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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
In Q&A, Zuckerberg emphasizes load speed of Instant Articles, predicts more news video, mentions need for small bits of news in fast, frequent pieces — Mark Zuckerberg has thoughts on the future of news on Facebook — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a cue from Reddit's Ask Me Anything …
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Michael Rondon / Folio:
MediaFinder report: in first half of 2015, 60 magazine titles were launched and 23 closed — Magazine Industry Growth Slows — While first-half magazine launches outpaced title shutdowns for the sixth year in a row, the bottom line isn't great: net growth is dwindling. — First, the good news.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
CBS and AT&T reach carriage deal to keep CBS local stations, Showtime, Smithsonian Channel, and CBS Sports Network on U-Verse — CBS, AT&T Reach New Distribution Deal — Both sides negotiate through the night to avoid a blackout — CBS Corp. and AT&T 's U-Verse have reached …
Jane Martinson / Guardian:
New round of BBC job cuts expected as declining license fee revenue creates budget shortfall of £150m — BBC aims to become ‘leaner and simpler’ with new round of job cuts — Drop in the number of licence fee payers leaves broadcaster with a £150m hole in its finances
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
CNN Politics made traffic gains by hiring print reporters, publishing online first, and repackaging for broadcast — How CNN took a startup approach to politics — CNN gets its share of flak from media elites, but it has been on something of an innovation tear lately, taking a bit of inspiration from an unlikely source: print.
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Mark Coker / Smashwords:
Scribd dropping an estimated 80-90% of Smashword's romance and erotica ebook titles — Scribd Cuts Romance Catalog — Scribd, the fast-growing ebook subscription service, today announced dramatic cuts to their catalog of romance and erotica titles. — Effective immediately …
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Jemima Kiss / Guardian:
Departing CEO Dick Costolo says Twitter has contributed to global access to information, calls regulation a threat to free speech, especially in Europe — Next Twitter boss faces complex challenges, says departing Dick Costolo — In interview before his last day in job …
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Fortune, The Drum, Business Insider, TIME and mUmBRELLA
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
Interview with Greg Barber, director of digital news projects at The Washington Post and head of strategy and partnerships at The Coral Project — ‘Ego is a liability in the newsroom’ - Q&A with Greg Barber — Curiosity, flexibility, tenacity - three things the director of digital news projects …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Donald Trump Files $500 Million Lawsuit Against Univision Over Miss USA Contract — Donald Trump has filed a $500 million lawsuit against Univision Communications following the company's move to scrap its planned telecast of the July 12 Miss USA beauty pageant as a result of Trump's disparaging comments about Mexican immigrants.
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
What's the view from Europe on where news is headed? Check out these videos from Newsgeist — Newsgeist — formerly known, just as idiosyncratically, as Newsfoo — is an annual-or-so unconference/gathering of journalists, technologists, media execs, and other future-of-news types for discussion, mingling, and pretty good food.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Evening Standard remains in the black for third consecutive year — London free sheet newspaper reports profit of £1.4m in 2014 — The London Evening Standard remained in the black for the third consecutive year, reporting a profit of £1.4m in 2014.
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Agence France-Presse:
French daily Le Monde elects new director — Paris (AFP) - Jerome Fenoglio, who has spent nearly 25 years at Le Monde, was Tuesday elected director of the respected French daily which has been hit by management problems. — The 49-year-old Fenoglio, currently second-in-command at Le Monde …
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
News of the World's former deputy editor Neil Wallis cleared by jury on charges of overseeing phone hacking — Neil Wallis found not guilty of masterminding NoW phone hacking — Jury clears News of the World's former deputy editor of conspiring to illegally intercept voicemail messages after three-week trial at Old Bailey
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