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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 …
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New York Times, Associated Press, Al Bawaba, Guardian and CNN
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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Politico, Media & Entertainment and mUmBRELLA
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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 …
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TVNewser, Media Wire Daily, Washington Times, Washington Post, The Hill, PR Newswire, The Daily Caller, ABC and Mediaite
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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Guardian, Publishers Weekly, Los Angeles Times, The Wrap, Quartz, CNNMoney, Washington Post, Fortune, @mikiebarb, @derekwillis, @barryeisler, iMediaEthics, Poynter, bookforum.com, @derekwillis, @jeffjarvis, @justinwolfers, @craigsilverman, TIME, The PJ Tatler, @fittsofalexis, Business Insider, @dylanbyers, @nyteileen, Gigaom, Inc.com, The Onion, Media Nation, @ivanthek, @dangillmor, @jsyche and The Drum
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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@calkinsdigital and @cgraves
Suzanne Kapner / Wall Street Journal:
Wal-Mart, Kohl's, and Sears cut back on newspaper circulars as retailers turn to digital, social, and radio marketing — Retailers Cut Back on Newspaper Circulars — Wal-Mart, Kohl's and Sears shift strategy; each reported sluggish sales for the second quarter
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Lloyd's List to launch ‘Intelligence’ print magazine Sept. 7, will publish ten issues a year — Lloyd's List launches return to print two years after going digital-only — Shipping industry news title Lloyd's List is increasing its editorial staff and staging a return to print some two years after it went digital-only.
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, BBC, Eurogamer.net, Advanced Television, Netimperative, The Drum, BBC and Guardian
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Google Is Opening A YouTube Production Studio In Mumbai, India — There's good news for aspiring YouTube stars in India after Google announced its first YouTube Space for the country. Located in Mumbai, the production facility — the second of its kind in Asia — will be hosted …
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The Economic Times, Official Google India Blog, Hindustan Times and The Next Web
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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@kayelbee and @nicknotned
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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SocialTimes, Fortune, ValueWalk, 24/7 Wall St., Business Insider, @jmcduling, @jamcnn, @mathewi and MediaPost