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Guardian:
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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Sam Thielman / Adweek:
Google to test TV ad-tracking in Kansas City Fiber homes; buyers only pay for ads shown, and ads will appear on DVRed programs — Google Fiber May Have Created a Game-Changer: Real Measurement of TV Ad Views — Want to know exactly how many people saw your ad on TV? Want dynamic insertion?
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Multichannel News, Broadcasting & Cable, Business Insider and Gizmodo
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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Talking Biz News and Washington Post
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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Telegraph, Forbes, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, TechnoBuffalo, The Next Web, InvestorPlace, SlashGear, Digital Trends, ReadWrite, PCMag Australia Feed, App Advice, AppleInsider, Pocket-lint, Electronista, 9to5Mac, Mashable, BGR, Tech Times, GeekWire, Engadget, Talking New Media, @bryfitz, VentureBeat, The Verge, Business Insider, Digital Spy and Daring Fireball
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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@jonpeede, @shachtmanite, @lavrusik, @davidsirota, @tayhatmaker, @mariabustillos, @jamiemottram, @thecajunboy, @samfbiddle, @thebafflermag and @pakhead
Alex / digiphile:
“Meerkat Election” hype ignores lessons and tools from prior years and overlooks the app's missing features — As “Meerkat Election” hype grows, the presidential primary winner is Twitter — The New York Times “First Draft” and Politico Playbook picked up the “Meerkat Election” …
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TVNewser, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, SocialTimes, @alexandertrow, PandoDaily and rjionline.org
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 …
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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Capital New York
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.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Politico Magazine contributor writes apology for his story — in The Week [Updated] — Publications have more difficulty than ever in suppressing corrections and retractions. The Internet — especially Twitter — has a way of shaming journalists who refuse to make things right.
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The Week, The Huffington Post, @glennthrush, The Daily Caller and @erikwemple
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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Poynter, Mediaite and Associated Press
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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