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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Survey: News orgs are prioritizing mobile development and placing less emphasis on paywalls — Anyone running a news organization — particularly one born in print, still struggling to adapt to the Internet — knows there are too many things to do: too many moves to make, too many innovations to chase …
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@emersongreg, @niemanlab, @kimmokatajamaki and Trends in the Living Networks
Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:
After nearly a decade of research, Apple shelved plans over a year ago for the TV set that Carl Icahn expects it to release in 2016 — Behind Apple's Move to Shelve TV Plans — Apple had dropped its TV plans, but investor Carl Icahn sees the firm entering the market next year
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VentureBeat, Shareholders Square Table, @gte, @daiwaka, @nickbilton, @tomgara, TIME, Engadget and SlashGear
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David Lieberman / Deadline:
In open letter to Tim Cook, Icahn trumpets big market for Apple in television, for hardware and streaming — Carl Icahn: Apple's TV Plans Will Help To Create A “Mega-Ecosystem” — Apple is tight-lipped about whether, let alone how, it might sell TV sets and an online video service that would compete with cable and satellite.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Bill O'Reilly denies Gawker report of domestic abuse stemming from sealed divorce case documents — Bill O'Reilly: Domestic abuse allegation ‘100% false’ — Bill O'Reilly says the allegation that he physically assaulted his ex-wife is ‘100% false.’ — “All allegations against me in …
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Gawker, Mediaite, The Wrap, NY Daily News, International Business Times, Salon, Wonkette, Talking Points Memo, The Frisky and all
Mark Joyella / TVNewser:
CNN iReport removes submitted videos that were used as publicity for the world's largest college diploma mill, Axact — CNN Removes iReport Videos Linked to ‘Breathtaking Scam’ — CNN has removed user-generated videos iReport videos linked to a Pakistani company suspected of running one of the world's largest diploma mills.
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New York Times, Business Insider, Consumerist, Wall Street Journal and Forbes
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Starbucks Teams Up With Spotify For In-Store Music, Loyalty Program — Starbucks is partnering with Spotify to bring the music service's playlists to all of its U.S. retail locations this fall, the two companies announced Monday afternoon. — All 150,000 U.S.-based Starbucks retail employees …
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Adweek, Bloomberg Business, @tcarmody, USA Today, New York Times, TechCrunch, The Seattle Times, The Next Web, Billboard, Spotify Blog and Pocket-lint
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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Newser, @joshrogin, Committee to Protect …, The Huffington Post, @andrewmleber, @susborne, @andrroy, @themediatweets, @tomwarren, @ruskin147, @ruskin147, NPR, Al Jazeera English, @alexgoldmark, @bendwalsh, @mattgarrahan, Guardian, @ibnlarry, International Business Times, Zee News, The Huffington Post, Gulf Business, @msintervention, @ncgeehan, @orlaguerin, @colvinius, @ruadhanit, @anupkaphle, Arabian Business, @monstris and @kayburley
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Matthew Weaver / Guardian:
Fifa to investigate arrest of BBC news team in Qatar
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The Independent, Mashable, Press Gazette, @andrewfeinstein and @alauraschneider
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Jay Z Mocks Apple, Google, YouTube, Spotify In Tidal Freestyle — They've got the money, but he's got the microphone. This weekend, Jay Z threw some punches at the big tech companies who compete with his upstart music streaming service Tidal. The freestyle came as part of Jay Z's …
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Forbes, @joshconstine, @richbtig and @holgr
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Appeals court reverses its earlier decision, allows Google to keep “Innocence of Muslims” on YouTube — Controversial ‘Innocence of Muslims’ Ruling Reversed By Appeals Court — The 9th Circuit now rules against an actress who attempted to get YouTube to remove the film.
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The Hill, The Wrap, Reuters, Mercury News, Variety, USA Today, The Verge, NPR and Ars Technica
Emily Bell / Guardian:
UsVsTh3m's demise shows challenge of making news for Facebook — As news organisations sign up to publish straight to Facebook with Instant Articles, Trinity Mirror's decision to cull new formats teams shows how social media is changing publishers' priorities
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@brianboyer, @adamfrostuk, @blakehounshell, @avrilbenoit and @digiphile
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
When candidates stonewall, political reporters must go beyond whining about their own role in campaigns; they should report, answering voters' questions — Campaign reporters: you are granted no “role in the process.” It is your powers against theirs. — There is no guaranteed “role.”
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Washington Post, @nicdawes, @jayrosen_nyu and @jayrosen_nyu
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Broadcast, cable networks unite to form new trade body, Video Advertising Bureau, to promote TV advertising as digital video takes up more ad budgets — Broadcast, Cable Nets Unite Vs. Online Content — Video Advertising Bureau formed to support ‘multiplatform TV’
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Adweek, Variety, Radio & Television …, AdAge and Digital Media Wire
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