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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Alec Luhn / Guardian:
Ukraine allows BBC journalists to remain
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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 …
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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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
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CNBC:
Altice buys Cablevision for $17.7B including debt
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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
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
Paul Schemm / Associated Press:
Moroccan journalist Maati Monjib goes on hunger strike after being stopped from traveling to international conference — Moroccan journalist on hunger strike, barred from leaving — RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan historian and journalist said Thursday he has gone on hunger strike …
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Reporters Without Borders
Roger Parloff / Fortune:
Apple will ask Supreme Court to hear its ebooks price-fixing case — Defying the expectations and desires of some—who thought it might be time to move on—Apple AAPL will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal judge's finding that it conspired to fix the prices of ebooks …
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AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, Plagiarism Today, Engadget and Fortune
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Human rights group demands Hungary stop harassing reporters — Human rights group demands Hungary stop threatening journalists covering migrants — BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A leading international human rights monitor demanded Thursday that Hungary stop “threatening and obstructing …
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