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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
The firing of LA Times publisher Austin Beutner revealed tensions with Tribune CEO Jack Griffin and financial stress for the news organization — Firing at Los Angeles Times Focuses Discontent — LOS ANGELES — In January, Jack Griffin, the chief executive of Tribune Publishing Company …
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Tribune Publishing shares plummet 20 percent after company adjusts its 2015 forecast downward — Tribune Publishing shares were down more than 20 percent in midday trading on Monday after the company pulled back from an earlier forecast for revenues and earnings — and largely blamed its Southern California papers for the problem.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
NBC built NewsConnect, an internal newsroom collaboration platform which allows employees to share information and story updates — Working together: How NBC built a new tool to improve collaboration across its newsrooms — Across all of its platforms, in both digital and broadcast …
Paul Bisceglio / Pacific Standard:
Q&A with Tom Burke, who made a business out of broadcasting his video game playing on Twitch — The Business of Playing Video Games — Every so often, Tom Burke wakes up and finds that someone has given him $1,000 for playing video games. He gets smaller amounts many times a day …
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@mathewi and @pacificstand
Institute for Nonprofit News:
Former Associated Press senior vice-president Sue Cross announced as CEO of the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) — Digital Innovator, Former News Executive Sue Cross to Lead INN — Encino, Calif., Sept. 21, 2015 - The Institute for Nonprofit News announced today the selection …
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Nieman Lab, @inn and @aschweig
Frederic Filloux / Monday Note:
LinkedIn Editorial was a missed opportunity, as it focused on quantity over quality — LinkedIn Editorial: A Missed Opportunity — LinkedIn was poised to become a major player in the business news sector. Instead, the professional social network is stuck with dull editorial content.
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@jeffjohnroberts, @pankajontech, @filloux and @adamlashinsky
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
4chan sold to Hiroyuki Nishimura, founder of 2Channel, an early anonymous online message board in Japan — 4chan Message Board Sold to Founder of 2Channel, a Japanese Web Culture Pioneer — If the Internet is the Wild West, you could call 4chan “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.”
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Periscope, conceived in Turkey, is taking off there as a reaction to ineffective mainstream media — Inside Periscope's Deep Bond With Turkey (The Country) — A live-streaming app and a country tied together from the beginning — Open up Twitter's live-streaming app Periscope …
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@erhanerdogan
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Michael Finnegan Named COO of Atlantic Media — Atlantic Media has promoted Michael Finnegan from CFO and senior VP, corporate development, to chief operating officer. Finnegan has been with the company since 2011. — “He [Finnegan] is as clear a thinker as any I've worked with,” …
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Media Wire Daily and FishbowlDC
Dan Archer / Ars Technica:
Unclear App Store guidelines are restricting experiments with Virtual Reality and journalism — When journalism, virtual reality, and unclear App Store guidelines collide — A first-person tale of what happens when app gatekeepers rule on journalism.
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Paul John Scott / postbulletin.com:
Mayo Clinic and Minneapolis Star Tribune form exclusive sponsored content deal with Mayo providing online and print graphics and “health content” — Mayo, Star Tribune form content partnership — Mayo Clinic has entered into a sponsored content deal with the Star-Tribune to generate health …
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@charlesornstein and HealthNewsReview.org
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Daily News chief: Paper will continue in print seven days a week — The Daily News has no plans to reduce the frequency of its print edition, according to a top executive at the tabloid. — “The Daily News will continue to serve readers in print seven days a week, and NYDailyNews.com …
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FishbowlNY, @nyc_oz and @joepompeo
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