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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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@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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@niemanlab, @yinkawrites, ASNE and @mccarthyryanj
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, Washington Post, @nytimesworld and Wall Street Journal
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
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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New York Times, Rolling Stone, @politico, FishbowlDC, The Wrap, @stevekrak, Mediaite, @digiphile and The Week
The New York Times Company:
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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CNNMoney, Jezebel, Vox, Poynter, iMediaEthics, @sarahw, @abbyabrams, FishbowlNY, @lpolgreen, @jodikantor, @greenhousenyt, @bencasselman and @felixsalmon
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Felix Salmon / Fusion:
Unlike science, journalism lacks a system of peer review to verify articles and research
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@suzykhimm, @bradplumer, @lenagroeger, @bobbierman, @mattdpearce and @susanmacmillan
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.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
“Happy Birthday” Lawsuit: “Smoking Gun” Emerges in Bid to Free World's Most Popular Song — Attorneys for suing filmmakers uncover a blurry version of an 88-year-old book in the files of Warner/Chappell. That leads to another serendipitous discovery. — On the eve of a judge's ruling …
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Ars Technica, Techdirt, Fortune, New York Times, Plagiarism Today, VICE and Boing Boing
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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The New York Observer and The Huffington Post
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Caity Weaver takes the Gawker buyout
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FishbowlNY, @caityweaver, Business Insider, The Huffington Post, FishbowlNY, @caityweaver, @mcgrathmag and The Daily Beast
Los Angeles Times:
Netflix seeks to double office space by moving to a 150K square foot place in Hollywood — Netflix, on a roll, seeks to double its L.A.-area office space — Netflix, as it continues to bulk up its muscle within Hollywood, is now seeking to take up residence there.
Tyler Falk / Current.org:
NPR plans environmental reporting project with stations — NPR is assembling a new reporting team to focus on energy and the environment with contributions from journalists at its member station. — In a memo to stations, Bruce Auster, NPR's senior editor for collaborative coverage …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS Will Live-Stream Super Bowl Ads In Big Move For Media Industry — TV's most memorable and most-watched commercials will no longer be relegated to the TV set. — For nearly half a century, the only way for the average consumer to see all the glitzy commercials that accompanied …
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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The Wrap, Los Angeles Times and Variety
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