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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Despite the pervasive myth of Fox News' political influence, audience numbers aren't big enough to sway primaries — Fox News, Paper Tiger — The network is better at employing presidential candidates than electing them. — As early as September 2010, journalists were using the phrase …
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Poynter, FishbowlDC, @sbg1 and @politico
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
The Daily Telegraph's editor in chief Jason Seiken has quit — Jason Seiken, The Daily Telegraph's chief content officer and editor in chief, is quitting his role at the British broadsheet newspaper. — Seiken joined The Daily Telegraph in 2013 from PBS.
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Guardian, The Independent, Press Gazette, The Drum, City A.M., Financial Times, @ft, @joshhollis, @beaubodor, @gnarlybole, @brasseye, @5minutes10, @aljwhite, @alexckaufman and @davidwastell
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Screenshots shared on social media give readers a chance to supplement or replace headlines — How The Screenshort Could Save Us From Horrible Headlines — So far screenshorts — screenshots of text shared on social media — have had an excellent 2015. They're bleeding from their origins …
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Journalism.co.uk, @millie, @fmanjoo and @anildash
Financial Times:
European regulators scrutinise Apple over music streaming plans — Matthew Garrahan in New York and Tim Bradshaw in San Francisco — European regulators are scrutinising Apple's dealings with record labels, amid an intensifying battle over the future of free, ad-supported music streaming services such as Spotify.
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Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Bild and Paris Match claim to have seen Germanwings crash video, but won't share or explain its provenance, raising ethical questions — Doubts Intensify About Reports of a Video Made During Germanwings Flight's Final Moments — It has been described as the chilling final seconds …
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Le fil info Royal Blog …, USA Today, Reuters, CNN, The Independent, Daily Mail, Guardian and CNN
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Newsweek says it is profitable, relaunching on Thursday in Asia with 30K print run — Newsweek, on the Mend, to Relaunch in Asia — New owner IBT Media says publication is profitable — Over the past five years, Newsweek stumbled through three ownership changes, an ill-fated merger …
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Katie Richards / Adweek:
Director of global news operations at Fusion says original stories, video, Snapchat key to attracting millennials — How Fusion Is Pursuing (and Creating) a New Generation of News Junkies — Specs — Current gig Director of global news operations at Fusion — Previous gig Editorial director at NBCNews.com
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Lawyer for failed buyer of Maxim charged with wire fraud in bid to raise $8M for magazine — N.Y. lawyer charged for alleged role in scheme over Maxim magazine — (Reuters) - A New York lawyer was charged on Wednesday over his alleged role in a scheme by a former United Parcel Service Inc executive's son …
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ concerned by arrest of Bangladeshi journalist and his treatment in custody — The Committee to Protect Journalists today calls on Bangladeshi authorities to release a detained journalist and probe allegations that he was mistreated in custody. Mizanur Rahman has been in jail since March 17 …
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Bangladesh - Prothom Alo and VICE
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Ad tech stocks like Rocket Fuel and Tube Mogul face falling stock prices in first quarter — Ad Tech Stocks Keep Falling in First Quarter — Advertising technology companies have had a rough ride in the public markets over the past couple of years, and the trend is showing no signs of changing.
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Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy says Canada is refusing to issue him a new passport due to court-imposed travel restrictions — Al-Jazeera journalist says Canada not issuing him passport — TORONTO (AP) — Al-Jazeera English journalist Mohamed Fahmy, who remains in Egypt on bail …
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@clairetrevena and @mffahmy11
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
The 2016 Election Will Be Live-Streamed: 'We're All C-SPAN Now' — NEW YORK — Mark Halperin just bought a tripod. — The flexible Joby Gorillapod isn't for the crew on “With All Due Respect,” his Bloomberg TV show with John Heilemann. He purchased the iPhone 6 mount, which can wind around a tree …
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