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Facebook:
Facebook tweaks News Feed to show more status updates from friends in lieu of liked stories, says post reach and referral traffic to publishers could decline — News Feed FYI: Balancing Content from Friends and Pages — Facebook is constantly evaluating what's the right mix of content …
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Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
Facebook needs to answer questions about news, including what it's optimizing for, how it sees its role, and how it will use its power — “It's not that we control NewsFeed, you control NewsFeed...” Facebook: please stop with this. — Of course Facebook doesn't “edit” …
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@jonathanstray, @jayrosen_nyu, @ryanlcooper, @scottros, @mathewi and @nisalahe
George Brock:
Facebook's director of news and global media partnerships, Andy Mitchell, deflects questions about the social giant's role as a gatekeeper of news
Facebook's director of news and global media partnerships, Andy Mitchell, deflects questions about the social giant's role as a gatekeeper of news
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@nathanjurgenson, @larakiara, @davidc7, @daniellebatist, @georgeprof, @christopherzara, @lisabarnard, @jayrosen_nyu, @bronwen and @lsemediapolicy
Roger Yu / USA Today:
Gannett to change name to TEGNA amid print unit spinoff — Gannett, the media company that owns USA TODAY and local newspapers and television stations across the country, said Tuesday it'll rename itself TEGNA, reflecting its future as a broadcasting and digital company that will shed publishing businesses.
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Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:
Mediagazer introduces ads for media jobs, and Techmeme's job ads now extend to its mobile site — For nearly four years, Techmeme has offered space on our front page for companies to advertise that they're hiring, and link their job offerings. Unlike typical job boards …
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@michaelcarusi, @fmanjoo, @gaberivera, @hornokplease, @megan, @marccanter4real, @fmanjoo, @nickbilton and @martinsfp
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
After the launch of its long-awaited web redesign, The Wall Street Journal hopes to spur innovation — Edward Roussel said it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call this past year “the busiest 12-month period in The Wall Street Journal's history” as the Journal has built out WSJD …
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Media Wire Daily, Nieman Lab, E& and @niemanlab
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
Yahoo reports revenues for Q1 of $1.04B, down from $1.08B a year ago, and $0.15 EPS, missing $0.18 EPS estimate; mobile GAAP revenue reached $234M, up 61% YoY — Yahoo reports low revenues of $1.04B and $0.15 EPS for Q1, sending stock down 1.5% — Yahoo announced its first quarter earnings today …
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TechCrunch, AdAge, The Wrap, TechCrunch, AdExchanger, New York Times, Re/code, Business Insider, Re/code, @amir and @amir
Erik Larson / Bloomberg Business:
Aereo to settle broadcasters' copyright claims of more than $99M for $950K — Aereo Settles Broadcasters' Claims for Penny on the Dollar — Aereo Inc. agreed to pay CBS Corp. and other broadcasters a total of $950,000 to resolve copyright claims totaling more than $99 million …
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Electronista, The Verge, Plagiarism Today and Consumerist
Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
2015 Pulitzer winner Rob Kuznia now works in PR because he couldn't make a living in journalism — One of Today's Pulitzer Prize Winners Left Journalism Because It Couldn't Pay His Rent. Now He's in PR. — A Bot Made Millions on Wall Street by Reading Tweets. It Also Ate This Guy's Lunch.
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Los Angeles Times, Poynter, LA Observed, Daily Breeze, New York Times, @staceynycdc, @mbaratz, Mediaite, @mbaratz, PRNewser, @dustinparkes, The New York Observer, @lavrusik, Columbia Journalism Review, @tiffjlew, @abcarianlat, @msmegwatson, @allmychandler, @ojazeera, Washington Post and The Pulitzer Prizes
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Esquire Takes 'What I've Learned' Feature to Medium — Esquire is launching a content partnership with Medium, the digital publishing platform founded by Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone, through which the Hearst-owned title will present audio recordings of interviews …
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@digitalshields, @maura, @katelaurielee and @myurow
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Daily Show going on hiatus starting Aug 6th until it relaunches with Trevor Noah as host — Jon Stewart's last ‘Daily Show’: Aug. 6 — For a couple of months, there's been haggling inside Comedy Central about precisely when Jon Stewart will depart “The Daily Show.” — Now we know the answer: August 6.
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The Verge, Forbes, Gothamist, Rolling Stone, USA Today, Refinery29, Multichannel News, @patkiernan, Variety and Mediaite
Oday Hatem / Mediashift:
In Iraq, Islamic State Exacts Heavy Toll on Journalists and Their Families — The militant group the Islamic State swept through Iraq last summer, taking over city after city and leaving a wave of destruction of a scale only just being discovered. Even now it is difficult to understand …
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@pbsmediashift
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
New York Times travel column ‘36 Hours’ to become a TV show — The New York Times is adapting one of its most popular columns for the small screen. — The 30-minute show will air on the Travel Channel, and will have the same name as the travel column: “36 Hours.”
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Broadcasting & Cable, @raju and @joepompeo
Guardian:
Piers Morgan questioned for a second time over phone-hacking allegations — Former Mirror editor, who is now a TV host and editor-at-large of Mail Online in the US, has always denied he was personally involved in hacking — Piers Morgan, the former editor of the Daily Mirror and television host …
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@piersmorgan and Guido Fawkes
Sky News:
Sky Reports Near-70% Rise In New Customers — Fortitude was Sky Atlantic's most successful original drama — Sky has announced a big rise in new customer numbers, alongside financial results showing growth in both revenue and profits for its first nine months.
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