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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 and Trends in the Living Networks
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, Committee to Protect …, @themediatweets, Al Jazeera English, @alexgoldmark, The Huffington Post, @ruskin147, @andrewmleber, @ruskin147, @tomwarren, @susborne, @andrroy, @bendwalsh, @mattgarrahan, @ibnlarry, NPR, 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
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, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider and Consumerist
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 …
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@wblau, AdAge, The Next Web, @devindigital and @henrymance
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, Radio & Television …, AdAge, Variety and Digital Media Wire
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, New York Times, Bloomberg Business, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, USA Today, The Seattle Times, Billboard, The Next Web and Spotify Blog
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, NY Daily News, International Business Times, Salon, Wonkette, The Frisky, Talking Points Memo and all
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, @blakehounshell and @digiphile
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 Wrap, The Hill, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Mercury News, Variety, The Verge, NPR and Ars Technica
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.
Nikki Finke:
Nikki Finke launches Hollywood Dementia, a new paywalled site publishing fiction by Hollywood insiders, will charge readers $1 per post — Nikki Finke Announces New Site HollywoodDementia.com — Not since F. Scott Fitzgerald, John O'Hara and more recently Michael Tolkin and Bruce Wagner …
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LA Observed, Publishers Lunch, Business Insider, Gawker, @hwooddementia, @nikkifinke, @cschweitz, @alexweprin and Poynter
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 …
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Washington Post, Gawker, USA Today and Poynter
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Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
George Stephanopoulos and the Line Between News and Entertainment
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