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Madeline Welsh / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times is publishing on WhatsApp for the first time, covering Pope Francis — That unique confluence of New York Times readers, pope watchers, and WhatsApp users must have been excited on a recent June morning when The New York Times announced it would be experimenting …
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Ellen Pao / Redddit:
Ellen Pao apologizes again, announces new role of Moderator Advocate to be moderators' contact with Reddit, pledges improvements to mod tools — We apologize — We screwed up. Not just on July 2, but also over the past several years. We haven't communicated well …
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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
AJ Daulerio to relaunch Ratter as tabloid site with focus on commentaries and essays, aims to build new Gawker — A.J. Daulerio readies Ratter 2.0 — When he was launching the digital media enterprise Ratter last year, former Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio envisioned a network of local tabloid blogs …
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bookforum.com, @nicknotned, FishbowlNY and @felixsalmon
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Verge turns off comments for a bit because tone was getting a little too aggressive and negative — We're turning comments off for a bit — From the very start, community has been at the heart of The Verge — we are unique among almost every major media brand of our size in having a vocal …
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@mgsiegler, @saramorrison, @thefoodlab, @cshbell and Poynter
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Relativity Strikes $320 Million Deal With Catalyst Capital Group — Kavanaugh retains control of Relativity and will remain CEO and chairman of the board, a source familiar with the negotiations said. — In a move that many in Hollywood have been betting against, Relativity Media CEO Ryan Kavanaugh …
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Los Angeles Times, Variety, Deadline and SSN Insider
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Inside the dispute between Lowell Bergman and Frontline that led to his documentary about gambling in Macau being shelved — Why Did ‘Frontline’ Kill Lowell Bergman's Gambling Documentary? — Recriminations and accusations are flying after the PBS series shelved veteran reporter Lowell …
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@antderosa, @kimmasters, @bilgeebiri, @g_knapp, @corbinhiar and @ralstonreports, Thanks:@justinjm1
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The rapid rise of Vox Media's Melissa Bell: An explainer — It's hack week at Vox Media, and Melissa Bell is in her element. The meetup, which is taking place in downtown Philadelphia, has drawn more than 90 employees, all hoping to come up with the next innovation for the company …
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@lizzieohreally, @bankoff, @karaswisher, @voxmediainc, @laurengoode, @megangarber, @lpolgreen and E&
Alexis Sobel Fitts / Columbia Journalism Review:
Social listening tools like Dataminr, CrowdTangle, and Spike are helping newsrooms find stories, but they have limits that still require added human judgment — The new importance of ‘social listening’ tools — The tipoff came in a tweet. — In an April meeting of the Senate Finance Committee …
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@tedbailey, @ctonk144 and @kdombsadof, Thanks:@steverubel
Roger Yu / USA Today:
Newseum study: just 24% of Americans believe the news media tries to report on news without bias — The Newseum Institute just released its 2015 State of the First Amendment study. USA TODAY editor-in-chief Dave Callaway discusses the results with Newseum Institute chief operating officer Gene Policinski.
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@usatodayhealth
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
UK high court weighs whether GQ piece by Michael Wolff created substantial risk that News of the World phone-hacking trial would be seriously impeded — GQ article on phone-hacking trial was in contempt of court, judges told — High court considering whether piece by US journalist Michael …
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Ex-News of the World features editor Jules Stenson gets four-month suspended sentence
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Express & Star, The Standard, BBC and @arusbridger
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Comedy Central Channel Launches on Roku — Comedy Central is now making full episodes of its shows available on Roku's streaming devices. Roku owners can use Comedy Central's new channel to watch full episodes of the “Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” “Key & Peele,” “South Park” amnd other shows, as well as stand-up specials for free.
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Multichannel News and Engadget
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg Business:
U.S. Women's World Cup Finale on Fox Sets Soccer Ratings Record — The Women's World Cup final between the U.S. and Japan drew a record U.S. audience for a soccer game carried by a single network, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings released by Fox. — An estimated 15.2 percent …
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Media & Entertainment, New York Times, Ad Age, NPR, Variety, Forbes, The Twitter Blog, @felixsalmon, Reuters, @jasonhoppin, The Big Lead, Wall Street Journal, The Wrap and Deadline
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Sarah Palin Abandons Subscription-Based Online Video Channel — One year after it was first announced, Sarah Palin is quietly shutting down the subscription-based SarahPalinChannel.com. Or rather, as she says in a new video posted this week, “We're making all of my content free now!”
Adam Sherwin / The Independent:
Relaunched NME will downgrade music coverage, focusing on fashion, politics, film, fashion, television, politics, gaming, and technology — NME to go free and expand from music into ‘brand reinvention’ — Indie music bible the NME is to be given away free after circulation …
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Guardian, @mark_samuels, NME, Mediatel, Music Week and @adamsherwin10
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