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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Twitter revokes API access for Sunlight Foundation's Politwhoops site, which showed politicians' deleted tweets, cites violation of developer agreement — Twitter Just Killed Politwoops — A Twitter spokesperson just provided the following statement to Gawker regarding the apparent suspension …
Discussion:
Gawker, @mcandrew, @mattcutts, @elaheizadi, @pbump, @fmanjoo, @jeffyoung, The Next Web, @jktrotter, @digiphile, Sunlight Foundation Blog and VentureBeat
Ryan Knutson / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Dish in early stage merger talks with T-Mobile US; combined company likely to have Charlie Ergen as chairman, John Legere as CEO — Dish Network in Merger Talks With T-Mobile US — Dish, T-Mobile Have Agreed Charlie Ergen Would Be Chairman, John Legere CEO
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Snapchat hires Sean Mills, former president of NowThis and The Onion, as Head of Original Content — Snapchat has hired Sean Mills to be its Head of Original content based in New York City, Business Insider has learned. This is Mills' first week on the job. — The company confirmed the hire to Business Insider.
Discussion:
The Wrap
AAP:
Australian government document showing no evidence Peter Greste has broken any laws could lead to his acquittal in Egypt — Australian government document could lead to acquittal — Journalist who spent 400 days in an Egyptian prison hopes that because he has not committed a crime in Australia, all charges will finally be dropped
Discussion:
CNN, NEWS.com.au and @kristenmctighe
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 …
Discussion:
@chrislhayes, The Paris Review, @julieposetti, @nytmag, @cognitivepolicy, The Overspill, @jamilsmith, @chriscoon4, @bbhlabs and Techdirt
Sajith Pai / INMA:
How the blockchain could affect media: micro-payments, programming content, advertising — Beyond bitcoin to the blockchain: What it means for news publishers — Blockchains could cause major disruption in many industries. In media, this means an opportunity for securing micro-payments …
Lynne Marek / Crain's Chicago Business:
Chicago Tribune cuts about 10 newsroom positions in sports, photo, and editing, and about two dozen across company — Chicago Tribune cuts jobs … The Chicago Tribune, the biggest metropolitan newspaper in the Midwest, is cutting its newsroom staff and shedding other workers as it seeks …
Discussion:
Chicago Tribune, Robert Feder, Chicago Sun Times and Poynter
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Amina Elahi / Chicago Tribune:
Rivet Radio raised $1.9M since last summer for total of $3.6M from Belo, AP, others to expand audio news on devices and in-car platforms — Rivet Radio using $1.9 million in recent funding on expansion
Discussion:
VentureBeat, Chicago Business and Built In Chicago
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 …
Discussion:
@stevebuttry, @cs_palmer, @amychozick, @paula_span, @davidthornhill, @romenesko, @byrontau, @ron_fournier, @abeaujon, @jackshafer, @peterbakernyt and @jayrosen_nyu
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) …
Discussion:
CNNMoney, The Wrap, Home Media Magazine, Yahoo, The MMQB with Peter King, New York Times, Deadline, CNBC, Washington Post, 89.3 KPCC, @amir, New York Daily News, New Jersey Online, Sporting News Tadd …, TheStreet.com, International Business Times, Los Angeles Times, Yahoo Sports, USA Today, Bleacher Report, UPROXX, GeekWire, 24/7 Wall St., CBSSports.com, Mercury News, Adweek, TIME, Mediaite, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Buffalo Bills, Bloomberg Business, Business Insider, LostRemote, The Verge, Multichannel News, SBNation.com, @danshanoff, @sbnation and @nichcarlson
Patrick Frater / Variety:
China's Alibaba Pictures Raising $1.6 Billion in Share Sale — Alibaba Pictures Group is to raise US$1.6 billion (HK$12.2 billion) in a share sale, the company announced. — The company, which is a separately traded unit of Alibaba the mainland Chinese e-commerce giant …
Discussion:
Reuters, Bloomberg Business and Hollywood Reporter
Natasha Vargas-Cooper / Jezebel:
The Toast Publisher Nicholas Pavlich has left the company; The Toast is working with third-party publishing firm Hashtag Labs for now — Publisher of The Toast Nick Pavich Is Out for Murky Reasons — Jezebel has learned that Nicholas Pavich has left The Toast, a popular lady site frequented …
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@nick_pavich
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Spotify's sorting of tunes by moods and activities instead of rigid genres expands discovery but produces one-hit wonders — Spotify Wants Listeners to Break Down Music Barriers — In the last few weeks, my two children, ages 4 and 2, have suddenly become obsessed with Simon and Garfunkel.
Discussion:
Fusion
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Letter calls on Angola's president to drop charges against investigative journalist Rafael Marques after he was given a six month suspended sentence last week — Letter calls on Angolan president to drop charges against investigative journalist — Journalists, actors, film-makers …
Discussion:
@fcancio
Erin Griffith / Fortune:
How Facebook quadrupled its video traffic in one year to 4B video streams per day, and is reshaping advertising — How Facebook's video-traffic explosion is shaking up the advertising world — Cenk Uygur can pinpoint the day he realized that Facebook FB video was going to rewrite his business model.
Discussion:
Business Insider, @fortunemagazine, Tubefilter and SocialTimes
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Why the Cloud Is Key to Charter's Big Deal for Time Warner Cable — Anyone looking to understand the reasons behind the $78.7 billion deal that Charter Communications struck with TW Cable last week need look no further than their own set-top box. — Cable boxes, and more broadly the platforms …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Tablet magazine charges for access to its comments, which has moved conversation to its Facebook page, says comment quality has increased and traffic is steady — After deciding to charge for comments, Tablet's conversation moves...to Facebook — After its publication on May 19 …
Discussion:
@niemanlab
Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
Sources: new Apple TV hardware will not be announced at WWDC — Apple to Unveil Tool Kit for Watch App Developers — SAN FRANCISCO — When Apple began selling the Apple Watch in April, Phillip Ryu did not rush to create an app for the gadget. Because the device has limited animation …
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, TechCrunch, Variety, Business Insider, iDownloadBlog.com, firewireblog.com, AppleInsider, Talking New Media, VentureBeat, ZDNet, App Advice, Re/code, BGR, TIME, Engadget and MacStories