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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Twitter launches Periscope: replays are its killer feature, push notifications are noisy — Periscope, Twitter's answer to Meerkat-style live streaming, is now available — Live-streaming apps are the thirstiest of all media. A Facebook post wants a like, a tweet begs for favs, and a snap means little without a response.
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Owen Williams / The Next Web:
New York City explosion shows the potential for mobile live streaming via Periscope to change news, offering mass access to live video seconds after an event — Periscope and live video are changing the internet forever — Today, I saw the future and it is Periscope.
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Josh Stearns / Medium:
Apps like Periscope and Meerkat could help people understand their right to record — Periscope, Meerkat and the Right to Record — I've been playing with Periscope this morning and thinking a lot about how it has simplified the the process of livestreaming but also how it has perfected …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
The New York Times, ‘PBS Newshour’ strike video-sharing agreement — The New York Times and “PBS NewsHour” have entered into an agreement to share video journalism, including news reports and longer documentaries, on a regular basis, the outlets announced Thursday.
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Julia Boorstin / CNBC:
Vice to produce half-hour weekday newscasts for HBO and HBO Now — Vice and HBO announce content partnership — In a partnership that elevates upstart Vice Media, and brings HBO into the daily news business for the first time, the firms are announcing the most expansive content deal for either company.
Guardian:
Supreme court clears way for release of secret Prince Charles letters — Ruling overturns government attempt to block release of ‘black spider memos’ to ministers after decade-long battle between the Guardian and Whitehall — The supreme court has cleared the way for the publication …
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Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:
Washington Post partners with Flipboard — WaPo announces it will be adding all editorial content to the magazine-style aggregation app - and does not rule out hosting content on Facebook — Credit: Image courtesy of Washington Post press office — The Washington Post is producing …
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Julia Payne / Reuters:
Nigeria's military detains two Al Jazeera reporters — (Reuters) - Nigeria's military has detained two Al Jazeera journalists in the northeast city of Maiduguri since Tuesday, the television broadcaster said on Thursday, days ahead of the country's general elections.
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Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:
Meerkat's Series B investors includes an array of Hollywood names along with lead Greylock — Meerkat Confirms It Raised A Round Led By Greylock, Josh Elman Joins Meerkat's Board — Late last week, our own Jordan Crook reported that Meerkat, the trendy, Twitter-centric livestreaming app …
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Rick Seltzer / Baltimore Business Journal:
Sinclair starts division to invest in digital startups — Over-the-air television heavyweight Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. is looking to take a stake in some of the digital startup companies that have it on its customer list. — Hunt Valley-based Sinclair (NASDAQ: SBGI) …
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Chris Thompson / Poynter:
Reddit rolls out embeddable comments in countermove to BuzzFeed — On Monday, Reddit announced the unveiling of a new feature that could make life for BuzzFeed and Gawker a little more awkward: embeddable comment threads. From now on, if media outlets want to use content from Reddit …
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Bloomberg Business:
Time Warner's HBO May Add Turner Shows to Web-Only Service — (Bloomberg) — Time Warner Inc. is considering broadening its planned HBO Now online service to include shows from its Turner Broadcasting networks such as TBS and TNT, according to people with knowledge of the plans.
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