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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter added just 2M MAUs in Q2, excluding “SMS Fast Followers” — Twitter Asks for More Time to Fix Things — And Freaks Out Wall Street — Twitter added just two million new core users last quarter, and while it also beat Wall Street revenue estimates, investors still aren't buying the Twitter story.
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Justin Fox / Bloomberg View:
The Midsize Newspaper Is Toast — Everybody who's been paying attention knows that it's been a tough decade for American newspapers. But every once in a while it's worth checking in on just how bad it's been. The release of the American Society of Newspaper Editors' annual newsroom census …
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Poynter, @jontalton and @herbgreenberg
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
ASNE newspaper census 2014: 10.4% drop in jobs YoY, 21.58% drop for papers with 100K-250K circulation, minority journalists make up 12.76% of newsrooms — Newsonomics: The halving of America's daily newsrooms — Cigar maker. Elevator operator. Pinsetter. Iceman. Lamplighter.
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Poynter, @niemanlab, @yinkawrites, @mccarthyryanj and ASNE
New York Times:
Behind the Iranian trial of Washington Post reporter, Jason Rezaian, and how his ability to cultivate sources may have aroused suspicion and led to detention — Iran's Trial of Jason Rezaian Illustrates Perils Faced by Reporters — TEHRAN — For Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter …
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@ellenbarrynyt, @ahmed, @nytimesworld, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Hindi TV channel fined £25,000 over cancer cure claims on yoga show — Programme could have caused viewers to delay or forgo treatment, raising ‘an appreciable risk of harm’, says media watchdog Ofcom — A Hindi-language TV channel has been fined £25,000 for providing misleading medical advice …
Jonathan Soble / New York Times:
Japan's Nikkei vies for global clout with the $1.3B purchase of The Financial Times — Nikkei Vies for Global Clout With Splurge on The Financial Times — TOKYO — Not long after he took over as president of Japan's dominant business newspaper in April, Naotoshi Okada delivered a message to his 1,300 reporters and editors.
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Talking Biz News
Tara George / MediaShift:
Operating with fewer resources, news startups are blurring the lines between business and editorial — Should a Local News Startup Have Reporters Write Press Releases? — At a conference of local news entrepreneurs in Philadelphia recently, speakers were sharing tips on innovative ways …
Tim Healy / Independent.ie:
Judge clears use of ‘The Times Irish Edition’ by UK paper — The ‘Irish Times’ has failed to get injunctions restraining the London ‘Times’ using the words “The Times Irish Edition” in promoting a new digital Irish edition of the UK newspaper. — Google
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RTÉ, Press Gazette and Guardian
Chad Bray / New York Times:
McGraw Hill Financial Buys SNL Financial for $2.2 Billion — McGraw Hill Financial, the owner of Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and S&P Capital IQ, said on Monday that it had agreed to buy the financial data and information provider SNL Financial for $2.2 billion in cash.
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Folio, Bloomberg Business and Reuters
Washington Post:
The most famous television journalist in Pakistan lives like a fugitive — The most famous television journalist in Pakistan lives like a fugitive. Hamid Mir tells no one where he is going, how he will get there or where he will spend the night. — At Mir's office, his curtains are always drawn.
Hollywood Reporter:
Major Layoffs to Hit Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity This Week as Bankruptcy Looms — Some 350 people currently work at Beverly Hills-based Relativity. — Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media is set to lay off as many as 50 employees this week (and possibly more) as the financially-embattled studio …
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