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Casey Tolan / Fusion:
How a Pulitzer-winning New York Times journalist was tricked into reporting about the Charleston killer's nonexistent Tumblr posts — How a 16-year-old tricked the New York Times into reporting that Dylann Roof blogged about “My Little Pony” — If you read this New York Times article …
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The Huffington Post, Gawker, Next Generation Blogs, The Atlantic, @jgreendc, @jayrosen_nyu, Mediaite, @kevinroose and @raju
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Comcast and NBC Open Cross-Promotional Ad Strategy — When Microsoft wanted to promote its Surface Pro 3 tablet during the last holiday season, it turned to NBCUniversal for help. Together, the companies came up with a sweeping marketing campaign, with pieces showing up across NBCUniversal's broadcast …
Andrew Lih / New York Times:
Wikipedia faces decline in editor participation due to poor support for mobile editing and internal governance disputes — Can Wikipedia Survive? — WASHINGTON — WIKIPEDIA has come a long way since it started in 2001. With around 70,000 volunteers editing in over 100 languages …
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@frederick_mona, @edge and Mediashift
Carol Driver / Daily Mail:
DailyMail, WPP and Snapchat partner to launch first global content marketing company Truffle Pig — DailyMail is teaming up with two of the world's biggest names in marketing, content and community to launch the first joint global digital content agency. — Making the announcement on board …
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Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business, The Drum, Business Insider, AdExchanger and The Next Web
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Publishers, researchers, and developers discuss strategies to make news app notifications better during NYC Media Lab's “Future of Notifications” panel — Notifications are annoying. Is there a good way to make them better? — If you're an Apple Watch owner …
Jill Filipovic / Cosmopolitan:
Profile of Amy Chozick, who moved to New York City after college with no job and now is covering Hillary Clinton for the New York Times — Get That Life: How I Got the Hillary Clinton Beat at “The New York Times” — Amy Chozick moved to New York with no job and nowhere to live.
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@candacejackson, @laura_nelson, @amychozick and FishbowlDC
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Circa news app stops publishing Monday, stirring speculation of closure or acquisition — Circa news app goes silent ahead of “announcement” — The Circa News app as it appears on an Android tablet. (Photo: Circa/Handout) — Circa News, a mobile news and information application …
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@jeremymbarr, @eliajf, @jeremymbarr and @matthewkeyslive
Jan Schaffer / Nieman Lab:
“Civic journalism” experiments in the '90s worked by involving readers in solutions, a method news organizations may have already forgotten — If audience engagement is the goal, it's time to look back at the successes of civic journalism for answers
Pando:
Pando relaunches with subscription model, says it needs 5,000 members to support its reporting — Welcome to a new Pando — Welcome to a brand new Pando! — From today, the newest articles on Pando will be available to members first. Membership costs just $10 a month (or $100 a year …
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One Man & His Blog, @petersterne, @rafat, @mathewi, @fieldproducer, @nelson, @mathewi, @davezatz and @davezatz
Adario Strange / Mashable:
Getty Images launches virtual reality imagery collection, 360 Degree View, in Oculus Store — Getty Images dives into virtual reality with Oculus Rift — Getty Images is entering the world of virtual reality. — Getty 360 Degree View, a collection of immersive 360-degree imagery …
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PSFK
Mic Wright / The Next Web:
Rdio is now on Amazon Fire TV and the Fire TV Stick — Love Rdio? Love your Amazon Fire TV or Fire TV Stick? Here's some good news: You can now combine the two. — The streaming service has been on Amazon's Fire tablets and phone for a while. Now it's reached the rest of the Amazon Fire family.
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TechHive, Thanks:@atechmemefan
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
MinnPost introduces members-only content with MinnPost+ — Minnesota's nonprofit news outlet MinnPost hopes to show that membership has its privileges. Starting tomorrow, the site is launching MinnPost+, a new tier of “bonus content” only available to people who have donated $60 or more in a year.
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MinnPost
Lauren Johnson / Adweek:
Nestlé Will Be the First Brand to Run a Sponsored Periscope Stream — Since Twitter-owned Periscope launched in March, brands have been curious about how to turn livestreaming video into ads. Twitter doesn't offer Periscope ads yet, but a campaign from Nestlé this weekend shows …
Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
Murdochs rebuff two offers for their stake in Sky, fuelling rumors they are to make another takeover bid — Is the Murdoch family eyeing a fresh bid for Sky? — The Murdochs have rebuffed two offers for their stake in Sky, fuelling talks they could be prepping for a takeover
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