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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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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 …
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.
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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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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PR Newswire
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, Associated Press and Foreign Policy
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
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
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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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
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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