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Tim Peterson / Ad Age:
IAB Explores Its Options to Fight Ad Blockers, Including Lawsuits — Trade Org Has Held Two Summits This Summer to Map a Course of Action — As the digital media and advertising industries come to grips with the rise of ad blocking, so is one of the industry's more prominent organizing bodies.
Discussion:
@profcarroll and @tomewing
Les Hinton / British Journalism Review:
Former Dow Jones CEO and News International executive chairman responds to Rupert Murdoch's critics — Life with Murdoch, Les Hinton — Rupert Murdoch's longest-serving lieutenant staggers under the weight of books written about his old boss More than half a century ago …
Discussion:
@leshinton, @peterjukes, @piersmorgan, @peterjukes, @waynesmith1971, @jamesrbuk, @peterjukes, @leshinton, Guido Fawkes and Jon Slattery
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Mail Online sues Gawker and former employee for defamation for publishing 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 …
Discussion:
Gawker, Adweek, @learmonth, bookforum.com, New York Post, Mediaite and @nickconfessore
Celeste Lecompte / Nieman Reports:
How automation helps reporters expand coverage, engage audiences, and respond to breaking news — Automation in the Newsroom — How algorithms are helping reporters expand coverage, engage audiences, and respond to breaking news — Philana Patterson, assistant business editor for the Associated Press …
Discussion:
MediaShift, @tedgioia and @ap_corpcomm
Marissa Newman / The Times of Israel:
Israel bans journalists at public broadcasting organization from expressing opinions in newscasts as broadcaster reorganizes, dropping TV tax — State broadcast journalists condemn ban on expressing political opinions — Reporter slams ‘shameful’ clause in new law; Press Council …
Discussion:
Haaretz, Jerusalem Post, ABC News and Guardian
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon buys web and mobile video conversion company Elemental Technologies for a reported $500M — Amazon to Buy Video Reformatter Elemental Technologies — Deal could help Amazon become central player in rush to provide consumers video on all types of devices
Discussion:
TechCrunch, USA Today, KGW-TV, Business Insider, Bloomberg Business, VideoInk, Forbes, VentureBeat, GeekWire and Variety
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Sudanese journalist arrested in Saudi Arabia, faces deportation — New York, September 3, 2015—A Sudanese journalist has been detained for more than a month without charge in Saudi Arabia, according to news reports. Waleed al-Hussein al-Dood could face deportation to Sudan …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Journalists ‘pushed away’ from ‘distressing scenes’ involving migrants at Hungarian train station — about Journalists ‘pushed away’ from ‘distressing scenes’ involving migrants at Hungarian train station- Comments — Journalists have reported being “pushed away” by police from …
Discussion:
@lindseyhilsum and @lindseyhilsum
Gurman Bhatia / Poynter:
Al Jazeera English builds Slack bots that share breaking news alerts with staff, give traffic analytics, and recommend related stories with keywords — The Slack bot trend continues, this time with Al Jazeera English — When the Virginia shooting happened last week …
Discussion:
@gurmanbhatia
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:
Discussion:
Poynter, Biz Beat Blog, @jimbrady and @ckrewson
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Spotify updates privacy policy with clearer language after backlash — Spotify is overhauling its privacy policy today with plainer language that should be readable to the average human — not just lawyers. The streaming service found itself amid a furor last month after its users complained …
Discussion:
Spotify Blog, Fortune, Business Insider and BetaNews
Michael Pizzi / Al Jazeera America:
The Vice reporters' arrest and continuing detention of their assistant highlight Turkey's crackdown on Internet freedom and encryption — Case of Vice reporters underlines Turkish crackdown on Internet freedom — Two British reporters freed, but Iraqi stringer remains in jail for downloading same encryption software used by ISIL
Discussion:
Al Jazeera English, Refinery29 and New York Magazine
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