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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon and HarperCollins reach multiyear agreement for both print and digital, allowing HarperCollins to set prices for its ebooks — Amazon, HarperCollins Reach Multiyear Publishing Deal — New agreement expected to go into effect this week — Amazon.com Inc. and HarperCollins Publishers …
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New York Times, Bookseller News, Business Insider, VentureBeat and Financial Times
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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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, @dynamofire, @hadas_gold, @doriean, @jayrosen_nyu, @jktrotter, The Wrap, @rossneumann and @leahfinnegan
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
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Ben Wolford / Medium:
Journalism curator Longform picks up an article from fledgling Latterly magazine, giving the founder a moment of journalistic validation — Sometimes the internet cuts indie journalism a break — This morning, a Latterly story was picked by Longform.org. — It's a small thing, I know.
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@sonyaellenmann and Medium
Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:
Apple's Music app will get a major visual overhaul in iOS 8.4 — Apple's iOS 8.3 update has been out for a few days now, which means it's time for something new. Popping up today on Apple's developer channel is iOS 8.4, which might end up being the last point release we get ahead of iOS 9 …
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9to5Mac, Forbes, SlashGear, Business Insider and Daring Fireball
Tom Warren / The Verge:
After Tidal launch, Spotify adds “Tweet the Beat”, new feature showing ads to some premium users, encouraging them to tweet about artist's music — Spotify wants you to spam Twitter with its new ads — Spotify is rolling out a new feature designed to get users to spam Twitter.
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Facebook named best designed digital news site by Society for News Design; Dagens Nyheter, Guardian, Politiken, De Morgen named best designed print newspapers — Society for News Design named Facebook 'World's Best Designed' in digital competition — To close out its annual workshop on Saturday …
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@kristenhare, @mcnaughtonmedia, @iankar_, @sejorg, @kristenhare, @mcnaughtonmedia and SND
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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@mffahmy11
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 …
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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Multichannel News and The Hill
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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 …