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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, @parkerjthomas, @jwherrman, The Wrap, The Verge and MacStories
Associated Press:
Mexico City mayor vows full probe of journalist slaying — MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City's mayor said Monday that no expense will be spared and no line of investigation ignored in the hunt for the killers of four women and a photojournalist, who had fled the state where he worked fearing for his safety.
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The Intercept, Christian Science Monitor and Associated Press
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Deborah Bonello / Los Angeles Times:
For reporters in Mexico, journalist Ruben Espinosa's death underscores job's growing danger
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New York Times, @iwmf, @aalbaladejo, @marklittlenews, @bdelossantos1, @franklinblog and @nycjim
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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@niemanlab
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.”
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Reuters, Future Media Lab and Time Inc.
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, @kia_mak, @megancarpentier and @vonverena
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, Indian Television Dot Com, Advanced Television and TBI Vision
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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@rupasubramanya, @supremecourtfan, @picardonhealth, @aparna_jain, Engadget and TorrentFreak
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Chernin/AT&T joint venture Otter Media rebranding as Ellation, with new goal to build 30 to 50 paid niche video channels — Chernin, AT&T Set Brand for New Online Video Venture: Ellation (Exclusive) — Otter Media, the joint venture between AT&T and the Chernin Group …
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@jank0
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Investors, including The Daily Mail, purchase Tiger Beat magazine for $2M, plan to revive it — Tiger Beat Magazine Is Revived With a New Vision — Tiger Beat, the magazine whose flattering photographs of young pop stars and actors made it a favorite of teenage girls, has found its Prince Charming.
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Digiday, Mashable, Paper, @kcoxdc, @melbournecoal, @alanjpatricof, Media Wire Daily and FishbowlNY
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
Hank Green / Medium:
YouTube vlogger Hank Green accuses Facebook of distorting video viewing figures, hosting and encouraging stolen content — Theft, Lies, and Facebook Video — Facebook says it's now streaming more video than YouTube. To be able to make that claim, all they had to do was cheat, lie, and steal.
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The Drum, Digiday, Re/code, Business Insider, Guardian, @davechensky, @hankgreen, @codinghorror, Fortune, @mims, The Week, @gearheadgirl27, @benparr, @mcgregormt, @kevinbrueck, 9to5Google, @petersontee, @eringriffith, The Wrap, @ryanlawler, @kevinroose, @alexweprin and Digital Spy
Gurman Bhatia / Poynter:
How a 17-year-old Daily Dot reporter, William Turton, broke the New York Magazine cyber attack story — Meet the 17-year-old who breaks cybersecurity news — William Turton was transcribing interviews at The Daily Dot office when he got the information that Planned Parenthood's website had been hacked.
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@owenthomas and @jacksmithiv
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