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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, @erikwemple and @rebeccatheim
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, The Awl, VentureBeat, Fortune, Gizmodo, Business Insider, @jayrosen_nyu, Plagiarism Today, @davewiner, @choire, @jayrosen_nyu, @mattbuchanan, @bluechoochoo, @jayrosen_nyu, @jeremylittau, @mattbuchanan, @sean_forman, @megan, @chanders, Medium, @anildash, Wolfgang Blau, International Business Times, @csoghoian, @jjvincent, @caseyjohnston, @mattcutts, @jyarow, Daring Fireball, @davemcclure, @jamespratters, @mcnees, @tylermachado, @mathewi, @reckless, @gattereder, @joshuatopolsky and Stratechery
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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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, Fortune, Poynter, SlashGear, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Re/code, Mashable, The Next Web, GeekWire, Wired, @firstdraftnews and VentureBeat
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, TechCrunch, CNET, The Verge, VatorNews, Engadget, Broadcasting & Cable, Variety and Wall Street Journal
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
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, RT and Reuters
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Alec Luhn / Guardian:
Ukraine allows BBC journalists to remain
Ukraine allows BBC journalists to remain
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Reuters, New Europe, BuzzFeed, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, iSurfPaducah, Newsweek and Associated Press
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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press.nbcnews.com, TVNewser, Variety, Associated Press, Daily Mail, CNNMoney, Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, Deadline, Variety, @dylanbyers and The Wrap
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
Altice buys Cablevision for $17.7B including debt
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New York Times, Bloomberg Business, CNNMoney, Reuters, New York Times, NetNewsCheck Latest, Wall Street Journal, Multichannel News, New York Times, Business Insider, Featured Articles, Hollywood Reporter, BBC, The Huffington Post, Globe and Mail, Re/code, Reuters, USA Today, Variety, CBS News, Fortune, New York Post, Variety, Financial Times, Deadline, Seeking Alpha 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
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 …