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Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal:
Streaming boxes and smart TVs still don't cover all TV bases and cost more than cable, so trim your cable subscription and use them as a supplement — Why Cable TV Beats the Internet, For Now — It's not time to cut cable yet, unless you're among the few cord-cutters who can clear enough hurdles
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Netflix, Amazon and Hulu No Longer Find Themselves TV's Upstarts — Netflix, Amazon and Hulu have suddenly found themselves playing a new role: the establishment. — After years of waging an assault on the traditional television business, these companies now must defend their turf …
Josh Stearns / Medium:
Interview with Justin Auciello, editor and publisher of Jersey Shore Hurricane News, which existed only on Facebook for over 3 years — The Opportunities and Threats of Publishing Direct to Facebook — Thoughts on Distributed Content and Building Community from a Facebook-Only News Site
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Poynter, Business Insider and Quartz
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Felix Salmon / Fusion:
How Facebook could kill the news brand
How Facebook could kill the news brand
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Poynter, stratechery, Reynolds Center, The Atlantic Online, Fast Company, Re/code, Gawker, AdAge, Business Insider, World News Publishing Focus …, TheStreet.com, NY Daily News, CNET, US News, The Awl, The Buttry Diary, The Verge, Digiday, @dannysullivan, USA Today, Slate, The Huffington Post, Engadget, Guardian, @gaberivera, Wall Street Journal, AdExchanger, The Week, Medium, @lpolgreen, @ow, Featured stories, @jayrosen_nyu, @ryanchittum, @newswhip, John Battelle's Search Blog, Medium, PRNewser, CNBC, Daring Fireball, SocialTimes, Marketing Land and New York Times
Jared Malsin / Globe and Mail:
In Egypt, Fahmy gets go-ahead to seek his Canadian passport back — An Egyptian judge took steps on Tuesday to help Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy regain a passport for the first time since his arrest in 2013, a measure that would allow him to get married and live a more normal life.
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Reuters:
Egyptian court adjourns trial of Al Jazeera journalists to April 22 — (Reuters) - An Egyptian court said on Wednesday it adjourned until April 22 the trial of two Al Jazeera television journalists. — The pair are charged with aiding a terrorist organization, a reference to the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Toronto Star, english.ahram.org.eg, Daily News Egypt and Al Jazeera English
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg Business:
Nielsen to Measure Netflix Viewing by Middle of This Year — (Bloomberg) — Nielsen, the company that measures TV audiences, will begin offering data on viewing by Netflix Inc. and Amazon Prime subscribers for the first time starting midyear, Chief Executive Officer Mitch Barns said Tuesday.
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Atavist revamps its publishing software to push design and readability to the fore — The web made it easier for anyone to put their writing out in the world. But what happens after the crowd gets used to becoming publishers? They want it to look good, naturally.
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Co.Design and Capital New York
Cary Spivak / Columbia Journalism Review:
How the Medill Justice Project became a thriving journalism project after David Protess controversy — How the Medill Justice Project has thrived following controversy — More than four years after it was engulfed in controversy, the Medill Innocence Project remains in the headlines—and not always for the right reasons.
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@cjr and @usprojectcjr
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Buzzfeed promised to open video studio and keep 200 jobs in New York State in exchange for $4M tax credit — The backstory of Buzzfeed's New York tax credits — Buzzfeed explored the option of moving 200 of its employees to office space in New Jersey before New York's chief economic …
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@joshsternberg, @laura_june, @msebastian, @abeaujon, @davidjacobslive, @pbump, @harrywaisbren and @thestalwart
Hannah Allam / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
French newspaper Le Figaro reports US and Syria in talks to release missing journalist Austin Tice — French newspaper: U.S., Syria in talks to free American journalist — WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are negotiating with Syrian President Bashar Assad's government for the release …
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Houston Chronicle
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Johnston Press posts pre-tax loss of £23.9m — Regional newspaper publisher also unveils deal to print Richard Desmond's four Express and Star titles in the north of England — Johnston Press has reported a pre-tax loss of £23.9m for last year, and announced a lucrative deal …
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Press Gazette, allmediascotland, @marksweney, RTTNews and Insider Media Ltd
Reuters:
Thai PM Prayuth warns media, says has power to execute reporters — (Reuters) - Thai junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha lashed out at journalists on Wednesday, saying he would “probably just execute” those who did “not report the truth”, in the latest outburst aimed at Thailand's media.
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Bloomberg Business and Agence France-Presse
Associated Press:
Trial set for videographer arrested covering Ferguson — FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A video journalist arrested while covering the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, after Michael Brown was fatally shot last summer plans to fight the charges at trial. — St. Louis-based videographer Mary Moore …
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Poynter, bizjournals and RT