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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple announces new Apple TV with touchpad remote, universal search, Siri, App Store, running on new OS called tvOS, starting at $149 for 32GB model — Apple Unveils A More Powerful Apple TV, Shipping In October — Confirming earlier reports, Apple unveiled the fourth-generation Apple TV today …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
What Apple's announcements could mean for news organizations: video apps, new Touch interface, iPads for reporting, faster launch time for Watch news apps — Apple announces an app platform for Apple TV, potentially big for news outlets investing in video — It's early September …
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, Mashable, Digital Spy, Engadget and 9to5Mac
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Greenpeace hires team of investigative journalists — Former BBC and New York Times journalists among new team, with ex-Newsnight correspondent Meirion Jones acting as a consultant — Greenpeace has hired a team of investigative journalists as part of plans to make investigations …
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The New York Observer, @rogerpielkejr, Charity Digital News, @niemanlab, @sunny_hundal, @dangillmor and Mashable
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Instagram debuts 30 second commercials, introduces premium short ad format Marquee, and announces ads will be available globally by end of September — Instagram Ads Go Global, Including New 30-Second Commercials — Instagram is done experimenting and is ready to ramp up ad revenue.
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Instagram for Business, Adweek, Guardian, SocialTimes, Ad Age, Business Insider, AdExchanger, Variety, AppsFlyer, Engadget, Gizmodo, Tribune Reporter, Bloomberg Business, CNBC, The Next Web, The Verge, The Drum, VentureBeat and Fortune
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
21st Century Fox to take majority control of National Geographic in $725M deal, Declan Moore named CEO — 21st Century Fox Expands National Geographic Partnership in $725 Million Deal — 21st Century Fox is expanding its holdings in the National Geographic brand with a $725 million deal …
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National Geographic …, Washington Post, Washingtonian, BuzzFeed, New York Times, Broadcasting & Cable, Radio & Television …, The Huffington Post, WWD, Fortune, The Verge, Adweek, Los Angeles Times, Talking Points Memo, Broadcasting & Cable, Hollywood Reporter, Broadband TV News, The Wrap, NPR, MinOnline, Poynter, Toronto Star, Boing Boing, CNNMoney and USA Today
Blathnaid Healy / Mashable:
Germany's ‘Bild’ ran an edition without a single photo after Aylan Kurdi backlash — German newspaper Bild wanted to make a point about the backlash it received for printing the photos of a drowned Syrian child last week — so on Tuesday its website and printed edition were published without a single news image.
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Guardian, Toronto Star, The Times, NDTV News, Guardian, The Drum and iMediaEthics
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Associated Press:
The Associated Press launches content studio, AP Content Services — The Associated Press launches AP Content Services to help brands tell their stories — 2015 — The Associated Press has established a new division to provide talent, technology and distribution to help brands promote …
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NetNewsCheck Latest, FishbowlNY and Poynter
Ayla Albayrak / Wall Street Journal:
Turkey Follows Up Vice News Arrests By Deporting Dutch Reporter — Frederike Geerdink faces fast-track expulsion for “breaching public order and aiding terrorist organization” after reporting on Kurdish PKK militants — ISTANBUL—Turkey will deport a Dutch journalist accused of assisting terrorism …
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Associated Press and TodaysZaman
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Dave McNary / Variety:
Laura Poitras launching Field of Vision, a documentary unit producing 40-50 films a year, developed with The Intercept and First Look Media — ‘Citizenfour’ Director Laura Poitras Launching Documentary Unit (EXCLUSIVE) — “Citizenfour” director-producer Laura Poitras is teaming with AJ Schnack …
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The Intercept, FirstShowing.net, @eshynes, @alexweprin, @fazeelataslam and Poynter
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Trinity Mirror defends roll-out of audience targets for regional journalists: 'It's not about clickbait' — Aim of Connected Newsroom is to build local audiences using ‘analytics to help us drive the kind of content we produce’ — Trinity Mirror's editorial director of regionals …
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Journalism.co.uk, Prolific North, HoldTheFrontPage and HoldTheFrontPage
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
The Late Show debuts with Stephen Colbert, highlights CBS' new hope to dominate late-night TV — Stephen Colbert Opens New Era Of ‘Late Show’ On CBS — A visibly excited Stephen Colbert rushed on set to usher in a new era of “The Late Show,” making his best effort to push the program …
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New Yorker, Digiday, Ad Age, Los Angeles Times, Variety, The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable, New York Times, People.com, Telegraph, Mediaite, Wall Street Journal, The New York Observer, LostRemote, Rolling Stone, Associated Press, The New Daily, Yahoo, The Wrap, Mediaite, Deadline, Guardian, Forbes and Variety
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Amazon's Kindle Scout Crowdsourced Publishing Platform Expands Globally, Remains English-Only — While Amazon expands into new areas like food delivery, the e-commerce giant has continued to look at ways of expanding its original, legacy business of selling books.
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GalleyCat, Amazon.com, Bidness Etc, Agence France-Presse, VentureBeat and Kindle Scout
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Q&A: David Gregory on Losing His Dream Job, Brian Williams, and His New Book About Faith — He says of his ouster from <em>Meet the Press</em>, “I understand Washington and there was blood in the water about me.” — It's been a year since NBC News dumped David Gregory out of the moderator's chair of Meet the Press.
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TVNewser, Talking Points Memo, @gabrielsherman and @jayrosen_nyu