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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
How The Skimm's passionate readership helped its newsletter grow to 1.5 million subscribers — To hear Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin tell it, when they launched their email newsletter The Skimm three years ago, they had no plan for creating an engaged community around it.
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@mathewi, @justinnxt and @rafat
Jonah Peretti / BuzzFeed:
In email memo, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti says NBCUniversal investment will allow the site to extend its reach to TV and film — Big News — I'm very excited to share that NBCUniversal has agreed to invest $200M in BuzzFeed and partner with us to extend our reach to TV and film.
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BuzzFeed, TechCrunch, @brianstelter, Press Gazette and The Next Web
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
CNN International, BBC, CNBC didn't make clear that some programs were sponsored by NGOs, foreign governments, charities, says UK watchdog Ofcom — BBC World News, CNN International and CNBC broke sponsorship rules — News channels failed to make it clear that some current affairs programmes …
Joe Sutherland / Wikimedia blog:
Study of how Wikipedia responds to breaking news, including speed of editing, use of sources, and range of contributors based on a sample story — How Wikipedia responds to breaking news — Wikipedia is capable of covering news like any news agency. Photo by Kai Mörk, freely licensed under CC BY 3.0 (Germany).
Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix increases standard monthly subscription in Europe from €8.99 to €9.99 — Netflix Raises Subscription Price in Europe — In order to “continue providing good series and films,” the streaming service increases its standard monthly subscription to just over $11.
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newstalk.com, BreakingNews.ie and Variety
Latin American Herald Tribune:
Over 500 writers from around the world sign letter urging Mexico's president to end violence against press — Writers Call on Mexico's President to End Violence against Press — MEXICO CITY - A group of writers and artists from around the world, including Britain's Salman Rushdie …
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PEN International, telesurtv.net, Financial Times, Authorlink and Guardian
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
TV to get $10B in political ad spending during 2015-16 elections, digital to top $1B — Political Ad Spending to Hit $11.4B in 2016 — TV gets bulk of political dollars, but digital will top $1B, according to Borrell forecast — Political advertising is expected to reach a record $11.4 billion …
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Ad Age and NetNewsCheck Latest
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
New Dr. Dre album with 25M streams in first week, nearly 500K downloads through iTunes, serves as test for Apple Music — New Dr. Dre Album Serves as a Test for Apple Music — When Apple introduced its new streaming service, Apple Music, at the end of June, one of the big questions hanging …
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Fortune, Business Insider, RAIN News, Rolling Stone, hypebot, The FADER, The Verge and 9to5Mac
Magdy Samaan / Telegraph:
Egypt approves anti-terror law to fine journalists for ‘false’ reporting on attacks — Critics say the controversial law would stifle press freedom in Egypt and risk shutting down smaller newspapers — The Egyptian government has granted itself sweeping powers to combat terrorism …
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Committee to Protect …, Associated Press, Reuters, CNN, BBC, Financial Times, Voice of America, Agence France-Presse, Agence France-Presse and CTVNews
Raymond Snoddy / Mediatel:
New book, The BBC Today: Future Uncertain, reveals insider details behind BBC's negotiations with government over cuts — Revealed: the botched affair between government and the BBC — Last month's negotiations between the government and the BBC were far more intense and potentially malign …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Six weeks into adoption of paywall plus pay-per-article model, Winnipeg Free Press has about 1,300 readers using system; overall web traffic is down 30% — Six weeks into its micropayment strategy, The Winnipeg Free Press preps for a “slow building process” — Fair or not, Winnipeggers have a reputation for being frugal.
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@jcstearns, Poynter and @jbenton
Mdlina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Paul Smalera, ideas editor at Quartz, talks about getting started in journalism, favorite tools, key skills — ‘We are all internet reporters now’ - Q&A with Paul Smalera — Paul Smalera, ideas editor at Quartz, shares how he got into journalism and his advice for those starting out in the industry
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