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David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
How smartphone video changes coverage of police abuse — Smartphones tether us to the digital universe. They allow us to take our work wherever we go, to photograph our meals and exchange fleeting videos, and to navigate streets while listening to our favorite music.
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Amanda Hess / Slate:
Apps CopWatch and Mobile Justice offer assistance, protections, and advice for citizens filming police encounters — Justice Through a Lens — A new wave of apps offers assistance—and advice—for citizens capturing police wrongdoing on camera. — About 10 times a day …
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New York Times
Rem Rieder / USA Today:
Bob Schieffer, old school at its finest — Bob Schieffer is old-school at its finest. — There's nothing about Schieffer, who announced late Wednesday that he's stepping down as host of CBS' Face the Nation this summer, that shouts hip or trendy. — And that's a good thing. — Schieffer is 78.
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“Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer to retire this summer
“Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer to retire this summer
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Guardian:
French culture minister calls urgent meeting after television network TV5Monde was taken over by individuals claiming to belong to Islamic State — French TV network TV5Monde hijacked by pro-Isis hackers — Company says it was unable to broadcast any of its channels and lost control …
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
UK adults ‘willing to pay only 92p a month to access news websites’ — IAB survey also says UK digital ad spend rose 14% to a record £7.2bn during 2014 — UK adults are prepared to pay only 92p a month to access news websites, less than email, search engines or online video …
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Press Association, Mirror.co.uk, Press Gazette and @dullington
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
INN splits with CEO Davis as it refocuses its efforts to promote nonprofit journalism — Less than a month after rethinking its mission statement and rebranding itself with a new name and website, the Institute for Nonprofit News is now also looking for a new leader.
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@rafat, @lisawilliams, @digidave, @kljdavis, @tsar, Institute for Nonprofit News and Institute for Nonprofit News
Rachel Barron / American Journalism Review:
Newspapers use Instagram to engage readers, some with user-generated content, others post professional shots — Newspapers Hunt for New Readers on Instagram — Instagram launched in October 2010 with a flurry of interest and cash, so why did the New York Times wait until last month to start a general account?
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@haleybemiller, @sarahmarshall, @petersmeg and @newswhip
Sunny Freeman / The Huffington Post:
Kevin Crull, Bell Media President, Abruptly Leaves Job After News Censorship Attempt — Bell Media president Kevin Crull will leave his post immediately, parent company BCE Inc. said Thursday in an announcement that referred to Crull's intrusion into CTV and BNN's news coverage of an unfavourable regulatory decision.
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Poynter, Canada NewsWire Group, Globe and Mail, Canadian Press, Reuters, CBC News, vancouversun.com and @sunnyfreeman
Chris Thompson / Poynter:
Co-founder of Dutch startup Blendle, Alexander Klöpping, defends micropayments for news, touts Blendle's execution of frictionless payments on one platform — Neon Tommy editor slams Blendle and micropayments on Medium; Blendle hits back — David Carr and Walter Isaacson have famously praised the …
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Medium and Doc Searls Weblog
David Lieberman / Deadline:
CBS All Access To Expand Live Streaming Markets Following Deal With Affiliates — Here's the agreement that CBS chief Les Moonves said last month was close at hand: The broadcaster and CBS Affiliate Board say today that they've reached terms that will enable CBS All Access …
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Variety, Adweek, MediaPost, Hollywood Reporter, TV Media Insights and Multichannel News
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
SoundCloud Steps Up Revenue Drive In Deal With Zefr, YouTube's Content Tracking Partner — Audio streaming platform SoundCloud, now on the road to monetizing more of the tracks on its platform through ads and paid subscriptions, is adding a key partnership into the mix to help track …
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Yahoo! Finance, @ivp, @detailmylife, The Verge and @ingridlunden
Paul Colford / ap.org:
AP launches ‘AP Editions’ paperback and e-book series — The Associated Press is tapping its global news coverage and vast archives to launch a series of paperback and e-books called AP Editions. — In collaboration with Miami-based Mango Media, AP is releasing the first 15 of what will be dozens …
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Poynter, GalleyCat and @jcstearns