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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Brian Williams expected to stay at NBC — Brian Williams is down, but not out. — NBC and Williams have come to a tentative agreement that will keep Williams at the network after his six-month suspension ends in August. — The decision, described by people with knowledge of the plan …
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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.
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Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
Wenner Media, parent of Rolling Stone, Us Weekly, Men's Health, lays off over a dozen staffers — ‘Rolling Stone’ Hit With Round of Layoffs — Wenner Media has laid off more than a dozen staffers on Wednesday across Rolling Stone, Us Weekly and Men's Journal magazines.
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.
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.
Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix CFO Barry McCarthy named Spotify CFO, will step down from Spotify's board — Spotify Names Barry McCarthy Finance Chief — Former Netflix CFO joined Spotify's board last year — Music-streaming company Spotify Ltd., fresh off of raising more than $500 million in funding, has hired a new finance chief.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Roger Ailes' expiring contract is challenge for Murdoch's sons — Now that Rupert Murdoch's sons James and Lachlan are taking charge of 21st Century Fox, one of their greatest challenges will be Fox News. — Or, more, specifically: Roger Ailes. — The cable news channel …
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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Snapchat says its Live Stories are viewed on average by 20M people/day, and include 2-cent/10-second ads that can be sold to multiple sponsors — Snapchat Is Making Some Pretty Serious Money From Live Stories — Snapchat built a brand out of disappearing photos, but now it's building …
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Melody Kramer / Poynter:
Publishers need to consider how to archive posts on third-party sites likes Facebook, Snapchat, Periscope, and Meerkat — Does the rise of ephemeral content spell the death of archives? — As news sites negotiate with Facebook to publish material directly on the platform …
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
News of the World ex-crime editor Lucy Panton describes Operation Elveden ordeal and lack of legal support from News International — Lucy Panton's story: Betrayed by News UK, persecuted by police, convicted by state - cleared with the help of Fleet Street
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Heritage Foundation's Daily Signal contracts with correspondent Nolan Peterson to cover the Ukraine as it works to build credibility — “This is my dream job”: How one journalist became The Daily Signal's first foreign correspondent — Nolan Peterson spent last week embedded with the Ukrainian army.
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