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Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
Eli Broad, two former mayors, and over 60 business and community leaders sign protest letter to Tribune after firing of LA Times publisher — Broad, Villaraigosa, Riordan sign protest letter to Tribune — In an open letter to Tribune Publishing CEO Jack Griffin, Los Angeles civic leaders …
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JIMROMENESKO.COM, Los Angeles Times, Politico, @downtownnews, @lfung, Los Angeles Downtown News and Forbes
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
LA Times SVP and deputy publisher Nicco Mele is third executive to leave following publisher Austin Beutner's firing — Nicco Mele latest in Los Angeles Times executive exodus — Nicco Mele, the Los Angeles Times' senior vice president and deputy publisher, will become the latest executive …
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@sarahw, @dylanbyers, @dangillmor and LA Observed
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Los Angeles Times loses SVP/Chief of Staff Renata Simril
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Poynter, LA Observed, American Press Institute, The Wrap, Politico and Washington Free Beacon
Re/code:
Google and Twitter are working together on an open source Instant Articles-like mobile publishing product, plans to launch this fall — Google and Twitter Team Up to Offer Their Own ‘Instant Articles’ — With a Twist — Google and Twitter are working together to help publishers show …
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Mashable, @pkafka, @fmanjoo, Business Insider, @mikeisaac and @jyarow
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
New York Daily News editor-in-chief Colin Myler departs, replaced by Jim Rich — Daily News Editor Colin Myler Departs Paper — Colin Myler, editor in chief of The New York Daily News, is leaving the paper. Myler joined the paper in 2012. — According to a memo sent to staffers …
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Guardian, New York Times, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, New York Post, Poynter and @dchangnyt
George Schroeder / USA Today:
ESPN begins including information on college sports betting, athletic administrators voice concern — ESPN's shifting line on college football betting information — In the fourth quarter of a blowout college football game last Friday night, the announcers threw the broadcast …
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Ad Age, @dangillmor, @solidverbal and @sportslawguy
Jeremy Barr / Politico:
Washington Post rebrands its video operation PostTV as Washington Post Video, drops its three daily news shows — The Washington Post rebrands its video operation — The Washington Post, on Thursday, formally re-launched its video operation as Washington Post Video, dropping its moniker since 2013, PostTV.
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Digiday, @jeremymbarr and Poynter
Popbitch:
Mail Online's suit against Gawker comes on heels of Hogan lawsuit, Condé Nast article removal and is likely a power play to hit Gawker when it's down — Sludge Match — One of the difficulties of being an enfant terrible of the media world is that you don't get much sympathy …
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@kitlovelace, @leoie, @jim_entwistle, @kitlovelace and @jamesrbuk
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Periscope Adds Facebook Sharing, Support For Landscape Broadcasts Ahead Of Its Apple TV App — Twitter's live-streaming app Periscope rolled out an update today that introduces support for broadcasting and watching streams while your mobile device is in landscape mode.
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Flurry Insights Blog, Medium, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, Marketing Land, Android Police, Variety, The Tech Portal and MacRumors
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Brian Williams to Make MSNBC Debut on Sept. 22 — With the anchor's six-month suspension concluded, he'll return on the first day of Pope Francis' U.S. visit. — After more than six months in exile, Brian Williams is set to return to MSNBC on Sept. 22, according to the network.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Verified journalists can now post Facebook updates to public followers alone, avoiding spamming friends — Facebook Gives Verified Profiles Its Mentions App With “Live” Streaming And Posts Just To Followers — Journalists might start sharing a lot more of their links to Facebook …
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Poynter, @kantrowitz, SocialTimes, BuzzFeed, Marketing Land, The Verge, The Tech Portal, VentureBeat, @travisbernard and @joshconstine
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Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Journalists with verified Facebook profiles can now use Mentions and Live tools
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Nieman Lab, Facebook Media, Motherboard and The Next Web
Jeremy Barr / Politico:
Fusion announces changes to its TV strategy, cuts staff — As expected, Fusion CEO Isaac Lee outlined, in a Thursday memo to staff, a series of changes to the television network's “existing in-house, studio-based shows” that includes the cancellation of its late night series “Come Here and Say That,” hosted by Alicia Menendez.
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Politico, Variety and @jeremymbarr
Austin Siegemund-Broka / Hollywood Reporter:
Three Korean TV networks awarded over $65M in copyright suit against Chinese firms behind “pirate” TVPad streaming service — Korean Networks Win $65 Million From “Pirate” Streaming Service — In a default judgment, a California judge ruled against the companies behind the TVPad device.
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
A new report by the Centre of Community Journalism and innovation charity Nesta looks at the present and future challenges for hyperlocal media — From lecture to conversation: What's next for community journalism? — A new report by the Centre of Community Journalism and innovation charity Nesta looks …
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