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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
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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New York Times, Variety, 9to5Mac, SocialTimes, VentureBeat, NetNewsCheck Latest, WWD, Multichannel News, The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable, Pocket-lint, Reuters, AppleInsider, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Engadget, Fortune, @charlesarthur, Ars Technica, Engadget, The Verge and BGR
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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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 …, WWD, The Huffington Post, Adweek, The Verge, Boing Boing, MinOnline, Talking Points Memo, Los Angeles Times, CNNMoney, Hollywood Reporter, Toronto Star, Broadcasting & Cable, Broadband TV News, The Wrap, NPR, Poynter and USA Today
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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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
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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Ad Age, The Wrap, New Yorker, Variety, Broadcasting & Cable, Los Angeles Times, Mediaite, New York Times, The New York Observer, People.com, LostRemote, Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Associated Press, The New Daily, Yahoo, The Wrap, Mediaite, Deadline, Guardian, Variety and Forbes
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, @eshynes, @alexweprin and @fazeelataslam
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, Agence France-Presse, Bidness Etc, 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
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NFL Folds ‘NFL Now’ Video Into Main Mobile and Connected-TV Services — The National Football League has concluded that when it comes to chucking content onto the digital playing field, simpler is better. — Last year, the league launched NFL Now — touted as a personalized online video network …
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CNBC, NFL Communications, Fortune and Engadget
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Gracenote launches DVR Extend for cable companies, keeps recording live sports that enter overtime — Media metadata company Gracenote is today launching a new product designed to ensure sports fans never miss the end of a big game on TV. — With DVR Extend, Gracenote is effectively mashing …
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Broadcasting & Cable