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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Vox Editor-In-Chief Ezra Klein apologizes to FiveThirtyEight for using graphic without link, blames carelessness, explains aggregation approach to words, images — How Vox aggregates — I started as a blogger in the pre-social web, when the only way to build an audience was to have other sites quote or link to your work.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Nate Silver and Circa editor-in-chief Anthony De Rosa accuse Vox of stealing charts without attribution — Nate Silver to Vox: Stop stealing our charts! … FiveThirtyEight founder and statistics guru Nate Silver has accused Ezra Klein's Vox.com of stealing other people's charts without attribution.
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
BuzzFeed staffer Arabelle Sicardi resigns after her post critical of advertiser Dove was deleted and then restored after criticism — Arabelle Sicardi, Author of Deleted Dove Post, Resigns From BuzzFeed — Arabelle Sicardi, who wrote a BuzzFeed post criticizing Dove that was later deleted …
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@arabellesicardi, The Wrap, @jayrosen_nyu, @dynamofire, @rossneumann, @jayrosen_nyu, @leahfinnegan, @jktrotter and @hadas_gold
TechCrunch:
Twitter implies to publishers using Meerkat that it may cut off access to Amplify service, if they do not use Periscope exclusively — Twitter Is Pushing Celebrities And Publishers To Stop Using Meerkat — Twitter is doing whatever it can to help its live video streaming acquisition Periscope beat independent competitor Meerkat.
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The New York Observer, App Advice, @johnlegere, SlashGear, @henryctaylor and Adweek
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Tanya Sichynsky / Nieman Lab:
What USA Today Sports learned covering the Final Four on Periscope and Snapchat — There's no shortage of ways to reach new audiences — the challenge is figuring out which are worth investing time in and what to do with them. At USA Today Sports, where I work, two platforms we're trying …
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@dannysullivan
Trevor Timm / Columbia Journalism Review:
Times, BuzzFeed, other news organizations deals with Facebook give the social network power to censor the news — The most concerning element of Facebook's potential new power — “Facebook has more power in determining who can speak and who can be heard around the globe than any Supreme Court justice, any king or any president.”
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@trevortimm, @vindugoel, @cjr and Boing Boing
Brendan Sasso / National Journal:
Republicans Push Fast-Track Bill to Kill Net Neutrality — While some lawmakers look for compromise, Rep. Doug Collins wants an immediate repeal of the FCC's controversial Internet rules. — A group of House Republicans introduced a resolution Monday to block the Federal Communications Commission's net-neutrality regulations.
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Broadcasting & Cable and The Hill
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
The ‘Serial’ Effect: Programmers Ramping Up on Podcasts — Adnan Syed still might be in prison, but his story is altering the trajectory of an industry. Serial, Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder's 12-part podcast about a Baltimore teen's murder and her ex-boyfriend Syed, who is serving …
Toronto Sun:
Mohamed Fahmy says Egyptian court may drop terrorism charges — Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy stands behind bars at a court in Cairo in this May 15, 2014 file photo. (REUTERS/Stringer/File) — Detained Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy says the Egyptian court may drop the terrorism charges …
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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Mobile is now the first screen, and TV industry has to work on mobile-first, not digital-first strategy, French TV exec says — TV industry faces its ‘ketchup’ moment: ‘Mobile is now the first screen’ — France Télévisions' director of future media Eric Scherer …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Apple takes only 15% of new-subscriber revenue from some Apple TV partners, including Neflix, Hulu Plus, and MLB.TV, in contrast to its 30% iOS standard — How to Beat Apple's 30 Percent Subscription Fee: Sell Your Stuff on Apple TV — Did you sign up for HBO Now so you could watch “Game of Thrones” last night?
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AppleInsider, App Advice, Business Insider, MacRumors, @awolk and The Verge
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Wall Street Journal brings designers and coders into the newsroom to work alongside journalists — Designers, coders and developers to join WSJ newsroom — Wall Street Journal managing editor Gerard Baker sent out the following announcement to the staff on Friday:
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@chris_ciaccia and FishbowlNY
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Watchup Streaming-News Startup Expands Local TV Reach in Deals with Meredith, E.W. Scripps and Others — Watchup, a Tribune Media-backed startup with a service that personalized newscasts to Internet-video devices, has expanded its reach to about 80% of the local markets in the U.S. through deals …
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LostRemote and TVSpy