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Chris Ariens / FishbowlNY:
Daily News No Longer For Sale — Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman has called off the sale of the nearly 100-year-old New York newspaper. “For a variety of reasons, I have decided to withdraw the Daily News from the market,” Zuckerman writes in a memo to staffers obtained by FishbowlNY
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The New York Observer, New York Times, Politico, The Wrap, Bloomberg Business, @brianstelter and @joepompeo
Kevin Dugan / New York Post:
Bloomberg to lay off about 100 editorial employees — Bloomberg is planning to slim its ranks, sources said on Wednesday. — The financial media giant, which employs about 2,700 journalists across the globe, is planning to lay off about 100 employees, or about 3.7 percent …
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Media Wire Daily, FishbowlNY, The Wrap, Poynter and @mlcalderone
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Organized labor movements and rapid expansion through investment are at odds in digital media companies — As Investors Circle, Organized Labor Moves Into Digital Media — Vice Media's recent move is part of a broader unionization push at outlets as the industry also seeks investments
Agence France-Presse:
Gambia seeks to harden sedition charges against journalist — Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) - Gambia sought Tuesday to transfer the sedition case against a high-profile journalist, who was twice allegedly abducted by secret police, to a higher court and add six charges against him.
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Associated Press
Gurman Bhatia / Poynter:
ProPublica receives $2.2 million from Knight Foundation to expand audience engagement efforts — The Knight Foundation announced Thursday that it would be providing ProPublica with $2.2 million in funding. The money will be aimed toward helping the investigative non-profit improve …
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Nieman Lab and Knight Foundation
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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TVNewser, CNNMoney, Business Insider, Poynter, @edmundlee, Deadline and @brianstelter
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
EE TV update focuses on personalization, second screen interactivity, and search — EE TV to launch new features as streaming battle hots up — Service's first major update since its rollout offers personalisation, improved search, a second screen experience and more
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TechRadar.com, Gizmodo UK, broadcastnow.co.uk, Recombu, Geeky Gadgets, Engadget, Advanced Television and Pocket-lint
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Journalists charged £100 to cover Notting Hill Carnival and told to share work with organisers — Journalists wishing to cover the Notting Hill Carnival are being asked by organisers to pay an accreditation fee of £100 and to share their articles, photographs and video with them.
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BT.com, Amateur Photographer, HoldTheFrontPage and Guardian
Los Angeles Times:
Times reaffirms decision that Ted Rall's blog post did not meet its standards — A blog post by political cartoonist Ted Rall, and a subsequent note to readers by Nicholas Goldberg, editor of The Times' editorial pages, have occasioned questions from readers. Below is a detailed look at the matter by Times editors.
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CounterPunch, @mattwelch, aNewDomain and Ted Rall's Rallblog
James Titcomb / Telegraph:
Latest Sky+ update includes watch list, recommendations, Rotten Tomato ratings, on-demand features and more as it competes with internet services — Sky adds Netflix-style features to Movies as it competes with internet services — Recommendation and on-demand features introduced as broadcaster faces rising on-demand competition
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Sky News, IP&TV News, TechRadar.com, Gizmodo UK, Pocket-lint, Dailystar.co.uk, The Next Web, Guardian and Engadget
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 …
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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