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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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New York Times:
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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USA Today, NBC News, The Intercept, TVNewser, The Huffington Post, Mediaite, FishbowlNY, @robertmackey, @brianstelter, @sdkstl, @brianstelter, Daily Mail, Talking Points Memo, Poynter, @nytimesbusiness, @mattaikins, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Deadline, The Huffington Post, @abarnardnyt, @nytimes, @snarwani, Los Angeles Times, @zaabsethna, @nytben, @feardept, @erinmcunningham, @rickgladstone, The Week, @liamstack, @justinraimondo, @mlcalderone and @mlcalderone
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Vanity Fair Updates Article by NBC Reporter Engel — Vanity Fair on Thursday updated the account it had published by the NBC News correspondent Richard Engel about his 2012 kidnapping in Syria, stating that he had misidentified his captors. — An Editor's Note posted to the top of the article …
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USA Today, @abarnardnyt and @snarwani
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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insidehalton.com, Global News, Globe and Mail, Guardian, Vulture, Global News, CBC News, CTVNews, Hollywood Reporter and Toronto Sun
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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Capital New York, The Wrap, New York Times, Latest News & Headlines, Variety, CNNMoney, Re/code, Variety, Deadline, @mmasnick, @kashhill, Guardian, The Verge and Rolling Stone
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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Reuters, Business Insider, PRNewser, CNET, CBS News, The A.V. Club, Reuters, TIME, Wired, Business Insider, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, Quartz, New York Times, CNBC, Bloomberg Business, The Verge, USA Today, BuzzFeed, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and The Verge
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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Columbia Journalism Review, @lavrusik, @michellemanafy, @ciphergoth, @thebafflermag, @davebry9, @ryanchittum and New York Post
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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
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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Tampa Bay Times, Poynter, CNN, Talking Points Memo, Inside Edition, Bloomberg Business, CNNMoney, Mediaite, New York Times, The Newspaper Guild, NPR, NBC News, Politico and Refinery29
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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@21briwat, Globe and Mail, @strashincbc, @mdroletglobaltv, @davidcommon and @ndp_hq
Richard Horgan / FishbowlNY:
Layoffs Hit Hollywood Reporter, Billboard Magazine — While our sister publications The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard continue to experience digital growth, the titles are seeing a realignment of resources today. FishbowlNY has learned 10 people, including four editorial staffers …
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The Wrap and LA Observed
John McDuling / Quartz:
Stock surge after strong subscriber growth pushes Netflix market cap above CBS Corp., but still far smaller than broadcast rivals owned by conglomerates — Netflix is now bigger than CBS — Netflix shares are soaring after another outstanding quarter. And as of right now …
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