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Matt Galligan / Medium:
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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David Cohn / Digidave:
Circa: early and influential in mobile news in 2012, missed key things, and now overshadowed by plans of Apple, Twitter, and Facebook — Quick thoughts as Circa shuts down — The news has broken - Circa is essentially shutting down. — While I haven't been with Circa for the last 10 months …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Circa offered an emotionless bundle of bullet points, which made for lousy social sharing and didn't work for newspapers either — Why Circa failed — A front page led by the day's biggest news. A selection of stories, chosen by editors, arranged more or less by importance.
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Instant articles to begin appearing in feeds this week; New York Times expects to post 30 stories/day, NBC to post 30-40/day — Publishers Prepare to Ramp Up News Distribution on Facebook's Instant Articles in Coming Days … Publishers are ready to ramp up content distribution …
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Charleston newspaper shows the value of local journalists when reporting on national tragedy — At Charleston Newspaper, Covering the News, and Choking Back Tears — CHARLESTON, S.C. — Glenn Smith, the projects editor for The Post and Courier here, was with friends last Wednesday night when a colleague called.
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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
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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
PBS: ‘Finding Your Roots’ Affleck episode violated standards — 2 photos — LOS ANGELES (AP) — PBS put its “Finding Your Roots” series on hold Wednesday after determining an episode that omitted references to Ben Affleck's ancestor as a slave owner violated its standards.
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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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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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The New York Times Company:
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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Eriq Gardner / Billboard:
Sony's stake in Spotify and the holdings of other labels come under fire in lawsuit saying musicians' royalties are being shorted — Sony's Equity Stake in Spotify Challenged in Lawsuit Claiming Artists Are Robbed — Having equity in Spotify might be smart, but if the money doesn't trickle …
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Saba Hamedy / Los Angeles Times:
NBCUniversal, Chernin Entertainment announce two-year TV deal — Chernin Entertainment and NBCUniversal announced a television deal on Wednesday, marking the end to Chairman Peter Chernin's lucrative five-year deal with Fox. — The new two-year deal with NBCUniversal will give Chernin Television access …
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Ann-Christine Diaz / Ad Age:
Soundcloud's Ominous Audio Recreation of the Berlin Wall Takes Radio Grand Prix at Cannes — The 2015 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Radio Jury made an unconventional pick for this year's Grand Prix winner — a self-promotional piece for Soundcloud that replicated the Berlin Wall through audio.
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