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NBC News alters account of correspondent Richard Engel's kidnapping in Syria in 2012, blames Sunni gang — NBC News Alters Account of Correspondent's Kidnapping in Syria — NBC News on Wednesday revised its account of the 2012 kidnapping of its chief foreign correspondent, Richard Engel …
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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Some Gawker editorial staff in early stages of trying to unionize — Why We've Decided to Organize — Some of us on the Gawker Media editorial staff have decided to try to unionize. Here's a brief explanation. — I will say first of all that I'd prefer not to be writing this story yet …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Netflix Aims at TV, Not HBO, Says CEO Reed Hastings — We've heard a lot about the battle between HBO and Netflix in recent months, prompted by HBO's move to offer its own Netflix-like Web service. — But Netflix's boffo Q1 earnings yesterday gave CEO Reed Hastings a good chance …
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Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Netflix stock up over 10% after beating estimates for new subscribers: 2.3M in US, and 2.6M non-US; Q1 revenue of $1.57B
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Variety, NetNewsCheck Latest, Home Media Magazine, @richbtig, Business Insider, BuzzFeed, Re/code, Quartz, Pocket-lint and Forbes
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Netflix to adopt HTTPS for customer streams over next year, roll out new TV interface
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Jacob Silverman / The Baffler:
As long as ads pay for journalism, sites like BuzzFeed will grapple with mixing serious journalism and brand-friendly clickbait — BuzzFeed Among the Brands — BuzzFeed's hallowed halls. / Scott Beale, Laughing Squid — On the social web, all roads lead to brands, so let's start with a story of a #brand.
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Jacques Gallant / Toronto Star:
Jian Ghomeshi scandal report leads to CBC ‘severing ties’ with ex-head of radio, HR director — A damning independent report said management “condoned” inappropriate behaviour by disgraced former radio host Jian Ghomeshi — Former CBC host Jian Ghomeshi leaves a Toronto court after being charged …
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Toronto Sun, Guardian, Hollywood Reporter, Global News, Vulture, Globe and Mail, CBC News, Global News and CTVNews
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Media ethicists say Tampa Bay Times should have alerted Secret Service to White House gyrocopter stunt — A Florida newspaper is along for the ride — and catches flak … If a reporter and his newspaper know in advance — months in advance, as it turns out — that a man intended to undertake …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
WikiLeaks launches easy search interface for 30K documents and emails from Sony Pictures hack — Sony Hack: WikiLeaks Publishes More Than 30,000 Documents — On Thursday, WikiLeaks published more than 30,000 documents and 170,000 emails from Sony Pictures, obtained from a hack …
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The Wrap, Forbes, Variety, Variety, Guardian, Los Angeles Times, The Verge and The Next Web
CityNews:
CBC lays off more than 200 employees, including videographers — The CBC is laying off more of its employees, the public broadcaster reports, adding to the growing list of layoffs earlier this year. — According to the Canadian Media Guild, 241 positions were eliminated.
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Globe and Mail, @davidcommon, @21briwat, @mdroletglobaltv, @ndp_hq and @strashincbc
Lucia Osborne-Crowley / Women's Agenda:
Study of international news websites finds women make up 3% to 35% of online commenters — Why are women's voices missing in online news? — When it comes to engaging in discussion about the news online, women's voices are being excluded, according to new research from the University of Sydney.
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BuzzFeed and The University of Sydney
Alex Hern / Guardian:
Google apologises to newspapers over ‘nonsense’ traffic stats in EU response — Search firm says ‘sorry’ to The Guardian and Bild after citing incorrect data in its blog response to European Commission's antitrust charges — Google has apologised to The Guardian and Bild, after citing …
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New York Times, @aaronwall, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, CNBC, @jason_kint, Wired, @kostasrossoglou, @tomwarren, New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, The Verge and Reuters
Vijaya Gadde / Washington Post:
Twitter General Counsel Vijaya Gadde admits response times to abuse have been inexcusably slow and meager, commits to balancing free speech and safety — Twitter executive: Here's how we're trying to stop abuse while preserving free speech — Open discussion doesn't mean much if some people are afraid to take part.
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@schemaly
Joshua Robertson / Guardian:
Brisbane citizen journalist to keep site going despite Singapore sedition charge — Queensland law student Ai Takagi and her partner, Yang Kaiheng, were arrested over a report that Singaporean authorities said promoted ‘hostility between different classes’ of the population
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Verizon Inks Internet TV Pacts with ESPN, CBS Sports and Others for College Sports — Verizon Communications, gearing up to launch a wireless Internet TV service later in 2015, announced a series of deals for college-sports programming with ESPN, CBS Sports and others — indicating, perhaps …
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Consumerist, Re/code and StreetInsider.com
Politico:
Spotify hires four lobbyists on issues like competition and licensing, as Justice Department, Congress weigh music streaming — Spotify turns up volume in D.C. — The online streaming service hires four lobby firms on issues like competition and licensing, as it gears up to do battle with Apple.
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