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News Corp raises stake in APN News to 14.99%; 30% of APN sold in $279M block trade — Rupert Murdoch's News Corp emerges with 14.9pc APN stake — of — About 30.8 percent of APN News & Media has been sold in $300 million block trade handled by Credit Suisse. Robert Rough
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Michael Pascoe / Sydney Morning Herald:
With its APN buy, is Rupert Murdoch's News Corp tuning in to radio? — Because his father controls the company with a voting gerrymander that would have made Joh Bjelke-Petersen blush, Lachlan Murdoch was made non-executive co-chairman of News Corp a year ago. — On Thursday he did something, buying 14.9 per cent of APN.
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Sydney Morning Herald, Reuters, Bloomberg Business, Scoop, ABC, AdNews and Business Insider Australia
CNNMoney:
One Mother Jones staffer arrested for trespassing near private La prison; second MoJo staffer worked at facility for 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, PINAC, IND Media The INDsider, Washington Post, NOLA River, Gawker, @brianstelter, @tomkludt, Mediaite and Politico
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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Poynter, The Wrap, Politico and JIMROMENESKO.COM
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
Globe and Mail:
Montreal media company Gesca sells six of seven regional newspapers to focus on its flagship daily, La Presse — Desmarais-owned Gesca sells six papers as La Presse+ takes off — MONTREAL and TORONTO — The Globe and Mail — Desmarais-owned Gesca Ltée is selling its six regional newspapers …
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Canadian Press, Montreal and QMI Agency
Associated Press:
Two Myanmar Post journalists sentenced to two months in prison for defamatory quote — Myanmar court jails 2 journalists for defamation — YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A Myanmar court sentenced two reporters to two months in prison on charges of defamation, in the latest ruling that raises concerns …
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
Ina Fried / Re/code:
StoryCorps, the project that preserves oral histories in US, uses $1M TED prize to release app and expand globally — StoryCorps Using $1 Million TED Prize to Become an App and Go Global — For the past decade, StoryCorps has amassed more than 65,000 recordings of ordinary individuals interviewing …
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NPR.org, Forbes, Quartz, Blog of New Orleans, Gambit, NPR, Globe and Mail, vancouversun.com, CTVNews, Co.Exist, Times LIVE, Forbes, NOLA River, Forbes and Current.org
Vladimir Radomirovic / Nieman Reports:
In the Balkans, Whistle-Blowing News Outlets Struggle to Survive — From shady deals for government advertising to journalists choosing self-censorship, it's not easy running a publication in the former Yugoslavia — A protester in Macedonia calls for the release of Tomislav Kearovski …
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@niemanlab
Latika Bourke / Sydney Morning Herald:
Media companies welcome extra protections for journalists as metadata laws pass the lower house — Metadata never worried Tony Abbott the journalist — The Prime Minister says reporters need not fear police accessing their metadata to identify their sources- he never worried about his own metadata …
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Guardian, @latikambourke, The Age, Yahoo! News, Sydney Morning Herald and @politicsfairfax
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, @nationaljournal, @tomilahren and FishbowlDC
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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Guardian, Associated Press, Bloomberg Business, The Rural Blog and Poynter
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