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Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Director General Tony Hall outlines new plans for “open” BBC, including local news partnerships — BBC will offer staff and content to help local newspapers — Director general plans for an ‘open’ BBC reporting on public services and removed from expansionism
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Katie Collins / Wired UK:
BBC to expand World Service influence in North Korea and Russia — The BBC's World Service is respected as a source of reliable, unbiased journalism in countries around the world, but the corporation is now hoping to expand its influence in countries where freedom of speech and of the press is often stifled.
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BBC:
Outlining plans for BBC, Tony Hall compares it to Google, wants to help people understand world's information — BBC pledges to become ‘open platform’ for creativity — The BBC has pledged to work more closely with the UK's arts and science institutions to “make Britain the greatest cultural force in the world”.
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Anya George Tharakan / Reuters:
Media General to buy diversified media company Meredith for $2.34 billion — Media General Inc said it would buy diversified media company Meredith Corp for about $2.34 billion to create the third-largest local TV station owner in the United States. — The cash and stock offer of $51.53 per share …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Kim Dotcom worked on music service with Universal in 2012 that used ad-injection tech to replace 10% of others' ads with ads from his own network — This Was Kim Dotcom's Crazy Plan to Save the Music Business — Kim Dotcom is known to be more than a little eccentric.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
News UK launches tablet-only version Irish edition of The Times, with 30 journalists and dedicated editor — News UK claims journalism first for Ireland with launch of new Times digital edition — The Times today launched a tablet-only Irish edition with 30 journalists and a dedicated editor.
Gerald Lynch / Gizmodo:
Netflix says offline viewing would add too much complexity to the service, will not be popular despite many users asking for it — The Real Reason Netflix Won't Offer Offline Downloads — Offline downloads are perhaps the most often requested, “holy grail” feature of TV and movie streaming services …
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Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Reader advisory group helps Peoria, Illinois' Journal Star improve coverage of underserved community — A Peoria paper is working to ‘be there’ in underserved community—without adding reporters — Robin Berry remembered a time in Peoria, Illinois, when residents of the South Side …
Amie Tsang / New York Times:
China's public shaming of Caijing business magazine journalist Wang Xiaolu over negative stock market story raises fears about prospects of journalistic freedom — Caijing Journalist's Shaming Signals China's Growing Control Over News Media — HONG KONG — When the Chinese Ministry …
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@amyyqin, @jamesbreiner and TechCrunch
Valeriya Safronova / New York Times:
Quarterly print magazine Street Dreams features street photography from Instagram — Street Dreams Magazine Flips the Script, Bringing Instagram to Print — If the measure of a successful party is the sidewalk overflow, then Street Dreams magazine had arrived.
Journalism in the Americas:
Journalism played a central role in the fall and arrest of the president of Guatemala — The resignation of the president of Guatemala, Otto Pérez Molina, and his subsequent detention for alleged involvement in a corruption network, is not just a victory for democracy …
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New York Times
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Pagefair's estimate that publishers will lose $21.8B due to ad blocking ignores law of supply and demand, so is likely overstated — Widely Cited Ad Blocking Study Finding $21.8 Billion Loss Is Incorrect — Supply and demand were purposefully overlooked, leading to larger number.
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