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Gene Demby / Race : NPR:
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., notebook in hand, when I ran into two good friends who were also on the clock, Joel Anderson of BuzzFeed and Jamelle Bouie of Slate.
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The Huffington Post, @jamilsmith, @jbouie, @propublica, @justinnxt 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, Deadline, @brianstelter and @edmundlee
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.
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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, Washington Times, Washington Post, Media Wire Daily, PR Newswire, The Hill, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and ABC
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
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, Al Bawaba, CNN, Associated Press and Guardian
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, @glichfield, The Verge, @munin, @dangillmor, Techdirt and @dellcam
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
The Wall Street Journal Rebuts Iranian Charges of Spying by Its Reporter — Newspaper describes allegations as ‘completely false’ — The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday rebutted charges of spying against one of its reporters that appeared recently in Iranian media outlets.
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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 …
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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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
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