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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Listicles, aggregation, and content gone viral: How 1800s newspapers prefigured today's Internet — “If you think BuzzFeed invented the listicle, you haven't spent enough time with 19th-century newspapers, because they're everywhere.” — That's Ryan Cordell, a Northeastern University professor …
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@alanoakley3, @davewiner and @dubois
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Vox.com co-founder Melissa Bell named VP of growth and analytics for all seven Vox Media sites, will focus on strategy with Editorial Director Lockhart Steele — Vox Media expands Melissa Bell's role — Melissa Bell, who left The Washington Post in early 2014 to co-found Vox.com …
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@ezraklein, @jfdulac, @vivian, @greglinch and @lock
Gabriel Arana / The Huffington Post:
Journalists often face psychological trauma; culture of toughness and not asking for help needs to change — A Mental-Health Epidemic In The Newsroom — This is the first installment in a five-part series on mental health in the newsroom. — When Hurricane Katrina swirled onto …
Discussion:
UK Blog on The Huffington Post, @oliviamesser, @anchorlines, @mariyastrauss, @mikeelk and Poynter
Chris Krewson / Medium:
How Philadelphia's local news site Billy Penn covered the crash of Amtrak 188 — How we covered the crash of Amtrak 188 — The NTSB on the scene of the Amtrak 188 crash in Port Richmond; . Last Tuesday was winding up to be a pretty average school night.
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Billy Penn
Julia Greenberg / Wired:
Netflix shares hit record $628.50 following Wall Street reports calling the company undervalued — Netflix Stock Hits Record as Wall St. Sees World Domination — Netflix's stock reached an all time high today for the third day in a row. Shares peaked today at $628.50 a pop. And some analysts expect the price to keep climbing.
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Deadline
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Entertainment Weekly Shakeup: Ellie Duque Replaces Melissa Mattiace as Publisher — Entertainment Weekly publisher Melissa Mattiace has stepped down and will be replaced by the publication's west coast advertising director Ellie Duque. — In her new role, Duque will be responsible for leading …
John Koblin / New York Times:
After 33 years, the longest late-night TV host tenure ever, David Letterman will close out his career Wednesday night — Prickly Innovator Counts Down to His Exit From Late Night — In 1988, a rising comic named Jerry Seinfeld went to the Loeb Boathouse in Central Park for a Christmas party for “Late Night With David Letterman.”
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New York Times, Guardian, The Great Debate, CNNMoney, Paste, USA Today, @fmanjoo, PBS NewsHour, Associated Press and Deadline
Ken Doctor / Capital New York:
New York Times C.I.O. Marc Frons to leave the company — Executive change often drives more executive change, and that's what the word is today coming out of The New York Times. — This morning, S.V.P. and Chief Information Officer Marc Frons announced his departure …
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@pmaiorana and @marcfrons
Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Contract between Sony Music and Spotify shows how streaming rates are calculated and details yearly advances and most-favored-nation clause for Sony Music — This was Sony Music's contract with Spotify — Over the last year the music industry has been in flux as artists, labels …
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TIME, UPROXX, Hollywood Reporter, Digital Music News, @ukmpg, Engadget, The FADER, hypebot, @tvoti, @alisternburg, @jimcarrollotr, @poptastic, @crablin, @mattwatkajtys and @eriqgardner
Steven Norton / Wall Street Journal:
Mike Kail, hired by Yahoo last summer as CIO, has left the company in wake of a lawsuit filed by Netflix last year alleging he took kickbacks from vendors — Yahoo CIO Mike Kail No Longer With Company — Mike Kail, chief information officer and senior vice president of infrastructure at Yahoo Inc., has left the company.
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Variety
Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
Conde Nast and Italy's RAI Cinema partner and launch “CNLive!”, a web channel in Italy serving primarily as a promotional vehicle for RAI's movies — Conde Nast And Italy's RAI Cinema Launch Web Channel In Italy — Conde Nast and Italy's RAI Cinema have forged a partnership to launch …
Wall Street Journal:
French telecom Altice in advanced talks to buy US cable company Suddenlink, valuing it between $8B-$10B including debt — Altice in Advanced Talks to Buy Cable Company Suddenlink — Altice is in advanced talks to acquire U.S. cable company Suddenlink Communications …
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Engadget, @shaliniwsj and New York Times