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Adrian Chen / New York Times:
Former employee on Russia's government-backed troll farm the Internet Research Agency; wreaking havoc on the Internet and now targeting the US — The Agency … Around 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 last year, Duval Arthur, director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for St. Mary Parish …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Yahoo to livestream web's first NFL game on Oct. 25, pays reported $20M for free broadcast — Yahoo Will Stream the NFL's First Web Game, for Free — A couple of months ago, when the NFL announced that for the first time ever, it would show a regular season game (almost) …
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Verizon-AOL deal gives Huffington Post an uncertain future: either a conservative corporate owner or a sale amid frothy media valuations — Huffington Post in Limbo at Verizon — Over the last couple of years, an array of media companies, venture capitalists and wealthy individuals …
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Politico, @rafat, Poynter, FishbowlNY, The Wrap, @rasmus_kleis, Wall Street Journal, @rafat and Gawker
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Reporters complain about officials speaking off-the-record and on background but do the same when interviewed themselves — Why journalists need to practice what they preach — The next time a journalist gripes about some newsmaker's unwillingness to play ball with journalists …
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@stevebuttry, @paula_span, @peterbakernyt, @jayrosen_nyu, @ron_fournier, @davidthornhill, @abeaujon, @jackshafer and @romenesko
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Profile of Andrew Jennings, the UK investigative reporter who exposed FIFA corruption — How a curmudgeonly old reporter exposed the FIFA scandal that toppled Sepp Blatter — The biggest news story of the year was breaking, but the journalist responsible was fast asleep.
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@seattlerams, @proteautype, 89.3 KPCC, @miamiradiobeast, @nickbilton, @andreachalupa, @sam_baker, @kmattio, SBNation.com, @laurbits and @rowandavies
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Tribune signs dozens of papers to its new MediaWorks advertising initiative, which offers buyers a single campaign in top 30 markets and data about subscribers — Tribune signs dozens of newspapers for national ‘publisher consortium’ — Tribune Publishing is introducing an initiative …
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Politico and AdExchanger
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
YouTube's new Music Insights tool tells artists where their songs are most popular and tracks statistics of user-uploaded content that contains their music — YouTube's New “Music Insights” Tell Artists Where To Tour — As big as billion-user YouTube is, its ad revenue sharing is not where musicians make their money.
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VentureBeat, @joshconstine, The Next Web, Engadget and PandoDaily
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Showtime to launch streaming service offering full back catalog and livestreams for $10.99 a month on July 12, first available on iPhones, iPads, Apple TV, web — Showtime undercuts HBO with $10.99 stand-alone streaming service — Showtime is launching an internet TV service …
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TechCrunch, Showtime All Access, Capital New York, Variety, CBS Corporation, CNNMoney, Hollywood Reporter, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac and Consumerist
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
BBC journalist faces internal investigation after falsely tweeting Queen Elizabeth's death — BBC journalist faces internal investigation after false tweet about queen — This is why it's called a rehearsal — something not meant to be seen by the public.
Allison Schiff / AdExchanger:
Yahoo brings third-party verification tags from comScore, Moat, DoubleVerify, and others to its ads in order to independently verify viewability rates — Yahoo Says Welcome To Third-Party Fraud And Viewability Tags — Brands need to feel confident that their ads are being seen - and “because we said so” is not an acceptable answer.
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AdAge and VentureBeat
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
The Times Should Push Back Hard on ‘Background’ Sourcing — The all-too-common Washington practice of “background briefings” and “background press releases” brings to mind a quip often attributed to Mark Twain: Everybody complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it.
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Poynter, Washington Post and The Huffington Post
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Over half of Mirror and Indy UK audience is mobile-only — The Daily Mirror also has the highest number of mobile-only readers in the UK, according to new figures from the the National Readership Survey PADD Mobile report — More than half of UK readers of the Independent and the Daily Mirror access …
Brendan Sasso / National Journal:
FCC voted to limit state and local regulators' power over cable TV packages and pricing — The FCC Just Made It Easier to Raise Your Cable Rates — In an unusual move, Chairman Tom Wheeler overrode opposition from his fellow Democrats. — The Federal Communications Commission …
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