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8:10 AM ET, August 28, 2015

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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
The Daily Show hires Baratunde Thurston to expand production of original content for digital platforms as viral content becomes crucial to late-night success  —  ‘The Daily Show’ Gets Ready to Go Viral  —  Though “The Daily Show” is generally consumed as a once-a-day experience …
Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
News organizations should change the way they cover mass killings to avoid fueling copycats, just as they show caution in coverage of suicides  —  The Virginia Shooter Wanted Fame.  Let's Not Give It to Him.  —  A BRUTAL attack takes place on live television; the on-air reporter and cameraman …
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Alexandra Bruell / Ad Age:
BuzzFeed and online ad buyer GroupM partner to share resources for ad creation and analytics  —  GroupM Inks Year-Long BuzzFeed Deal for Data, Creative and Preferential Rates  —  GroupM's Rob Norman Expects to Spend 50% More With BuzzFeed  —  $137.8B  —  WPP media agency network GroupM …
Margaret Canning / Belfast Telegraph:
UTV reports pre-tax profits of £1m: Results down from £10m a year earlier  —  The Belfast Telegraph revealed last week that UTV Media plc is to announce the sale to ITV of its television arm  —  UTV Media plc has reported pre-tax profits of £1m for the first six months of 2015 — down from £10m a year earlier.
New York Times:
European publishers are actively lobbying to strengthen copyright rules and limit Google's advertising power  —  European Publishers Play Lobbying Role Against Google  —  BERLIN — In private sessions this summer, giant publishers and media companies from Germany, France and elsewhere …
Agence France-Presse:
Two French journalists arrested in Paris after demanding €3M to not publish a book about the king of Morocco  —  2 French journalists held for ‘attempted blackmail of Morocco king’  —  Paris (AFP) - Two French investigative journalists were arrested on Thursday in Paris on suspicion …
The Atlantic:
The Atlantic launches Notes, a section for staff blogging with comments submitted via email  —  Welcome to Notes  —  We've brought blogging back to TheAtlantic.com.  Here are some thoughts from our editors on what this new section's all about.  —  As Gould said, we're hoping Notes …
Michael Biesecker / Associated Press:
Associated Press and Reporters Committee for Press Freedom sue Department of Justice over FBI failure to provide public records related to 2014 fake news story  —  AP sues over access to FBI records involving fake news story  —  The Associated Press sued the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday …
Bree Fowler / Associated Press:
Report: phishing scheme linked to Iran targeted an exiled journalist, EFF activist Jillian York, and others  —  Report links hacking scheme to Iran  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have linked a sophisticated hacking scheme targeting Iranian dissidents and at least one freedom of expression activist back to Iran.
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook's Post-Roll Video Ad Test With the NFL and Verizon Quietly Ends  —  Late last year, Facebook inked a unique partnership with one of the more discerning and coveted media partners out there: the National Football League.  —  The deal featured NFL clips being promoted in people's Facebook news feeds.
Vanessa Quirk / TOWCenter:
Gimlet Media President Matt Lieber on native advertising and impact of future tech in podcasts  —  Interview: Matt Lieber, Gimlet Media  —  Matt Lieber is the President of Gimlet Media, a podcast network he co-founded with Alex Blumberg (of This American Life, Planet Money fame) that has gathered significant buzz and investors.
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