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Alex Spence / Politico:
Janine Gibson, who led Pulitzer-winning coverage of Snowden, is leaving The Guardian — Snowden editor to leave The Guardian — LONDON — The editor who led The Guardian's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Edward Snowden leaks is leaving the newspaper after missing out on its top job, POLITICO has learned.
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@ggreenwald, @alexgspence, @alexkoppelman and New York Times
Martha Hamilton / American Journalism Review:
Collaboration grows among newsrooms due to economic necessity, need for multiplatform skills — All Together Now: News Partnerships Increase in Digital Age — At any gathering of newspaper veterans of a certain age - and many of them are at funerals nowadays - you'll hear simultaneous laments for the …
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Netflix, Dish Urge Court to Uphold FCC's Net Neutrality Action — Netflix and Dish Network are among the almost two dozen companies and public interest groups urging a federal appellate court to deny an effort to halt a central component of the FCC's net neutrality rules before they go into effect on June 12.
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Multichannel News
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Thomas Mocarsky / Katy on the Hill:
FCC files its opposition to a stay of the open Internet order
FCC files its opposition to a stay of the open Internet order
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Free Press
Saba Imtiaz / New York Times:
Five journalists resign from new Pakistani TV network, Bol, to cut ties to parent firm, Axact, accused of selling fake degrees — Pakistani Journalists Resign to Cut Ties to Axact, a Fake Diploma Company — KARACHI, Pakistan — Several senior journalists resigned from a developing Pakistani …
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Apple wants local TV stations in its TV service, complicating negotiations with broadcast TV networks, which could delay launch to after this fall — Apple Wants Local TV in Its Web TV Service, Which Could Lead to Delays — If Apple launches a TV service, it won't be the first company to offer TV subscriptions over the Web.
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Digital Spy, @pkafka, @videonuze, Tech Trader Daily, Ubergizmo, BGR, LostRemote, Variety, @alexjamesfitz, Macworld, Cult of Mac, Washington Post, Business Insider, @modestproposal1, Mashable, Engadget, The Verge, App Advice, Multichannel News, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iMore, TIME and Pocket-lint
Lauren Johnson / Adweek:
Promo for Zedd's new album on Tinder lets you swipe right on a fake profile for the artist to get a discounted download price of $3.99 — Tinder Gets Into Music by Offering Zedd's New Album for $3.99 — As Tinder continues to ramp up its marketing appeal for brands …
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Billboard, Engadget, Music Times, LessThan3, Guardian and TechCrunch
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Facing conservative rules, young Saudis find freedom of expression, business opportunity and video entertainment on their phones — Young Saudis, Bound by Conservative Strictures, Find Freedom on Their Phones — RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Life for many young Saudis is an ecosystem of apps.
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@nytben and mathewingram.com/work
Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept:
Handful of journalists attended confidential meeting about spying with Google, Apple, Vodafone, and spy agencies from seven countries — Apple and Google Just Attended a Confidential Spy Summit in a Remote English Mansion — At an 18th-century mansion in England's countryside last week …
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The Register, Business Insider, @jamesrbuk, AppleInsider and Digital Spy
Ken White / Popehat:
How To Spot And Critique Censorship Tropes In The Media's Coverage Of Free Speech Controversies — American journalists and pundits rely upon vigorous free speech, but are not reliable supporters of it. They both instruct and reflect their fickle audience. — It's easy to spot overt calls for censorship from the commentariat.
Bloomberg Business:
Time Warner Cable continues its talks of sale to Altice or Charter; deal could be reached next week — Time Warner Cable Said to Be in Sale Talks With Altice, Charter — Time Warner Cable Inc. is in talks about a potential sale to either Altice SA or Charter Communications Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Deadline and Reuters
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
FCC Chairman Reached Out to Time Warner Cable, Charter CEOs
FCC Chairman Reached Out to Time Warner Cable, Charter CEOs
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Bloomberg Business, Light Reading, The Hill and Reuters
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Journalists should skip campaign stops and cover candidates via public communications, polling, and policy documents — Why 2016 marks the death of the political campaign reporter — The 2016 election may be the first one in which the political press is totally sidelined.
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New York Times, @alexburnsnyt, @jayrosen_nyu and Washington Monthly
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Entertainment Weekly is quietly rolling out a metered paywall, with starting prices of $1.99/month or $20/year, a sign of things to come for Time Inc. websites — ‘Entertainment Weekly’ mounts paywall, a sign of the Time Inc. to come — In a sign of things to come for Time Inc. websites …
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Alan Travis / Guardian:
Theresa May's plan to censor TV shows condemned by Tory cabinet colleague — Exclusive: Former culture secretary Sajid Javid told prime minister he was unable to support home secretary's proposal as it infringed free speech — A plan by the home secretary to introduce counter-extremism powers …