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George Stephanopoulos discloses $50,000 contribution to Clinton Foundation — ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos has given $50,000 to the Clinton Foundation in recent years, charitable contributions that he did not publicly disclose while reporting on the Clintons or their non-profit organization …


19 early observations on Facebook's Instant Articles — Notes on the Surrender at Menlo Park — 1. The manner in which Instant Articles are seen within Facebook's News Feed is nearly as important as they way they're hosted. Yes, they load faster. But the way they are previewed in the feed …
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The New York Times' Facebook Deal May Prove to Be ‘Growth Hacking’ at Its Best
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Interview with Seymour Hersh about his sources, journalism, The New Yorker, and the contradictory versions of Osama bin Laden's death — “I Am Not Backing Off Anything I Said” — An interview with Seymour Hersh. — In a blockbuster 10,000-word story for the London Review of Books this week …
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NBC News Walks Back Report That Pakistani Officer Gave Bin Laden's Location To CIA
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BBC Global iPlayer to close in June — The global iPlayer app was first made available in July 2011 — The BBC has confirmed the “global” version of its iPlayer on-demand service will close next month. — The corporation had charged users subscription fees to watch programmes via the app in Western Europe, Australia and Canada.
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BBC's iPlayer popularity falls for first time
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‘Apple Music’ Beats-based streaming service to have Ping-like social network for artists — Apple's upcoming Beats-based streaming music service will likely be named “Apple Music” and will have deep social networking integration for artists, according to industry sources briefed on the plans for the new service.
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Rdio launches Rdio Select streaming service at $3.99 per month, with ad-free radio stations and 25 songs per day — Introducing Rdio Select: Enhanced Stations and Your Choice of Songs to Play Anytime. Only $3.99/month. — We're thrilled to announce a brand new way to enjoy your favorite music …
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The Onion Uses Its Redesign to Mock All Other Web Redesigns — The Onion's redesigned website now has infinite1 scrolling, so, according to the satirical news organization, you can “ignore any impulse to eat, drink, or sleep, instead devoting all your time and energy to scrolling further and further and further.”


AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Stands to Get $180 Million in Verizon Deal — Chief executive is AOL's largest individual shareholder with 6.7% stake — AOL Inc. Chief Executive Tim Armstrong stands to net nearly $180 million from the sale of his company to phone giant Verizon Communications Inc. …
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The legacy of Ampp3d, UsVsTh3m and Row Zed … It is perhaps a sign of the success of Trinity Mirror's web-savvy projects Ampp3d, UsVsTh3m and Row Zed that reports of their closure have generated such strong reactions from journalists across a range of titles.
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Trinity Mirror's UsVsTh3m and Ampp3d thought to be facing axe as jobs set to go
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Google offers a glimpse of the mechanics of its decision making for right to be forgotten requests — How Google's Top Minds Decide What to Forget — As ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling turns one year old, Google offers glimpse into its decision-making process
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Public radio can capitalize on its popularity without selling out its mission — Two weeks ago I told a reporter that public radio is ready for capitalism. People have been commenting online about what they think I meant. I'm writing this to clarify. — I did NOT mean that public radio …
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The Awl, Current.org and The Atlantic


BBC Shorts uses the same English video across a variety of services, uses internal template to automate translation into eight language — Sharing across borders: How BBC News wants to streamline social news across multiple languages — The video, posted to the BBC Azeri service's Instagram account …


Ending Spotify and YouTube's free tiers will increase piracy, not sales or signups — Ending Spotify and YouTube's free tiers will increase piracy, not sales or signups — Last week, reports started to surface that Apple was trying to convince labels to “kill” Spotify's free tier …