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New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet and Metro editors write to the NYRB, rebutting its story on paper's nail salon investigation — Rebuttal to The NYRB's Article on NYT Nail Salon Series — Below is a letter sent to The New York Review of Books by Times editors in response to …
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Felix Salmon / Fusion:
Unlike science, journalism lacks a system of peer review to verify articles and research — Why you can't trust journalism — Everyone wants one thing: your clicks (and retweets, and likes, and citations). Most writers sincerely want the truth too. Sadly the two are not always compatible.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
White House considered Jon Stewart so influential, it arranged secret meetings between the TV host and Obama — Jon Stewart's secret White House visits — Obama, aides took unusual steps to cultivate ‘Daily Show’ comic — Jon Stewart slipped unnoticed into the White House in the midst …
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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter added just 2M MAUs in Q2, excluding “SMS Fast Followers” — Twitter Added Just Two Million New Core Users Last Quarter (Liveblog) — Twitter added just two million new core users last quarter, but crushed Wall Street revenue estimates when it reported Q2 earnings Tuesday afternoon.
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Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Twitter reports better-than-expected Q2 revenue of $502M with just 316M MAUs, a number that includes “SMS Fast Followers” — Twitter Pops 4% After Reporting Better-Than-Expected Q2 Revenue And Profit Along With Anemic User Growth — Update: Twitter shares fell to flat in after-hours trading …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
New trial date in Hulk Hogan sex tape case could come at upcoming hearing — After a last-minute ruling that put off a trial days before it was slated to begin, representatives for Gawker Media and Hulk Hogan will appear together in court earlier than expected.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Caity Weaver takes the Gawker buyout
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
New York magazine confirms outage was result of cyber attack — In a statement to Poynter Tuesday morning, New York magazine gave credence to a hacker's claim that its website was taken down by a pseudonymous assailant known as “ThreatKing.” — “We believe the outage was the result …
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Madeline Welsh / Nieman Lab:
How New York magazine used Instagram and Tumblr to promote and share its Bill Cosby story after a DDoS attack
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Snapchat's design tweak to make Discover section more visible brings increased traffic for publishers — Snapchat tweak boosts traffic for publishers: ‘Our views have doubled’ — Snapchat is getting more love from publishers since it changed its design to make content more conspicuous.
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Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Reddit Head of Community Jessica Moreno has left company two weeks after content policy change — Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit's Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left the Company — Reddit's head of community, Jessica Moreno, has left the company.
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Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
Roku to power new TV streaming service from Australia's Telstra, to launch this fall — Telstra Taps Roku for New Streaming TV Service — Australian Provider Joins ‘Roku Powered’ Program — Over-the-top is increasingly going Down Under. Roku has notched another service provider deal …
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Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
The Onion is to launch EDGE, a web series mocking HBO's VICE show — ‘EDGE’ will mock the conventions of the HBO series. — The Onion has set its sights on Shane Smith. — The satirical media company is debuting a new series, EDGE, to mock the excesses of HBO's VICE show.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Verizon to Resell HBO Now, Will Add Network's Content to Mobile-Video Service — HBO and Verizon Communications reached a deal under which the telco will sell the $15-per-month HBO Now standalone streaming service to its broadband subscribers, and Verizon also will add the premium cabler's content …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
New site The Seventy Four plans to use advocacy journalism to cover education; $4M budget funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Walton Family Foundation, others — Can Campbell Brown's education news site walk the advocacy-journalism tightrope? — The newcomer to education news outlets …
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