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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Sunlight Foundation, Melody Kramer, and 20 others media/tech projects get Knight Prototype Funds — Knight Foundation is giving 22 media and technology projects the chance to get one step closer to reality with a little help from the Prototype Fund. The projects include open-source tools …
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Knight Foundation
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
How Mashable took user-generated content to create an animated story about Syria — When Louise Roug first saw the storyboards for Mashable's animation on a city in Syria, they were just rough outlines. Then the animators started filling in the color. — “That's when I completely recognized parts …
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Mashable, @meganspecia and @kellymcb
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Guardian head of news Stuart Millar follows Janine Gibson and James Ball to Buzzfeed — Buzzfeed has announced the recruitment of another high-profile Guardian journalist, head of news Stuart Millar. — Press Gazette reported last week that Millar was leaving the newspaper after 19 years.
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Poynter, Guardian, @stuartmillar159, @jamesrbuk, @mlcalderone, @ggreenwald, @johncassidy, @paulhamilos and @lukelewis
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iran will let some BBC journalists in the country to report for a week on special report — Official: Iran to partially allow BBC to report for a week — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian government official said Tuesday the Islamic Republic will allow some BBC journalists to report …
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Global Voices and The Iran Project
Matt Pakes / Medium:
Facebook product manager responds to YouTube vlogger Hank Green's allegations, defends viewing metrics, says they're exploring new IP management tools — Theft, Lies, and Facebook Video — Hi, my name is Matt Pakes and I'm a product manager at Facebook, responsible for video products.
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Digiday, @mathewi, ITProPortal, @pkafka, @mikeisaac, @chrismoranuk, Re/code and Fortune
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Taylor Swift claims Spotify is a “startup with no cash flow”, recounts the thinking behind her open letter to Apple — Taylor Swift wrote Apple Music letter at 4AM: ‘I read it to my mom’ — A new Taylor Swift interview in Vanity Fair offers some interesting background …
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Forbes, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, Yahoo Tech, App Advice, Guardian and Mashable
Patrick Frater / Variety:
BBC Worldwide to launch its first video-on-demand services in India following deal with Tata Sky across TV, PCs, tablets and mobiles — BBC Worldwide In VoD Pact With India's Tata Sky — BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation, is to launch its first video-on-demand …
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TBI Vision, Indian Television Dot Com, Hollywood Reporter and Advanced Television
Reuters:
Germany's top prosecutor Harald Range accuses government of interfering in investigation into news site netzpolitik.org — Top German prosecutor accuses Berlin of interfering in treason investigation — Germany's top public prosecutor accused the government on Tuesday of interfering …
Storyful / Medium:
How a Production Company Faked ‘Instagram Migrant’ Account — By Eliza Mackintosh, Storyful journalist — An Instagram account purportedly documenting a migrant's journey from Dakar, Senegal, to Spain began trending on Sunday after the Huffington Post shared a story about it.
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@kristoforlawson, @alisongow, @chelm and UK - The Huffington Post
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
The more brands use influencers for social ad campaigns, the less impact each influencer has — Cool Influencers With Big Followings Get Picky About Their Endorsements — Ricky Dillon, 23, who is known for creating quirky online videos, has millions of followers on Instagram and Twitter.
Reuters:
Charter's net loss widens to $122M in Q2, loses 33K video subs — Charter Communications posts bigger quarterly loss — U.S. cable company Charter Communications Inc (CHTR.O) reported a bigger quarterly loss, hurt by costs related to debt extinguishment and the failed deal between Comcast Corp …
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Multichannel News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Wall Street Journal and 24/7 Wall St.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Bloomberg homepage gets more headlines, smaller photos — Jed Sandberg, Michael Shane and Paul Maya of Bloomberg's web operation sent the below note this morning to the Bloomberg staff:
Thanks:@talkingbiznews
Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
fuboTV, a subscription-based OTT platform which livestreams soccer matches, raises $4M from investors, including Sling Media co-founder Blake Krikorian — fuboTV Scores $4M ‘A’ Round — Soccer-Focused OTT Service Aims to Add Content, Expand Platform — fuboTV, a subscription-based OTT platform …
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Media & Entertainment
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Netflix sets launch date in Japan for Sept. 2, with Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Iceland to follow in coming months — Netflix to launch in Japan, its first Asian market, on September 2 — Netflix finally has a launch date for Asia — it will launch in Japan on September 2, 2015.
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