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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 and @meganspecia
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter adds experimental News tab in Android and iOS apps, with tweets from pre-approved publishers — Twitter Experiments With A ‘News’ Tab — Twitter wants to make its best stuff easier to find. — Starting today, some U.S. Twitter users will see a News tab appear in their Twitter apps.
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Engadget, The Wrap, @parkerjthomas, @jwherrman, The Verge and MacStories
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
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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@alisongow and @chelm
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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Hollywood Reporter, TBI Vision, Indian Television Dot Com and Advanced Television
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.
Glynnis Macnicol / ELLE:
Churning out clickbait provided a living during the lean years, creating lingering shame but also skills like speed and confidence — My Private Shame: You've Fallen for My Clickbait Headlines — I spent years creating the type of content people loved. And I hate myself for it.
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@bendreyfuss, @nbj914, @megancarpentier, @vonverena and @kia_mak
David Barstow / New York Times:
India Blocks 857 Pornography Websites, Defying Supreme Court Decision — NEW DELHI — Without warning or explanation, the Indian government this weekend ordered Internet service providers to block access to 857 pornography websites that had been singled out by an anti-pornography activist.
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@supremecourtfan, @rupasubramanya, @picardonhealth, @aparna_jain, Engadget and TorrentFreak
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Time Inc. reports Q2 earnings of $24M one year after spin-off from Time Warner, CEO touts plan to reengineer business, confident in return to financial growth — More than a year after the company's spin-off from Time Warner, Joe Ripp touts “our plan to fundamentally reengineer the business.”
Discussion:
FishbowlNY, Reuters, Time Inc. and Future Media Lab
Clifford Coonan / Hollywood Reporter:
Kobe Bryant, China's Alibaba Team on ‘Muse’ Documentary — Bryant, Alibaba and Sina will also team up on branded products for online platforms. — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced a wide-ranging deal with Kobe Bryant's company to release the L.A. Laker star's recent Showtime …
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South China Morning Post, Variety and Deadline
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
How AJ+ embraces Facebook, autoplay, and comments to make its videos stand out — It's been a year since AJ+, Al Jazeera's bet on a mobile-centric future, debuted. AJ+ eschews a news website in favor of an app and focuses heavily on video, and its strategy for audience growth is dependent on social media.
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