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The Times-Picayune:
Times-Picayune and NOLA.com newsroom shrinks by 21%, lays off 28 full-time and 9 part-time staffers — NOLA Media Group implements newsroom restructuring — NOLA Media Group announced today that it is restructuring its news operation to reinforce its core journalistic mission.
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Blog of New Orleans, Gambit, Poynter, @thomasjthoren, @craiglaban, @the_gambit, @lexalexander, @rebeccatheim and @erikwemple
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Tribune Publishing board says company is ‘deeply committed’ to California papers — Tribune Publishing's board of directors doubled down on the company's stewardship of The Los Angeles Times in the face of pressure to “restore” local leadership of the embattled newspaper.
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
LA City Council members join chorus to restore local leadership at LA Times
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USA Today and Bloomberg View
Harro ten Wolde / Reuters:
Sources: Axel Springer exploring €500M deal to gain controlling stake in Business Insider — Axel Springer eyes controlling stake in Business Insider: Manager Magazin — German publisher Axel Springer (SPRGn.DE) may want to increase its current 7 percent stake in U.S. news website Business Insider …
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@edmundlee and @agrafemeyer
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Independent publishers are collateral damage in the war over ad revenues between Google, Apple, and Facebook — Welcome to hell: Apple vs Google vs Facebook and the slow death of the web — So let's talk about ad blocking. — You might think the conversation about ad blocking …
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Re/code, Marco.org, Fortune, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, @jayrosen_nyu, Business Insider, @davewiner, @choire, @jayrosen_nyu, @mattbuchanan, @bluechoochoo, @jayrosen_nyu, @jeremylittau, @mattbuchanan, @sean_forman, @megan, @chanders, Plagiarism Today, @anildash, Medium, International Business Times, The Awl, Wolfgang Blau, @csoghoian, @jjvincent, @mattcutts, @jyarow, @caseyjohnston, @davemcclure, Daring Fireball, @jamespratters, @mcnees, @tylermachado, @mathewi, @reckless, @gattereder, @joshuatopolsky and Stratechery
Facebook Media:
Facebook launches Signal, a discovery and curation tool for journalists to find and embed content from Facebook and Instagram — Introducing Signal for Facebook and Instagram — By Andy Mitchell, Director of Media Partnerships — We've heard from journalists that they want an easy …
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Nieman Lab, Poynter, Fortune, SlashGear, Mashable, The Next Web, ZDNet, GeekWire, Wired, TechCrunch, Re/code, VentureBeat and @firstdraftnews
Luke Seemann / Chicago magazine:
News Corp's New York Post will start distribution in Chicago on Monday for $2, will be identical to New York City version — The New York Post is Coming to Chicago and We're Not Sure What We Did to Deserve This — The New York Post plans to start distribution in Chicago on Monday …
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Chicago Tribune, Politico and Chicagoist
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Snapchat signs one-year deal with NFL, will curate Live Stories including league and fan content; both Snapchat and NFL will sell ads and split revenue — Snapchat Inks NFL Deal to Bring Football Into Its Live Stories — Are you ready for some football? Snapchat is!
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NFL Communications, WWD, CNET, VatorNews, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Broadcasting & Cable, Variety and Wall Street Journal
Martin Beck / Marketing Land:
Periscope launches web profiles with recent videos, followers and following details, and total hearts received — Periscope Adds Profile Pages For The Web — Twitter-owned video streaming app gives broadcasters a landing page for the desktop. — Periscope today launched web profiles …
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Medium, The Next Web and SlashGear
Emily Steel / New York Times:
MSNBC sharpens news focus by adding Kate Snow to daytime lineup, Chuck Todd to a daily 5 p.m. show, shuffles producer roles — MSNBC Changes Lineup to Sharpen Hard News Focus — MSNBC's shift to more hard news coverage during the day is starting to come into focus in advance …
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press.nbcnews.com, TVNewser, Variety, Associated Press, The Huffington Post, Deadline, Variety, Los Angeles Times, @dylanbyers, CNNMoney and The Wrap
Alex Spence / Politico:
BBC to launch Netflix-style U.S. streaming service — CAMBRIDGE — The BBC will launch a Netflix-style video subscription service for American audiences next year, the head of the U.K.'s public broadcaster said Thursday. — Lord Hall of Birkenhead, the BBC's director-general …
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Telegraph, The Atlantic, Reuters, VentureBeat and SlashGear
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
29 US media organizations and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press object to France's rules for deleting links under right to be forgotten — The Reporters Committee and US media groups join the fight over ‘right to be forgotten’ rules — Since a European high court ruled …
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Reporter's Committee …
Bloomberg Business:
Altice president Patrick Drahi says he's not done buying US cable providers and plans cost cutting at Cablevision — Drahi Wants More U.S. Cable Deals After Scooping Up Cablevision — French billionaire sees eventual entry into mobile market — Cost-cutting at Cablevision: ‘I pay as little as I can.’
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Multichannel News and @stewmars
Egyptian Streets:
Egypt sets December 12 trial date for photojournalist Mohammed Abu Zeid, aka Shawkan, who has been detained for more than two years — After 760 Days in Prison, Photojournalist Shawkan Finally Gets a Trial Date — Imprisoned photojournalist Mohammed Abu Zeid - popularly known as Shawkan …
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Daily News Egypt and Associated Press
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Ukraine bans 41 international journalists and bloggers for a year, including three BBC reporters, citing threats to national interest, security, and sovereignty — Ukraine bans 41 international journalists and bloggers — New York, September 16, 2015—The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores …
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Guardian, @commissionerhr, @judithgoughfco, The Journal of Turkish Weekly, tol.org, kyivpost.com, Daily Mail, Malay Mail Online, Yahoo! News, Reuters and RT
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Alec Luhn / Guardian:
Ukraine allows BBC journalists to remain
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Reuters, New Europe, BuzzFeed, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, iSurfPaducah, Newsweek and Associated Press
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