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Charlotte Higgins / Guardian:
Under attack from government and besieged by commercial rivals, BBC has been forced to justify its very existence — The battle for the BBC — Under attack from a government intent on reducing its size and besieged by commercial rivals, the broadcaster has been forced to justify its very existence
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@jonathanshainin, @stuartrowson and @beneltham
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Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Reddit's chief engineer Bethanye Blount quits after less than two months on the job; claims loss of confidence in the direction of the company — Reddit Chief Engineer Bethanye Blount Quits After Less Than Two Months on the Job — Reddit's chief engineer Bethanye Blount quit just days …
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Salon, Variety, @wiredferret, The Verge, @nkulw, @dhh, The Next Web, bizjournals, Engadget, Business Insider, Fortune, TIME and TechRaptor
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Former Reddit CEO says Alexis Ohanian responsible for firing that touched off Reddit revolt, noting a “stunning lack of leadership” in letting Pao take the heat
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Mashable, Business Insider, Boing Boing, Gawker, Gawker, VatorNews, bizjournals, Fast Company, Mediaite, Washington Post, bizjournals and The Next Web
Alex Spence / Politico:
Sources: London based European edition of Newsweek magazine scaled back; editor-in-chief Richard Addis resigns, print editorial staff likely to lose jobs — Newsweek to shutter Europe edition — The project, devoted to long-form journalism, is ending just 18 months after it began.
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FishbowlNY, Wall Street Journal, Guardian and Canadian Magazines
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Newsweek sacks European print team after 15 months and losses of more than £1m — The relaunched Newsweek magazine is scrapping its dedicated London-based print team some 15 months after launch. — Press Gazette understands that the Europe edition has racked up losses of more than £1m.
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WWD and @perryalexj
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Verizon to Add Vice Content to Its Coming Mobile Video Service — Verizon Communications is adding Vice Media's youth-oriented news and entertainment content to its roster of programs that will be available on its mobile-first video service that is expected to start this year.
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Re/code, Media Wire Daily and Variety
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
New Pew data: More Americans are getting news on Facebook and Twitter — Facebook and Twitter users across all demographics are increasingly using the social networks as news sources, though they are seeking out different types of news content on each platform, according to a study out Tuesday …
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Journalism.org, SocialTimes, Mashable, Broadcasting & Cable, Adweek, TechCrunch, E&, Re/code, @mattnavarra and @ylichterman
Alexander Howard / The Huffington Post:
Reporters clash with open government advocates over the merits of a new FOIA policy — Reporters clash with open government advocates over the merits of a new FOIA policy. — Senior Editor for Technology & Society, The Huffington Post. Dad, husband, citizen, cyclist. alexander@huffingtonpost.com
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@foiafactor, @johnmcquaid, @digiphile, @emptywheel and @dangillmor
Edmund Lee / Re/code:
Twitter Stock Jumps Nearly 8 Percent on Fake Bloomberg News Post — This is a real story, but a fake one caused Twitter's stock to surge nearly 8 percent. The bogus news report, attributed to Bloomberg News, said Twitter received a $31 billion buyout offer, a clever ploy to goose the company's shares.
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Business Insider, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, USA Today, @edmundlee, Mashable, @daveweigel and Business Insider Australia
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:
Spoon University Raises $2M To Serve A Food Network To Millennials — A who's-who of early stage investors are putting a $2 million bet that two young Northwestern grads can teach millennials a better way to eat with their new startup Spoon University. — Founded by Mackenzie Barth …
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Business Insider
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
StoryCorps' oral history app receives $600K Knight Foundation Grant to add new features like integrations with Skype, Google Hangouts, and Facebook — StoryCorps' Oral History App Receives Knight Foundation Grant To Add New Features — StoryCorps, the non-profit oral history project …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Comcast Teams Up With EA to Bring Games to Its X1 Cable Box — Comcast officially launched the beta test of Xfinity Games Tuesday, bringing a little more than 20 videogame titles to its X1 set-top boxes. The cable company has partnered with Electronics Arts on the service …
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Multichannel News, VentureBeat and CNET
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
TiVo Devices Now Support AirPlay For Streaming Recordings To Apple TV — DVR maker TiVo this morning announced, for the first time, its users will now be able to access their recorded content on their TV via Apple TV and AirPlay. Through an updated TiVo iOS application …
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