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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Guardian, FT, CNN, Reuters, and Economist launch new programmatic advertising alliance Pangaea to take on Facebook and Google — Guardian, FT, CNN and Reuters in ad deal to take on Facebook and Google — Pangaea Alliance initiative will give brands access to more than 110 million online readers using programmatic advertising system
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Nieman Lab, Guardian, Mashable, Capital New York, Digiday, Wall Street Journal, The Drum, Beet.TV, PerformanceIN, Mediatel, Financial Times, @ylichterman, Business Insider, The Drum, mUmBRELLA and @heathat
Ted Bridis / Associated Press:
In 2014 US censored or denied access to 39% of FOIA requests, with unanswered requests up 55% — US sets new record for denying, censoring government files — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second consecutive year, the Obama administration more often than ever censored government files …
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Mediaite, The Verge, Guardian, Hit & Run, @gtconboy, @propublica, @ap, @trevortimm, @onekade, @aliwatkins, @attackerman, The Week, @dangillmor, @tbridis and sunshineweek.rcfp.org
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Josh Hicks / Washington Post:
A Sunshine Week surprise: White House exempts executive office from records requests — The White House on Tuesday removed a longstanding government-transparency rule that the George W. Bush administration first opposed, exempting President Obama's Office of Administration from records requests.
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Poynter, Bloomberg Business, Guardian, The Rural Blog, USA Today and Gawker Politburo
CNNMoney:
One Mother Jones staffer arrested on trespassing charge near private Louisiana prison; second MoJo staffer worked there 3 months, quit after colleague's arrest — Mother Jones: Staffer arrested photographing prison — Mother Jones magazine confirmed Wednesday that one of its journalists …
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Winn Parish Enterprise, Washington Post, Politico, Mediaite, @brianstelter and @tomkludt
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Most millenials are ‘accidental news junkies’, learning about current affairs by spending a lot of time on social media, but not purposefully seeking news — Journalism in the Age of the Accidental News Junkie — Young Americans care about the news, honestly they do …
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INMA and @heyheyesj
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
New York Times adding 20 online opinion writers — The New York Times is bringing on 20 new online-focused writers as contributors for its op-ed and Sunday Review sections, editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal and op-ed/Sunday Review editor Trish Hall announced in a Wednesday afternoon memo.
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Politico, Gawker, @mollyworthen, @meganstielstra, @logandobson and @jbouie
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How The Irish Times developed its new (very relaxed) metered paywall — DUBLIN — On February 23, The Irish Times erected a metered paywall on its website, making it the first major daily Irish newspaper to do so. … In the United States, newspaper paywalls are familiar [pick one: annoyances, understandable business choices] by now.
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@rositaboland and @lindseymwagner
Roger Yu / USA Today:
USA Today offering buyouts to about 15%, or 90 of 600 staffers, who are 55+ and have been with the company for 15+ years — USA TODAY offers buyouts to veteran staffers — USA TODAY announced Wednesday that it will offer buyout packages to veteran employees to trim staffing …
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The Wrap, Poynter, Politico and JIMROMENESKO.COM
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Mitra Kalita leaves Quartz to join Los Angeles Times as managing editor for editorial strategy — S. Mitra Kalita heads to the L.A. Times to ‘develop and refine new styles of journalism’ — S. Mitra Kalita, executive editor-at-large at Quartz, will join the Los Angeles Times as managing editor …
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Los Angeles Times, The New York Observer, WWD, LA Observed, @palewire and @raju
Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:
Sony's PlayStation Vue streaming TV service launches today in NYC, Chicago, and Philadelphia, starts at $50/month with about 50 channels including CBS, Fox, NBC — Sony's PlayStation Vue streaming TV service launches today in New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia
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PlayStation.Blog, Forbes, Mashable, Variety, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, TechCrunch, Reuters, Engadget, CNET, Bloomberg Business and Polygon
Emma Roller / National Journal:
One America News seeks to grow its conservative viewership through sponsorships, doubles staff — How One TV Channel Is Positioning Itself to Be the Next Fox News — One America News has the moxie. But can it poach viewers from other cable news stations?
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TVNewser and FishbowlDC
Natasha Lennard / Fusion:
The NYPD's subtle changes to Wikipedia entries make black victims seem more threatening — NYPD officers editing the Wikipedia pages of black men killed by police conjures a dystopian picture. From within the brutalist edifice of Manhattan's 1 Police Plaza, cops logged in to the online encyclopedia …
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Viral content upstart Playbuzz raises $16 million funding round — Viral content publisher Playbuzz, having mastered the Internet—to the tune of 80 million monthly unique visitors—is taking on New York City and the rest of the world. — The company, founded in 2012 by Shaul Olmert …
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Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Reuters, bizjournals, ITProPortal, Marketing Land, Guardian, The Drum and Business Insider
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Nine broadcasters petition FCC to change disclosure rules for paid programming from spoken on air, to written online — Radio Broadcasters Seek Changes in Disclosure Rules for Paid Programming — A group of radio broadcasters has asked for changes to federal rules about how stations …
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@paulgla, @gsterling, @tvnewslab, Future of Music Coalition and AdAge
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:
Music Streaming's Gains Fail to Counter Falling Album Purchases — (Bloomberg) — The U.S. music industry shrank 0.5 percent in 2014 as growth in streaming services like Spotify Ltd. failed to counter declining consumer spending on albums and songs. — Revenue from streaming subscriptions …
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Associated Press, Financial Times and @aram
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