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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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American Press Institute
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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 …


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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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 …
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Press Gazette and @alauraschneider

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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The Next Web, @devindigital and @henrymance


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.
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@raju


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.
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@peterhlewis


Nikki Finke launches Hollywood Dementia, a new site publishing fiction by Hollywood insiders — Nikki Finke Announces New Site HollywoodDementia.com — Not since F. Scott Fitzgerald, John O'Hara and more recently Michael Tolkin and Bruce Wagner have knowledgeable writers tackled showbiz …


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 …


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.
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Poynter, @hannah_suppa, @wblau, @jeffjarvis, @lousypennies and @chrismoranuk, Thanks:@steverubel


ComScore: CNNMoney traffic increases 18% to 22.3M in April, bypassing WSJ and Bloomberg — CNNMoney makes big jump in April, passes WSJ and Bloomberg — CNNMoney.com saw a huge increase in readers in April, according to data from the April 15 comScore Multi-Platform Report …
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CNN


It's time for Google to rank paywalled news in search the same way it ranks music and movies — Is It Time For Google To Rank News Content Behind Paywalls Better? — For years, Google has suppressed the ability for paid news content to rank well in its search results.
Discussion:
Marketing Land, @raju, @songhua and @jessicalessin