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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan criticizes paper's Amazon story, says it needed more balance and context — Was Portrayal of Amazon's Brutal Workplace On Target? — Soon after The Times's massive takeout on the culture of Amazon's workplace ("Where overachievers go to feel bad …
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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Study: 11% of iOS users report using Apple Music, 64% of those who use it now say they're likely to subscribe after free trial — Early Apple Music stats show major opportunities for growth, user retention, conversion from rival services — A new study from research firm MusicWatch shares …
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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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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Huffington Post, unmoved by polls, keeps Trump in celeb section — Donald Trump is still the Republican presidential frontrunner, the man to beat in a crowded field of hopefuls. — But at the Huffington Post, Trump remains no more of a legitimate candidate than Sharon Stone.
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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Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
Local newspapers experiment with publishing video through Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices to compete with local TV news — How local papers are looking ‘over the top’ as part of a new model for video — The governor comes to Big Beaver Elementary. A rescue crew pulls a body from the Ohio River.
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Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
Meet the young, fearless lawyer behind Gawker, Heather Dietrick — Meet the young, fearless lawyer behind Gawker — Journalists confront powerful people. When those people strike back, it's good to know a lawyer. That's especially true at Gawker Media, which takes particular glee …
Chad Swiatecki / Austin Business Journal:
Demand Media, publishers of eHow, Cracked, and Livestrong, will close its Austin office, affecting about 30 employees with layoffs or transfers — Media company leaving Austin; layoffs confirmed — Demand Media Inc., a California-based online content provider, is closing its Austin office.
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Agence France-Presse:
Worker who eluded Charlie Hebdo attackers says TV and radio news coverage put him in danger — French prosecutors probe media coverage of Paris attacks — Paris (AFP) - Did French media endanger the life of a man in January by revealing he was hiding in a printing shop …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
RCFP and a coalition of 38 news organisations call on St Louis authorities to drop charges against reporters Wesley Lowery and Ryan Reilly — News organizations protest Ferguson charges against reporters — The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and a coalition of 38 news …
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Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
The web traffic for the world's biggest publishers dropped dramatically in April — and nobody can agree why — Many of the world's biggest and best-known online news publishers saw significant drops in traffic between March and April this year. It appears Facebook might be a culprit in some way …
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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