Deaths in the Israel-Hamas War — On February 13, 2015, the Associated Press published and distributed an article that stirred the conscience of the world. It gave its many readers—"AP news content is seen by half the world's population," …
Discussion:
@bhweingarten, @sobendito and @anthonylfisher
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
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.
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, Variety and The Wrap
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.
Discussion:
Broadcasting & Cable and Tubefilter
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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New York Times, BuzzFeed, Salon, New York Times, Bloomberg Business, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, CNN, The Huffington Post, Courthouse News Service, The Independent, Washington Times, NBC News, The Daily Caller, American Spectator, USA Today, Washington Post, The Week, The Verge, The Hill, Poynter, US News, Politico, Mediaite, National Review, The Newspaper Guild, @ap, The Week, @prisonplanet, @drewhampshire, @tbridis, @dliebelson, @redsteeze, CBS Philly and Guardian
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.
Discussion:
Variety, Columbia Journalism Review and bizjournals
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 …
Discussion:
Bloomberg Business, New York Times, @reidepstein, @chanders, @chanders, Media & Entertainment, AdAge and FishbowlNY
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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Associated Press
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