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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
AOL Confirms It Is Buying Millennial Media In $238M Deal To Expand In Mobile Ads — This just in: AOL, itself acquired by Verizon for $4.4 billion earlier this year, has announced that it is making another purchase of its own. It is buying Millennial Media as it continues to build …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Al Jazeera America Digital Journalists Unionize — “A troubling lack of transparency, inconsistent management and lack of clear redress have persisted.” Digital journalists at Al Jazeera America have voted to unionize, joining a growing number of digital newsrooms that have organized in recent months.
Jim Romenesko:
Robyn Tomlin leaves Pew Research Center to become Dallas Morning News managing editor — Robyn Tomlin, Pew Research Center vice president/digital and communications, is joining the Dallas Morning News as managing editor. The editor's memo:
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Interview with Heather Chaplin, director of The New School's journalism-and-design undergraduate program — Building a j-school from scratch: How The New School aims to bring journalism and design together — It's that time of year: Journalism students are returning to campus …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Publishers will be able to determine when smartphone users are bored and push content at them — Soon, publishers will be able to determine when smartphone users are bored and push content at them — Researchers out of Spain have developed a machine-learning model that they say can recognize …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Longtime Times-Picayune editor Jim Amoss steps down — Jim Amoss, the veteran journalist who steered the New Orleans Times-Picayune through its coverage of Hurricane Katrina and an adversarial business environment, is stepping down from the editor's job after 25 years.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Gawker gets sued for defamation by Mail Online for publishing former news writer's first-person account of workplace practices — Mail Online sues Gawker for defamation over first-person piece — On March 4, Gawker published a first-person piece by James King, a former worker for the Mail Online …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
CNN's app comes pre-loaded on Samsung Gear S2 and Galaxy Tab S2, available for download on Galaxy S6, Note5, edge will display headlines as part of info ticker — CNN Partners With Samsung to Preload News App on Tablet, Smart Watch — Samsung's new Gear S2 smart watch and Galaxy Tab S2 tablet …
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Suzan Fraser / Associated Press:
Turkish official says two Vice News journalists have been released, assistant remains in custody — Turkish official: 2 Vice News journalists freed from jail — ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two Vice News journalists who were arrested in Turkey on terror-related charges have been released from jail …
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
The New York Times' Anemona Hartocollis travels with and documents a group of migrants and refugees as they move through Europe — Why The New York Times is traveling with migrants and refugees through Europe … Along with a group of migrants and refugees, Anemona Hartocollis is now making a journey through Europe.
Jennifer Brandel / Medium:
News organizations should include the public in the reporting process allowing questions to replace focus on post-publishing comments — Putting the audience last — Here's what I mean by that. — So traditionally, the first opportunity the audience has to offer feedback for journalists …