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11:55 AM ET, May 18, 2015

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Mark Lobel / BBC:
BBC team reporting on 2022 FIFA World Cup workers in Qatar was held for two days in prison  —  Arrested for reporting on Qatar's World Cup labourers  —  Improved housing is being built for labourers  —  We were invited to Qatar by the prime minister's office to see new flagship accommodation …
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Matthew Weaver / Guardian:
Fifa to investigate arrest of BBC news team in Qatar  —  Team was on official visit to inspect migrant workers' accommodation after outcry over conditions for those building 2022 World Cup stadiums  —  Football's governing body, Fifa, has launched an investigation after a BBC news team …
Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
George Stephanopoulos and the Line Between News and Entertainment  —  First Brian Williams and now George Stephanopoulos.  Credibility, or in this case, incredibility, is the Dutch elm disease of network anchors — once it spreads, it's ferociously damaging and hard to stop.
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Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
Stephanopoulos apologises again, says he donated to Clinton Foundation to support its charitable work, like stopping the spread of AIDS  —  Stephanopoulos Apologizes Again For Clinton Foundation Donations  —  George Stephanopoulos apologized on air for a second time …
Financial Times:
Financial Times rolls out ‘cost per hour’ advertising metric  —  18 May 2015: The Financial Times today announces the launch of a new digital advertising metric, ‘cost per hour’ (CPH).  Working closely with Chartbeat on the new time-based system, the FT is able to increase marketing effectiveness …
Daniel Popper / American Journalism Review:
Billy Penn CEO Jim Brady talks about the news startup, plans to expand to other cities  —  Inside Billy Penn with CEO Jim Brady  —  Editor's Note: This Q&A is part of “Newsroom Spotlight,” a series of conversations with journalists about what's going on in their newsrooms and the media industry.
Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu and @raju
Danny Funt / Columbia Journalism Review:
How journalism schools are integrating digital media skills into their curricula to keep pace with industry changes  —  How journalism schools are adjusting to the digital age  —  When the digital revolution swept across the media industry, the nation's journalism schools rushed to keep pace.
Discussion: @peterhlewis
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
As Facebook and Google push for control of distribution, publishers must collaborate with these platforms and educate them about journalism  —  Playing leapfrog and werewolf with Google and Facebook  —  First Google made its friendship pact with eight old, European publishers, vowing to innovate together.
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Nielsen Explains How It's Adapting to the Rise of Online Video  —  Nielsen has been a controversial character on this year's upfront stages.  —  At ratings-challenged MTV's upfront last month, it was the villain, decried as “that old measuring system that the industry uses” which …
Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Over-The-Top Streaming Video Services To Surge To 330 Million+ Subscribers By 2019  —  Consumer adoption of streaming video services is surging, according to a new report by Juniper Research out this morning, which finds that subscriber numbers for services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video …
Orr Hirschauge / Wall Street Journal:
China's Baidu invests in content recommendation platform Taboola, sources say around $20-30M  —  Baidu Invests in Content-Recommendation Company Taboola  —  Chinese Internet giant Baidu Inc. said it is partnering with Taboola Inc. to bring Taboola's content-recommendation platform to China.
Discussion: @stittr
 
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