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Kevin Dugan / New York Post:
Bloomberg to lay off about 100 editorial staffers, primarily covering politics and government in New York and Washington bureaus — Bloomberg to lay off about 100 editorial employees — Bloomberg is planning to slim its ranks, sources said on Wednesday.
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Politico, The Wrap, FishbowlDC, Media Wire Daily, Reuters, Poynter, @mlcalderone and FishbowlNY
Daniel Kopf / Priceonomics Blog:
Popularity of New York Times' posts, sections, writers, and tech writers by Facebook shares and likes — What New York Times Content Is Popular on Facebook? — Every day, the New York Times chooses to post a number of their articles to their Facebook page.
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
After several negotiations, New York Daily News owner Zuckerman tells staff he's not selling — Zuckerman Decides Against Selling The Daily News — After months of exploring a sale, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the owner of The New York Daily News, has decided to keep the newspaper after all …
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FishbowlNY, The New York Observer, New York Post, Reuters, New York Times, New York Daily News and Wall Street Journal
Robert Cookson / Financial Times:
Spotify bans record labels from paying people who control playlists to promote songs — Spotify bans ‘payola’ on playlists — Spotify is cracking down on a controversial practice known as “payola”, in which record labels pay people who control influential playlists on the music streaming service to promote certain songs.
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Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Sources: streaming music playlists are influenced by “pay for play”, like radio payola, and practice is part of music label marketing — How ‘Playola’ Is Infiltrating Streaming Services: Pay for Play Is ‘Definitely Happening’ — As the Internet has leveled many power blocs …
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Music Business Worldwide
Marin Cogan / New York Magazine:
Q&A with Mike Elk on trying to unionize Politico, his unsettled job status, and workers' rights — Mike Elk Tried to Unionize Politico's Staff — and Now Has Apparently Been Fired. What Happened? — “Unfortunately, the anti-union forces in the newsroom have tried to make the union drive all about me.”
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The Huffington Post, Talking Biz News, Poynter and The Daily Caller
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
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
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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LA Observed, Ted Rall's Rallblog, CounterPunch, @mattwelch, aNewDomain and @heerjeet
Samuel Gibbs / Guardian:
UK data protection watchdog gives Google 35 days to remove links to news stories about right to be forgotten link removals — Google ordered to remove links to ‘right to be forgotten’ removal stories — UK data protection watchdog orders search engine to remove search result links …
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ico.org.uk, BetaNews, Business Insider, Re/code, Search Engine Land, The Verge, The Next Web and broadstuff
Denis Dumo / Reuters:
South Sudanese journalist killed in capital, days after president issued threats to media — South Sudanese journalist shot dead in capital — A South Sudanese journalist was shot dead while leaving a newspaper's office late on Wednesday, his colleagues said.
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Agence France-Presse and Associated Press
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Political ads coming to Instagram as the platform offers 2016 presidential candidates new ad targeting options — 2016 Candidates Take Political Ads to Instagram — Political ads are coming to Instagram. — As of this week, the photo-based social media platform is allowing the 2016 candidates …
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Re/code
Andy / TorrentFreak:
Danish police arrest operators of two Popcorn Time guide websites that didn't link to any copyright-infringing material — Police Arrest Men For Spreading Popcorn Time Information — More than a year after its 2014 launch and the popularity of the now famous Popcorn Time video streaming application …
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Business Insider, The Verge, The Local, Engadget and Gizmodo
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