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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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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
BBC and BitTorrent partner to offer 10 episode Doctor Who bundle with two free videos and $12 for full box-set — Doctor Who gets official BitTorrent ‘box-set’ from the BBC — Broadcaster follows Radiohead's Thom Yorke in testing legal file-sharing distribution with 10-episode bundle
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VentureBeat, Quartz, Guardian, @stuartdredge, TechHive, The A.V. Club and The Verge
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
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
Patrick Smith / BuzzFeed:
The Times Censored Its Own Report Of A Terrorism Trial — The newspaper wanted to show the effect secret trials can have on open justice. — A jury last week failed to reach a verdict on a second and more serious charge of plotting terrorist attacks in the UK, The Times reported.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The Economist's Tom Standage on digital strategy and the limits of a model based on advertising — LONDON — The past few months have been full of change at The Economist. In January, Zanny Minton Beddoes was appointed the magazine's new editor after her predecessor, John Micklethwait, left for Bloomberg.
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mathewingram.com/work, @whatthebit, @mrsbunz, @moorehn, @jayrosen_nyu and Talking Biz News
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
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 …, Guardian, USA Today, Reuters, CNN, The Independent, Daily Mail 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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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
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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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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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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