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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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The Verge, Guardian, Hit & Run, @tbridis, @trevortimm, @dangillmor, @attackerman, @onekade, @aliwatkins, @gtconboy, @propublica, @ap, The Week 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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E Pluribus Unum, Guardian, Bloomberg Business and Poynter
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, Beet.TV, Digiday, Wall Street Journal, The Drum, @ylichterman, Business Insider, @heathat, PerformanceIN, mUmBRELLA, Mediatel, The Drum and Financial Times
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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@mollyworthen, @meganstielstra, @jbouie and @logandobson
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Gigaom's challenges: poor leadership, spending beyond means, inattention to longterm problems — Digital Media Darlings Unfazed by the Fall of the News Site Gigaom — In the week and a half since the technology news site Gigaom stopped publishing, it has been held up as a cautionary tale for media in a go-go era.
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The Trichordist, @rafat, @dangillmor, @fmanjoo, Boing Boing, @ravisomaiya, @mathewi and @jayrosen_nyu
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Longtime political blogger Mickey Kaus quits Daily Caller after Editor in Chief Tucker Carlson pulls column critical of Fox News — Mickey Kaus quits Daily Caller after Tucker Carlson pulls critical Fox News column — The blogger Mickey Kaus has quit his job at The Daily Caller …
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Poynter, LA Observed, @kausmickey, TVNewser, The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, Muck Rack, VDARE.COM, Hit & Run, @petedominick, VDARE.COM, @voxdotcom, Mediaite, Gawker, Vox, @mattyglesias, @brianstelter, @daveweigel, @davidfolkenflik and @tomgara
Kyle Russell / TechCrunch:
Ustream opening up its internal SDK and API to developers, enabling anyone to build Meerkat-like apps, by invitation only for now — Ustream's New Live-Broadcasting SDK Lets You Build Your Own Meerkat — Call it a sign of the times: hot on the heels of Meerkat's sudden boom …
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Inside New York Times Reporter James Risen's Seven Year Fight Against the Government — For seven years, Risen lived under the threat of jail for refusing to reveal a confidential source. When the government backed off, some saw a victory for freedom of the press.
Discussion:
@cgasparino, @michaeloreskes, @cressman, @peacockc and The Newspaper Guild
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Public editor on push notifications as spoilers, when to honor embargoes, and disclosure of reporters on TV — Spoilers, Embargoes, Disclosures and ‘Jinx’ — For some of those enthralled with HBO's documentary series “The Jinx,” the Sunday night news alert from The Times was the very definition of a spoiler.
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The Huffington Post, Curbed NY, NOLA River and Mother Jones
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 …
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Discovery Channel founder launches nonfiction on-demand streaming CuriosityStream for $3-$6/month — Discovery Channel founder enters the streaming fray — Video streaming services are no longer avant-garde. With HBO Now joining Netflix, Hulu and others like Sling TV …
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LostRemote, Los Angeles Times, VideoInk, StreamDaily and StreetInsider.com
Laura Slattery / The Irish Times:
Losses at UTV Ireland will be €8.4m this year — Operating profit at UTV Media fell 2 per cent in 2014 after investment in new TV channel — Losses at UTV Ireland, the new television channel set up by UTV Media, will be in the region of £6 million (€8.4 million) this year …
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Independent.ie, Guardian, Reuters, UTV News, RTÉ and Yahoo! Finance
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 …
Discussion:
INMA and @heyheyesj
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Kantar report: Biggest advertisers cut spending by 4.2% in 2014 amid shift to digital media — Biggest Advertisers Are Sending Their Dollars to Digital — The country's largest marketers are slashing their advertising budgets as they shift a larger portion of their spending to digital …
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, AdAge, Future of Music Coalition and @tvnewslab
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