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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
BuzzFeed review itemizes reasons for post deletions; ad pressure led to three in 2013 and 2014 — BuzzFeed Deleted Posts Under Pressure from Its Own Business Department — Earlier this week, BuzzFeed launched an internal review of any posts that its editors or writers had deleted …
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Hadley Freeman / Guardian:
Jon Stewart: why I quit The Daily Show — Stewart's decision to retire as host of the satirical news show after 16 years has left liberal America in mourning. So why is he leaving just before an election - and what will happen when he steps out from behind the desk?
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Digital Spy, @kenvogel, @pkafka, @howardlindzon, Red Alert Politics, The Wrap, Latest News & Headlines, Rolling Stone, Refinery29, Business Insider, The Week and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
Comcast, TWC will meet with Department of Justice for the first time since the merger was announced to negotiate concessions that could ease regulatory approval — Comcast and Time Warner Cable to Meet With DOJ to Negotiate Merger — Regulators examining whether Comcast lived up to NBCUniversal deal concessions, sources say
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Tribune Media CEO Peter Liguori's Pay Rises to $23 Million in 2014 — Tribune Media CEO Peter Liguori made $23 million in total compensation in 2014. — In 2013, he had made $8.8 million. Before the split of Tribune Media and the newspaper-focused Tribune Publishing …
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Netflix Is Betting Its Future on Exclusive Programming — LOS GATOS, Calif. — It is April 9 just before midnight in the war room of Netflix's headquarters here, where the smell of popcorn fills the air and a team of engineers, social media experts and other specialists starts counting …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CBS 60 Minutes viewers largely supportive of decision to air Syrian Sarin gas attack footage — ‘Nauseating, but necessary:’ Sarin gas attack in Syria shown on ‘60 Minutes’ — Ahead of Sunday's “60 Minutes,” CBS said the newsmagazine would be airing “some of the most disturbing footage in its 47-year history.”
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Hollywood Reporter, Poynter and Variety
John Brownlee / Co.Design:
NYT Labs developed a smart conference table that records, transcribes conversation around it — The New York Times Invents A Conference Table That Takes Notes For You — Like most offices, the New York Times holds a lot of meetings. Editorial meetings, ad sales meetings, design meetings …
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
How the New York Times is adjusting to writing headlines optimized for search engines and social media — Hey, Google! Check Out This Column on Headlines — THE headline was perfect: “China's Tensions with the Dalai Lama Spill Into the Afterlife.” Engaging, informative and clever …
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@edbott, @amyoleary, @sangernyt, @bmorrissey, @bydanielvictor and @sulliview
Columbia Journalism Review:
Knight Foundation study: of 14 nonprofit news organizations studied, three have grown, four cut staff, and seven held steady since 2013 — Gaining ground, or just treading water? — Is nonprofit news sustainable? Last week the Knight Foundation laid out the case for optimism …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How The Forward, 118 years old, is remaking itself as the American Jewish community changes — Almost from the day The Forward began publishing in 1897 — as a daily, left-leaning Yiddish-language newspaper on the Lower East Side of Manhattan — it's been losing readers.
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Douglas Miller / American Journalism Review:
Behind “Behind the Bloodshed”, USA Today's 2013 data interactive on mass killings — ‘Behind the Bloodshed’: Behind USA Today's Data-Rich Interactive — Editor's Note: This article is part of Storybase, a series of occasional articles exploring new forms of interactive storytelling.
Tim Peterson / AdAge:
Fusion to Turn Its Snapchat Channel Into a Network With Five New Shows — All Five Series Will Air Vertically in Fullscreen, Which Is Unique to Snapchat — The second season of Fusion's Snapchat series ‘Outpost’ will premiere on April 22. — Four International News Publishers Team Up for Programmatic Offering
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@mgsiegler, @jasonabbruzzese, @kevinroose and Los Angeles Times