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Twitter's Project Lightning will make events easier to follow for logged-in and logged-out users — Twitter's Top Secret Project Lightning Revealed — The new tool will give the company a way to show the best of Twitter to both logged-in and logged-out users on a variety of platforms.
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Lester Holt confirmed as anchor of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams to anchor breaking news and special reports on MSNBC — Lester Holt Named Anchor of “NBC Nightly News” — Andrew Lack, Chairman of NBC News and MSNBC, on Thursday announced that Lester Holt will be named the permanent anchor of “NBC Nightly News.”
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Arianna Huffington renews contract through 2019 — Forget about a Huffington Post without Huffington. — Arianna Huffington, the web site's namesake, president and editor in chief, told staffers on Thursday that she has signed a new contract that will keep her in place through 2019.
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Google and Storyful are launching YouTube Newswire, a feed of verified user-generated videos — Storyful and Google News Lab today are launching YouTube Newswire, a dedicated YouTube channel meant to serve as a resource for journalists looking for user-generated videos from around the world …
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News Corp to cut more than 100 jobs in publishing unit and close bureaus in Prague and Helsinki — News Corp to Cut Jobs, Shift Resources to Digital Media — Some WSJ blogs and overseas bureaus to close; cuts could surpass 100 — News Corp is carrying out a major reorganization …
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BuzzFeed launches news app that focuses on serious reporting, notifications, and curation — Why BuzzFeed wanted everyone to know about its new news app — even before it launched — If you're reading this, then it's more likely than not that you're already aware of BuzzFeed's news app.
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Musicians like Neil Young who challenge politicians for using their songs face long legal odds — Don't Bet on Neil Young Beating Donald Trump in Court Just Yet — Here are the reasons why Young might wish to back down against the newest Republican presidential candidate.


Guardian Media Group appoints David Pemsel as chief executive — Former ITV marketing director, who wants to build on Guardian and Observer's international audience, succeeds Andrew Miller — Guardian Media Group has promoted David Pemsel to the role of chief executive.
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Apple emails publishers, telling them its News app will use their RSS feeds and they will indemnify Apple from lawsuits unless they opt out — Publishers Upset Over Apple's Opt-Out Terms for Inclusion in iOS 9 News App — Apple recently sent a mass email to news publishers to introduce …
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Print Wikipedia project begins at New York City gallery and includes a 91-volume table of contents and 36 volumes of contributors via print-on-demand editions — Moving Wikipedia From Computer to Many, Many Bookshelves — The Wikipedia entry for “quixoticism” runs only about 255 words.
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Inside Politico's new Brussels office and how it plans to cover the EU amid competition — Can Politico make Brussels sexy? — he 27-year-old New Yorker Tara Palmeri, a former gossip columnist and the incandescent envoy of media's future to the Brussels of the past …
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Sources: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia nears deal to be sold to Sequential Brands Group — Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Nears Deal to Be Bought — A deal between Sequential Brands and Martha Stewart Living could be announced in the coming days, according to people familiar with the matter.


Experimenting with NPR's new Storytelling Lab — NPR is coming out of its car radio. — The nonprofit broadcasting giant is slated to break even for the first time in six years, according to Wired. That progress is rooted in a combination of good fortune and good strategy—podcasts are …