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Guardian appoints Katharine Viner as editor-in-chief — Guardian US chief who also set up Australian operation will take over from Alan Rusbridger this summer — Katharine Viner has been appointed the editor-in-chief of the Guardian, the first woman to run the newspaper in its 194-year history.
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Chris Lehmann / The Baffler:
A former news exec looks back at Yahoo News: algorithms defining coverage, blogs that never launched, and PR as journalism — Purple Reign — When the great granddaddy of opinion journals, The New Republic, abruptly vanished in a sad, squalid burst of pixel dust and management theory last winter …
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John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:
Apple to launch new Apple TV set top box at WWDC with A8 chip, increased storage, enabling App Store, Siri, and HomeKit integration — New Apple TV Set Top Will Debut This Summer With App Store, Siri — Apple intends to show the device off at its annual World Wide Developers Conference in June
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Bloomberg's management changes signal a return to basics with focus on Bloomberg Terminal — Smith, Tyrangiel reined in at Bloomberg — This time last year, Bloomberg Media — the consumer-facing side of Bloomberg LP — was being run by Justin Smith and Josh Tyrangiel …
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Jason Subler / Reuters:
Reuters websites become inaccessible in China — (Reuters) - The news websites of Reuters, including those in English and Chinese, were inaccessible in China on Friday, after users first experienced difficulties accessing them late on Thursday. — The websites of Bloomberg News …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Vocativ's Chief Business Officer Steve Alperin steps down to work on his own video business — Vocativ's chief business officer steps down — Steve Alperin, chief business officer at the news startup Vocativ, has left the outlet effective immediately, he confirmed to Poynter Friday.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Yahoo Bets on TV-Style Comedies to Grow Its Video Business — The seeds of Yahoo's St. Patrick's Day premiere of season six of “Community” were planted when CEO Marissa Mayer made a critical decision in January 2014 about the future of the Internet media company's video biz.
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Guardian Labs alternative approach: 130 people building apps, giving reporters final say on content, and screening all sponsors — One year in: What The Guardian's content studio has learned — While most publishers' content studios are writing articles and filming videos for brands …
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Former NoW reporter faces jail for paying soldier for Prince Harry stories — It can now be revealed that Ryan Sabey received a string of leaks from Paul Brunt, who raked in £16,000 from the News of the World and the Sun — A former star reporter at the News of the World is facing jail …
Dru Sefton / Current:
PBS NewsHour website makeover saw page views increase from 15.7M in Q1 2014 to 25.1M in Q4 — PBS NewsHour expands online audience with website makeover — A focus on audience engagement and social media has paid off for the PBS NewsHour website, which relaunched Feb. 1, 2014.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
New York Times ends contract with new columnist, geneticist Razib Khan, after Gawker writes about his earlier affiliation with far-right publications — New York Times drops Razib Khan — The New York Times has terminated its contract with one of its new online opinion writers …
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Barack Obama Asks Iran to Free Jason Rezaian and Other Americans — President Barack Obama on Friday called on Iran to release a Washington Post reporter and two other Americans held there. — Mr. Obama, in a statement released by the White House, said Iran must release Post reporter Jason Rezaian …
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