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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Washington Post Tehran correspondent Jason Rezaian steels himself for verdict as wife and mother fear acquittal unlikely — After 13 months in Iranian jail, Post reporter ‘steeling himself’ for verdict — Tuesday is visitors' day for Jason Rezaian, the day that Iranian authorities permit …
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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Los Angeles Times, CNNMoney, Poynter, Fortune, @mikiebarb, @craigsilverman, @derekwillis, iMediaEthics, @derekwillis, @justinwolfers, @jeffjarvis, bookforum.com, The Wrap, @fittsofalexis, Bloomberg Business, @dylanbyers, Business Insider, PRNewser, Gigaom, Inc.com, The Onion, @ivanthek, Media Nation, @dangillmor, @jsyche, The Drum, Talking Biz News and Guardian
Jeanine Poggi / Ad Age:
NBCUniversal's investment in BuzzFeed and Vox could help expand the company's data-driven ad products — What NBCU's Investments in BuzzFeed, Vox Could Mean for Advertising — NBCU Could Gain Access to BuzzFeed's ‘Pound’ and Vox's ‘Chorus’ — Even Small Businesses Are Ready for Marketing Automation
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Media & Entertainment and mUmBRELLA
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Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
Committee for Advertising Practice releases guidance for UK video bloggers specifying paid content must be disclosed — Here are the new rules for video bloggers to tell their fans when they've been paid by advertisers — The body that writes the UK advertising code has released …
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BBC, ITV, Netimperative, Eurogamer.net, Guardian, BBC, BBC, The Drum and Advanced Television
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Huffington Post Teams Up With Live Streaming Service YouNow on Weekly Show … The Huffington Post is rolling out a live weekly video series, called HuffPost Now, aimed at millennials through a partnership with the live streaming service YouNow. — YouNow lets people stream live video footage …
Discussion:
PR Newswire
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.
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 …
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@nicknotned and @kayelbee
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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@cgraves and @calkinsdigital
Martin Beck / Marketing Land:
Facebook passes Google as top referral source for large news sites for a second time, based on Parse.ly data — For Major Publishers, Facebook Referral Traffic Passes Google Again — Continuing the trend of social media referral traffic gains, Parse.ly data shows the social network pulling ahead …
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Fortune, @jmcduling, @jamcnn, @mathewi and MediaPost
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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France 24, Foreign Policy and Associated Press
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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The Verge, Business Wire, BuzzFeed, @penenberg, Guardian, VentureBeat, Fortune and Business Insider
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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The American Genius