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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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@nowthised


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.

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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@mikeisaac, Facebook, FishbowlNY, TIME, Washington Post, Guardian, Engadget, Gizmodo, @_alastair, @erikhinton, @dseetharaman, @jackmarshall, @dangillmor, Digital Spy, BuzzFeed, Business Insider, New York Times, TechCrunch and Fusion

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 …
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Deadline, Broadcasting & Cable, Hollywood Reporter, CBS Corporation and FierceCable


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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Press Gazette, The Independent, @tvnewslab and Daily Mail


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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The Wrap, Fortune, Business Insider, The Drum and TIME


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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allmediascotland


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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Publishers Weekly, Engadget, Write on the River, Guardian, @laurahazardowen, @mostlybree, Bookseller News and @andrewtshaffer


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.


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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campaignlive.co.uk


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 …


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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BBC and @neilwallis1