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Facebook to test new format for hosting publisher content within months, initial partners include NYT, BuzzFeed, NatGeo — Facebook May Host News Sites' Content — Nothing attracts news organizations like Facebook. And nothing makes them more nervous.
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Chris Thorman / Vox Media Marketing:
Vox has seen Facebook referrals increase nearly 200% over a six-month period, at times accounting for up to 40% of Vox's monthly traffic — How Vox.com approaches publishing on Facebook — From day one, Vox.com has had a simple editorial mission: explain the news.
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Poynter, Facebook Media, @lheron and @voxproduct
Kevin Clark / Wall Street Journal:
NFL to sell national rights for Jaguars-Bills game to a streaming company, allowing local TV broadcast only in Jacksonville and Buffalo — NFL to Broadcast a Game Nationally Via Internet Only — Move marks first time league will air national broadcast solely by streaming
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Indian Supreme Court upholds freedom of speech online, scraps controversial censorship law — Freedom of Speech Online: Section 66 A is Struck Down by Supreme Court — NEW DELHI: In a verdict set to have a major impact on internet freedom in India, the Supreme Court has scrapped a controversial law …
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TechCrunch, dna, The Economic Times, Hindustan Times, MediaNama, @svaradarajan, @pranesh_prakash, @gautambhatia88, @nixxin, @mishichoudhary and Wall Street Journal
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
To stand out from the tech crowd, The Verge broadens coverage to pop culture, science, and even cars — This is my next step: How The Verge wants to grow beyond tech blogging — What will it look like to hail an Uber from your wrist? How easy will it be to buy a ticket to see Avengers: Age of Ultron using your watch?
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@internetryan, @rafat, @chadmumm, @lock and @backlon
Susan Currie Sivek / Mediashift:
‘Netflix for Magazines’ Services Explain Why They're Not Doomed — It must be depressing to hear so many people say that your company's business model has no future. — Some magazine industry observers have recently said that the “all-you-can-read” or “Netflix for magazines” subscription model is doomed.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon Prime Music adds ad-free streaming music stations with unlimited skips to iOS app — Amazon Prime Music Takes On Pandora With Addition Of “Prime Stations” On iOS — Prime Music, Amazon's free music streaming service for Prime members, has been upgraded on mobile today with a new feature …
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GeekWire, The Next Web, VentureBeat and Engadget
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
Bleacher Report developing strategy to keep readers engaged throughout March Madness — Can Bleacher Report Keep Readers Tuned In After Their March Madness Brackets Are Busted? — For Turner Broadcasting System-owned Bleacher Report, March Madness marks its biggest ad revenue event of the year.
Jane Waterhouse / Guardian:
The Hoopla, an indie Australian site aimed at women over 40, closes as News Corp launches RendezView and Bauer plans new women's site — The Hoopla is closing but it didn't fail. The market failed smart women — At The Hoopla, we treated our audience as intelligent human beings with a sense of humour.
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The Hoopla, The New Daily, News Corp Australia, mUmBRELLA and Crikey
Owen Williams / The Next Web:
Twitch accounts were compromised, passwords for all users reset — Uh oh, game streaming service Twitch has posted a short notice to its blog warning that there “may have been” some unauthorized access to some Twitch user information. — It says that affected users will be contacted directly with additional details.
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The Official Twitch Blog, VentureBeat, VatorNews, Shacknews, Wall Street Journal, BetaNews, @nattgarun and GeekWire
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Sun newspaper source in Ministry of Defence Bettina Jordan-Barber jailed for leaking stories — MoD ‘mole’ Bettina Jordan-Barber jailed over Sun leaks — Ministry strategist sentenced to 12 months imprisonment after leaking stories to paper about army failures in war zones, sexual misconduct and disciplinary cases
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Chris Thompson / Poynter:
Reporters use Yik Yak to get instant audience take on Ted Cruz's big campaign speech — Vox Bloomberg Politics The Washington Post — Earlier this morning, Senator Ted Cruz declared his candidacy for President of the United States before a packed auditorium at Liberty University.
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