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John Bohannon / io9:
Journalist explains how his bad study got press coverage in 20 countries, demonstrates laziness in science journalism — I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How. — “Slim by Chocolate!” the headlines blared. A team of German researchers had found …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Vox works with McClatchy to bring explainers to local readers — There's a problem in journalism that's been bothering Melissa Bell for a long time: How can digital storytelling techniques dreamed up in national news organizations find their way to smaller publications with mostly local audiences?
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Gawker:
Gawker employees discuss upcoming unionization vote in comment section — How We're Voting on the Union, and Why — Yesterday, Gawker Media announced that we will be holding an election next week to vote on whether our editorial staffers want to form a union.
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Evidence in the Iranian case against Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian includes a 2008 job application for the Obama administration — Evidence in Post reporter's case is an Obama administration job application — A piece of evidence introduced in the Tehran trial …
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Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Jason Rezaian Trial in Iran May Be More About Leverage Than Justice
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Bob Lefsetz / The Lefsetz Letter:
Lesson for journalists: just because you're a star don't think you're bigger than the enterprise — ReCode To Vox — They couldn't make it on their own. Walt Mossberg, one of America's two most famous tech columnists, shot himself in the foot. He left the “Wall Street Journal.”
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Katie Benner / Bloomberg View:
After Re/code's sale, the overlooked subscription business model for news sites looks better than ad-based models
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Paul Quigley / The Whip:
Irish social analytics company NewsWhip raises $1.6M from Associated Press, Tribal VC, 500 Startups, Matter, and more; will add at least 15 jobs in 9 months — Introducing NewsWhip's New Investors: The Associated Press, Matter, Tribal.vc, Social Starts & More
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Joe Palazzolo / Wall Street Journal:
Federal appeals court rejects Apple's effort to rid itself of corporate monitor, Michael Bromwich, appointed after ebook price fixing ruling — Court Rejects Apple's Bid to Shake Off Corporate Monitor — Michael Bromwich's role as Apple monitor is ‘appropriately constrained,’ court says
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Associated Press:
Myanmar restricts journalists after photos show sleeping MPs — 2 photos — YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Journalists were negotiating with Myanmar officials Thursday to restore their access to the Parliament chamber after being pushed out because pictures of snoozing lawmakers were published online.
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Sam Thielman / Guardian:
Stockbait? BuzzFeed announces IPO as clicks and videos keep public hooked — Chief executive Jonah Peretti has not offered a timeline for the move, but investors will want to know after site was valued at $850m in August — BuzzFeed is planning an IPO, the company's CEO, Jonah Peretti, announced at a tech conference on Wednesday.
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Re/code, Fast Company, Business Insider, The Independent, The Independent, Telegraph, City A.M., Fortune, The Drum, @simonnricketts and PandoDaily
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix Bandwidth Usage Climbs to Nearly 37% of Internet Traffic at Peak Hours — Subscription-video leader accounts for more usage than YouTube, Amazon and Hulu combined, according to Sandvine — Netflix, which already eats up the fattest chunk of downstream bandwidth, is taking an even bigger bite …
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Multichannel News, DSLreports, TechCrunch, CNET, The Week, @davidjoachim, Washington Post, The Week and Wichita Eagle
Adam Thomson / Financial Times:
Luxury group LVMH in talks to acquire French daily newspaper La Parisian for an estimated €50M — LVMH in talks to buy Le Parisien newspaper — LVMH, the world's biggest luxury group by sales, has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire French daily newspaper Le Parisien as part of a drive to build up its media business.
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Reuters, Bloomberg Business, WWD, Wall Street Journal and Guardian
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Politico Hires Dell's Managing Editor to Build a ‘Brand Journalism’ Team — Stephanie Losee Will Help Run Politico Focus — 2015 Programming Roundup — Politico has hired a Dell marketing executive to help build and run a department called Politico Focus that will create content for brands …
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@niemanlab, @johngapper, @raju and @jayrosen_nyu
Canadian Press:
Shomi expands to anyone in Canada with internet connection, not just TV subscribers — Rogers and Shaw will soon extend their streaming service Shomi to everyone in Canada. Before, it was limited to their existing cable TV customers. (iStock) — Shomi is getting ready to turn up the heat …
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
HBO Now is coming to Android and Chromecast this summer — HBO Now is coming to Android this summer — HBO's standalone subscription service, HBO Now, is ending its period of Apple exclusivity and coming to Android this summer. Google SVP Sundar Pichai just confirmed that it's headed …
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