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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


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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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

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


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


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


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.


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


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


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.


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


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