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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Caroline Little is stepping down as CEO and President of Newspaper Association of America — Caroline LIttle will be leaving her job as president and CEO of the Newspaper Association of America at the end of August, NAA announced this afternoon. — She will have been head …
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Newspaper Association …
Henry Mance / Financial Times:
Daily Telegraph under Murdoch MacLennan: digital gurus, multiple top editors, and advertiser influence on stories — Tumult at the Daily Telegraph — From colonels to clickbait - Henry Mance on the identity crisis of an establishment newspaper — Tony Gallagher descended to his office — defeated.
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@peterjukes, @raju and @ravisomaiya
Todd Cunningham / The Wrap:
New SEC rules allow film fans to invest in Hollywood productions rather than donate via crowdsourcing — SEC Ruling Changes Game for Hollywood Film Financing — The rules for movie financing were radically redrawn Wednesday by a landmark Securities and Exchange Commission ruling that opens …
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@emilybest, TechCrunch, @tygiordano, @lafavealan, @patricktosborne, @grking, SeedInvest Blog, bizjournals and Washington Post
Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Loudr launches platform for $15 licenses that allow artists to monetize cover songs on iTunes, Spotify, others — Loudr Launches New Mechanical Licensing and Distribution Service
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RAIN News and Digital Music News
Ed Sherman / Poynter:
As sports teams move press away from the action and into press boxes, reporters say coverage suffers — NCAA tournament: Sportswriters getting pushed out of the good seats — When Tyler Hansbrough led North Carolina to the national title in 2009, Dana O'Neil left her seat on the floor …
Discussion:
The Newspaper Guild
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Madison Square Garden to Split Into Two Companies — The Madison Square Garden Company said Friday that it has filed an initial Form 10 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go ahead with a split it has been considering.
Mark Wilson / BetaNews:
Security flaw in UK's Johnston Press sites could redirect visitors to malicious sites — Exclusive: Widespread security flaw affects hundreds of UK news sites — A security flaw has been discovered in a number of UK news websites, potentially placing 24.5 million users at risk.
Chris Ip / Columbia Journalism Review:
Columbia J-school professor Howard French wants to change media's stereotypical Africa narrative of immense catastrophe, white protagonists, or wildlife — 60 Minutes' Africa ‘problem’ — The media's narrative in Africa typically falls into at least one of three narrow categories …
Discussion:
TVNewser, The Huffington Post, @sctwea, @hofrench and New York Post
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
News of the World reporter's conviction for paying for leaks overturned — Prison officer in same case is cleared as court of appeal rules that Judge Charles Wide misdirected the jury — The controversial police investigation into journalists paying for leaks from public officials …
Discussion:
BBC, Poynter and Press Gazette
The Information:
Google partners with Mummy producer Sean Daniel Co. to make its augmented reality game Ingress into a TV show — Google Takes Its Web Game to TV — When Google launched a gaming studio five years ago, it was largely an effort to keep a valued employee. Now, the first game developed by the studio …
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AndroidHeadlines.com, CNET, Telegraph, The Verge, Beyond Search, Engadget, Ubergizmo, SlashGear and Pocket-lint
Adam Lusher / The Independent:
Clean Reader: New app will ‘clean up’ bad language in e-books — Lady Chatterley's Lover and Trainspotting may never be read in quite the same way again. To the fury of authors, a new app has been introduced for e-books that can cover up the rude words in electronic versions of novels and offer a “politer” alternative.
Discussion:
Boing Boing, Daily Mail, Daily Mail, Guardian, CNET and @roseedmunds
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic Online:
Jonah Peretti says NYT should make print edition more expensive before going online only — One Way to Phase Out Newspapers: Make Them a Luxury Good — There will eventually come a day when The New York Times ceases to publish stories on newsprint. Exactly when that day will be is a matter of debate.
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