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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Survey of communications school graduates: 17% say news has improved in last five years, biggest issue is the abundance of opinion and false information online — A new snapshot of the profession from 10,000 J-school grads — A massive survey of two generations of journalism and communications graduates …
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@hermida
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times Passes One Million Digital Subscriber Milestone — The New York Times Company announced today that as of Thursday, July 30, it had passed the one million paid digital-only subscriber mark, less than four-and-a-half years after launching its pay model.
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Wired, Fortune, Ad Age, Agence France-Presse, FishbowlNY, VentureBeat, Media Wire Daily and @aellick
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
New York Times Q2: $16M net income, 33K new digital subscribers, digital advertising up 14% — New York Times Co. Reports $16 Million Profit — The New York Times Company reported net income of more than $16 million for the second quarter on slightly lower revenue, as digital growth …
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investors.nytco.com, CNNMoney and Wall Street Journal
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Washington Post partners with Genius for live annotations by readers and journalists of GOP presidential debate — Washington Post to let readers annotate live coverage of tonight's GOP debate — The newspaper is experimenting with annotation technology Genius for the first time during …
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Washington Post, Rolling Stone and @mathewi
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Journalists on the media beat critique Jon Stewart on his last day — No modern media critic has gained the prominence and influence that Jon Stewart enjoys. By dint of his broad distribution, copious resources and acerbic wit, the “Daily Show” host has built his career by flagging missteps …
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POLITICO New York, Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Slate
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
The Huffington Post Names Former AOL and Spotify Executive Jared Grusd As New CEO — Jared Grusd, a former executive at AOL and Spotify, has been named the new chief executive at the Huffington Post. — Mr. Grusd spent the past four years as global head of corporate development and general counsel at Spotify.
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Variety, Poynter, @digitalshields and Wall Street Journal
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Ads on Twitter, Facebook, and Google play key role for presidential candidates; Twitter was pitching budget of $25K-$50K for campaigns for Thursday debate — Candidates Poised to Spread Their Message Through Social Media — Robust digital operations include video, text, tweets and blogs
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@wexler
Marco della Cava / USA Today:
Apple Music has 11M trial subscribers with 2M on family plan; App Store has record month in July with $1.7B in transactions — Apple Music hooks 11 million trial members, App Store has record July — One month after unveiling its new streaming music service, Apple has locked in 11 million trial members …
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Fortune, Mashable, App Advice, MacRumors, 24/7 Wall St., Business Insider, RAIN News, ZDNet, NME, Yahoo Tech, CNBC, Quartz, VentureBeat, Telegraph, Variety, @simonkhalaf, Re/code, Business Insider, New York Times, Engadget, BetaNews, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, The Verge, The Next Web, Guardian, hypebot, The Loop and MacStories
Sam Borden / New York Times:
In the UK and US, some pro sports teams are limiting media access and communicating directly to fans — English Club Shuts Out Journalists With New Kind of Defense — SWINDON, England — A few months ago, a reporter for the local newspaper here went to a charity event in town.
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@marchintonffx, @alex_ogle, @nytsports, @ashbroadley and Guardian
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Christina Warren / Mashable:
Fox News livestream faced issues for most of GOP debate; Sky News version on YouTube was cut at end of debate after Fox copyright complaint — Fox News web stream and mobile app fail during GOP debate — If you were hoping to settle in for Thursday's second GOP debate online or in the Fox News app for iOS, you were out of luck.
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The Verge, @matthewkeyslive, @matthewkeyslive and @rafat
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Blockfeed, a NYC-based news app, geotags others' articles to aggregate news, shows map of stories near user, and uses social media buzz to prioritize stories — Blockfeed App Surfaces Hyper Local News — The death knell has been sounded for local journalism at regular intervals during the digital era.
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Digiday, The New York Observer and The Drum
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Two-thirds of UK's Netflix and Amazon users don't watch their original shows — More British online TV subscribers say they view films or US shows than exclusive programmes such as House of Cards or Orange is the New Black — Two-thirds of online TV subscribers in the UK …
Ken Doctor / Politico:
The Washington Post's audience has grown 65% YoY due to newsroom investment, embracing technology, and engaging in distribution partnerships — Is The Washington Post closing in on the Times? — Could it be? An old-fashioned newspaper war, but one fought in the digital trenches?
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