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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
A look at the Washington Post's Knowledge Map, which provides context within articles, and how it could work in the future — How The Washington Post built — and will be building on — its “Knowledge Map” feature — Say you're reading a long story — one that picks up on a lot …
Discussion:
@storyneedle, @swatigauri and Washington Post
Lucy Dalglish / Philip Merrill College of Journalism:
American Journalism Review to cease publication; archives and site to remain available — AMERICAN JOURNALISM REVIEW TO CEASE ONLINE PUBLICATION — COLLEGE PARK, Md. - American Journalism Review will no longer be published by the Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
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Poynter, The Buttry Diary, @sdkstl, @chadsinclair, @dennisedit, @stevebuttry, @pottsmark, @jbenton, @sdkstl, @jbenton, @jbenton, @smussenden, @dangillmor and LA Observed
Brendan James / International Business Times:
Salon.com Recognizes Union, Ending Monthlong Standoff With Editorial Staff — The liberal website Salon.com on Friday recognized its editorial staffers' request to form a union late Friday, ending a monthlong standoff between writers and managers at the 20-year-old publication, International Business Times has learned.
Discussion:
Writers Guild of America East, @joanwalsh, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, Gawker, @deep_beige and The Daily Caller
David Byrne / New York Times:
Music labels and streaming services need to be more transparent about how they split money — Open the Music Industry's Black Box — THIS should be the greatest time for music in history — more of it is being found, made, distributed and listened to than ever before.
Discussion:
@veganzulal, @mikeisaac, @pkafka, @pkafka, @felixsalmon and @felixsalmon
Brian Rohan / Associated Press:
Egypt court postpones Al Jazeera journalists' retrial verdict once again, now set for August 29 — Egypt court postpones Al-Jazeera English verdict to Aug. 29 — CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Sunday again postponed announcing a verdict in the retrial of three Al-Jazeera English journalists …
Discussion:
Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Al Jazeera English, Cairo Post and @mffahmy11
Bill Carter / Hollywood Reporter:
How Jon Stewart Changed Media (and Made Megyn Kelly Cry) — On Nov. 4, 2008, the night Barack Obama was elected president, I was sitting with the audience of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart in its studio on the west side of Manhattan. No one would have been gobsmacked by the rooting interests …
Nicole Frankenhauser / WAN-IFRA:
How the BBC is using WhatsApp to boost engagement — “We very much started from a completely blank page because there weren't any other news organisations doing this stuff at the time. We didn't have anything to compare ourselves against or to see what was working elsewhere or not working …
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
Rite Aid and Food Lion to shield Cosmopolitan magazine covers to hide sexual content following “Cosmo Harms Minors” campaign spearheaded by Victoria Hearst — Cosmopolitan Magazine Covers to Be Shielded by 2 Retailers — Is Cosmopolitan so racy it needs to be covered up?
Discussion:
WWD, Fashionista, Fox Business, Hollywood Reporter, Daily Mail, The Huffington Post and The Week
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
LinkedIn asks its top 500 “Influencers” for blanket permission to syndicate posts, with no money changing hands — LinkedIn Starts Building a Syndicated Content Network — LinkedIn has gotten a lot of mileage out of the free content that famous people like Richard Branson write for the social network.
Discussion:
@startupljackson
Ben Mook / Current:
American Public Media Group lays off 10 in Minnesota, ends Wits radio show, finalizes sale of South Florida stations — American Public Media Group lays off 10 in newsroom, cancels ‘Wits’ — Comedian Patton Oswalt evokes the Karate Kid in a 2013 appearance on Wits. The show announced its cancellation this week.
Discussion:
Star Tribune and MinnPost
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Samsung Invests $2 Million in User-Video Aggregator Jukin Media — Jukin Media, which has built a business based on user-generated video with more than 1 billion monthly views on YouTube and other platforms, has raised $2 million in funding from consumer-electronics giant Samsung.
Discussion:
VideoInk
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Freedom Of The Press Foundation Sues DOJ Over Its Secret Rules For Spying On Journalists — The wonderful Freedom of the Press Foundation is now suing the US Justice Department for refusing to reveal its rules and procedures for spying on journalists. You can read the complaint here.
Discussion:
@trevortimm and Freedom of the Press …
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