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Gene Demby / Race : NPR:
The unrelenting struggles, trauma, and emotional fatigue endured by black reporters on the ‘black death’ beat — How Black Reporters Report On Black Death — On an unbearably hot August afternoon last summer, I was walking along West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo. …
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@johnedwinmason, @propublica, @justinnxt, @byjoelanderson, @jamilsmith, @jbouie and @tasneemraja
Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Weather Channel hires bankers to explore sale, is considering selling only its digital business — Weather Channel Said to Hire Morgan Stanley, PJT to Seek Sale — The owners of the Weather Channel have hired the banks Morgan Stanley and PJT Partners Inc. to explore a sale, according to people familiar with the matter.
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CNNMoney, @brianstelter, @edmundlee and Deadline
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
Margarita Barrero / INMA:
Journalists at El Colombiano add readers' comments to a Twitter story, which later appears in both print and digital newspapers — El Colombiano reaches new audiences through Twitter storytelling — Twittercrónica is a story-telling tool born in the Internet.
Discussion:
@mathewi
Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
Ashley Madison owner Avid Life Media sent DMCA takedown request for tweets showing company details — Ashley Madison Sent Me a DMCA Request for Tweeting 2 Cells of a Spreadsheet — As journalists (and probably criminals) dig through the cache of internal documents and customer data leaked …
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Krebs on Security, Mashable, @digiphile, Techdirt, @dellcam, @glichfield, The Verge, @munin and @dangillmor
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, The Hill, Washington Times, Washington Post, Media Wire Daily, PR Newswire, The Daily Caller, ABC and Mediaite
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, Poynter, Al Bawaba, CNN, Guardian and Associated Press
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
The Wall Street Journal says Iranian allegations of spying by Middle East reporter Farnaz Fassihi are completely false, outlandish, and irresponsible — The Wall Street Journal Rebuts Iranian Charges of Spying by Its Reporter — Newspaper describes allegations as ‘completely false’
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Wall Street Journal, nieman.harvard.edu, New York Times, Associated Press, @joelcpj, @nytimescohen and @farnazfassihi
Madison Mainwaring / The Atlantic:
Only two full-time dance critics remain at US newspapers as arts coverage declines — The Death of the American Dance Critic — Misty Copeland has become something of a household name in recent months. In late June, she became the first black ballerina to be named principal at American Ballet Theater …
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Digital Media Consumption Is Booming as Investment Floods In — Here's some good news for online publishers: People in the U.S. are consuming more digital media than ever before, and their appetite for it is only growing. — According to data from online measurement firm comScore …
Myles Udland / Business Insider:
Chart from Wall Street research firm Pacific Crest shows top eight cable providers saw subscriptions fall 463K in Q2 2015 up from decline of 141K in Q2 2014 — This is the scariest chart in the history of cable TV. — What we're looking at here, via Wall Street research firm Pacific Crest …
Chris Sutcliffe / TheMediaBriefing:
The Economist's managing director of circulation, Michael Brunt, describes how the publication is using apps to drive global growth — The Economist's Michael Brunt on refining the journey from consumer to subscriber — Michael Brunt, chief marketing officer and managing director …
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