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Circa is shutting down indefinitely after failure to monetize and close funding deals; CEO Matt Galligan says firm is working on deal involving underlying tech — Farewell to Circa News — It's with great disappointment that we let you know that Circa News has been put on indefinite hiatus.
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Lawrence Wright / New Yorker:
Atlantic Media owner David Bradley worked with families in effort to rescue ISIS hostages who felt they were abandoned by the US government — Five Hostages — Families whose children were held captive in Syria felt that U.S. officials had abandoned them. So they secretly joined forces.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Reporters Without Borders hails Obama administration's new hostage policy — The international nonprofit group Reporters Without Borders is hailing the Obama administration's new policy on hostage negotiations, which comes after the recent killing of at least four American hostages at the hands …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
After being shut down by Gannett, San Francisco's The Bold Italic is returning under new ownership — The Bold Italic is coming back. After being shut down abruptly by Gannett in April, the local San Francisco site is returning under new ownership. — Sunil Rajaraman, cofounder …
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Billboard:
Apple Music strikes deals with rights group Merlin and independent label Beggars Group after changing royalty structure during trial period — Apple Music Signs Beggars Group, Merlin: Sources — Beggars comprises the imprints 4AD, XL, Matador and Rough Trade and has had a hand in the careers of Adele …
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New York Times chief television critic Alessandra Stanley moving to new beat, covering inequality in US — Alessandra Stanley Moves to New Beat, Covering Inequality in America — New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet announced that Alessandra Stanley is returning to reporting to cover economic inequality in America.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon Prime Instant Video Adds Limited Support For HDR — Amazon announced today that it has rolled out, in limited fashion, support for HDR (high dynamic range) on Amazon Instant Video. It will initially only offer HDR videos to Amazon Prime members in the U.S., and only for one full series …
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Melody Kramer / Poynter:
Local news an important filter, offers deeper understanding of complicated issues, preserves culture, ensures accountability — Why does local matter? Let's ask our audience. — It's summer now so it's time for a long, juicy beach read on why local news matters.
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DraftKings Won't Raise $250 Million From Disney, But Will Still Get ESPN Ad Deal — Fantasy sports site DraftKings, which had discussed raising $250 million from Disney, is going to raise money somewhere else instead. — But the two companies will have a relationship anyway …
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Ben Travers / Indiewire:
HBO to Release ‘Ballers’ and ‘The Brink’ Premiere Episodes on Facebook — All 49 million Facebook fans of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson can now sample his new HBO dramedy without a subscription. — Move over YouTube. Facebook is stepping in as the new sampling service.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
TuneIn and PBS Kids Go Live on the Xbox One — Xbox One owners just got access to a lot more free content: Radio aggregator TuneIn went live with an app on the game console Tuesday, bringing more than 100,000 radio stations from across the globe to the Xbox One.
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