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Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Upworthy shifts focus from aggregation to original content, lays off six staffers, hires five writers — Once the web's fastest growing aggregator, Upworthy pivots — This viral content site drew almost 50 million unique visitors last August. What happened next will surprise you.
Discussion:
@mmasnick
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Google revamps Google Trends to emphasize real-time information — Google is out with a new update to Google Trends, its tool for monitoring all the millions of things people are searching for around the world. Specifically, Google Trends now lets you get a realtime look at what stories and topics people are interested in.
Discussion:
The Official Google Blog, Washington Post, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, @googletrends and Search Engine Land
Anne Helen Petersen / BuzzFeed:
Behind In Touch magazine's Duggar investigation and what it means for US tabloid journalism — The Duggars, In Touch Magazine, And The Future Of Tabloid Journalism — In Touch comes from a long line of publications that split their time between titillating half-truths and rigorous investigative journalism.
Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
British Independent music labels balk at Apple's plans for free trial period, during which they would receive no royalties — Record labels attack Apple deals that would leave them ‘completely screwed’ — Independents claim they could be forced out of business by free trial …
Amanda Holpuch / Guardian:
New York Times apologizes to Ireland for ‘insensitive’ balcony collapse story — The New York Times apologized on Wednesday after a story about a balcony collapse in California that left five of Ireland's citizens dead was denounced by the country's government officials.
Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: Guardian Media Group to appoint David Pemsel as new CEO, replacing Andrew Miller — Guardian Owner Picks Pemsel As New Chief Exec — The owner of The Guardian newspaper is to opt for continuity with the selection of its next chief executive as Andrew Miller prepares to step down after five years at the helm.
Discussion:
@marksweney
Dmitry Volchek / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Russian and Ukrainian bloggers blame blocked Facebook accounts on pro-Kremlin trolls and ask for better moderation — Activists Ask Facebook For Protection Against Pro-Kremlin Attacks — On June 4, Ukrainian journalist and activist Andriy Kapustin posted on Facebook a selfie …
Discussion:
Guardian
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Bloomberg Management Under Pressure Amid Complaints From Washington Staffers — NEW YORK — A Bloomberg News reporter on Tuesday sent a memo to high-ranking company executives in New York that outlined numerous concerns among Washington bureau staffers about management, editorial standards, reporting priorities and more.
Discussion:
Poynter and Talking Biz News
Amanda Meade / Guardian:
Reuters study of 12 countries finds Australians are the largest consumers of international news and users of digital devices — Australians love world news and digital media but never mind the politics — Survey of 12 countries finds Australians consume most international news …
Discussion:
@osbornep, @clarkstream and Press Gazette
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
News Reader Pulse Updates Apps, Now Serves You Stories Based On Your LinkedIn Life — The arrival of Apple's News app, question marks over the future of Flipboard, and Facebook's news publishing moves are putting a renewed focus on how we as consumers read news online and how that will be developing in the future.
Discussion:
Official LinkedIn Blog and Wall Street Journal
Agence France-Presse:
Turkish editor gets 21 month suspended sentence for ‘insulting Erdogan’ — Ankara (AFP) - An Ankara court on Tuesday handed down a 21-month suspended jail sentence to an editor of a leading English-language Turkish daily newspaper after convicting him of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
A tribute to John Carroll, the editor who led the Los Angeles Times to 13 Pulitzer Prizes in five years — Remembering John Carroll, A Champion Of Tough Journalism — I have written precisely one letter that made any notable difference to my life. I mailed it to John Carroll …
Discussion:
@loebvernon, @davidfolkenflik, Baltimore Sun and FishbowlDC
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