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Sources: Jack Dorsey to be named permanent Twitter CEO as soon as Thursday, continue at Square — Sources: Jack Dorsey to Be Named Permanent Twitter CEO — Jack is back — for good this time. — Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who has been serving as interim CEO for the past three months …
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Twitter's Adam Sharp and Niketa Patel talk to Jay Rosen about the firm's news curation effort, Project Lightning, editorially independent and launching in fall — With Its Curation Product Twitter Becomes an Editorial Beast. Does This Beast Have a Soul? — At a recent event produced …
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AVC, Fortune, @jayrosen_nyu, @alexmagnin, @jayrosen_nyu, @lindasreese, @mischa, @jasperjonathan and @fracturedmom
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Serial’ TV Series Based On Podcast Set At Fox 21 With Chris Miller & Phil Lord — Serial is headed to television. Writer/producer/directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord (The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street) and Fox 21 Television Studios have optioned the rights to the podcast phenomenon co-created …
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Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
Thrillist and e-commerce site JackThreads raise a combined $54M as they split into separate entities — Thrillist and JackThreads Raise $54 Million, Split Into Separate Companies — For five years, Thrillist CEO Ben Lerer has made the case that his media and e-commerce businesses should be housed under the same corporate roof.
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Axel Springer takes minority stake in Thrillist — A day after Axel Springer announced plans to purchase a majority stake in Business Insider, CEO and Chairman Mathias Doepfner told CNBC the German publisher is also investing in lifestyle website operator Thrillist Media Group.
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FishbowlNY, Life Style Extra, Talking New Media, Talking New Media, Media Wire Daily, @christianhjorg and Guardian
Mark Bergen / Re/code:
Google to host event next Wednesday in New York, likely to unveil its open-source project similar to Instant Articles — Google Plans to Unveil Its Version of ‘Instant Articles’ Next Week — Three weeks ago, we told you about plans Google was hatching to launch a publishing tool to serve up articles on mobile devices.
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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Independent board to determine which ads are “acceptable” for Adblock Plus whitelist in first half of 2016 — Adblock Plus to Allow Independent Board to Decide Which Ads Are ‘Acceptable’ — Parent company Eyeo says it will no longer help decide which ads can pass through its filters
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
With money from Knight, the AP will create standards for data journalism — The Associated Press will receive $400,000 from the Knight Foundation, Knight announced Wednesday. The money will go toward spreading the use of data journalism and creating a set of standards that will be included …
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Nieman Lab, Knight Foundation, The Definitive Source and Star Tribune
Northeast Times:
Philadelphia City Paper to cease print publication as of October 8, website to be consolidated with Philly Weekly — Broad Street Media acquires rights to Philadelphia City Paper — Broad Street Media LLC announced today that it has acquired the intellectu al …
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@phillydesign
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Jamaican-based wireless operator Digicel will soon block ads except on some popular local news sites, saying firms like Google, Facebook should pay to serve ads — Mobile Operator Digicel Will Block Advertising Across Its Network — Online ad companies will have to pay to have ads displayed
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Financial Times and @perlberg
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Nuzzel, with a new batch of news-savvy investors, wants to bring social curation to publishers — If you live in certain media and technology circles, there's a very good chance you're already using Nuzzel. It's an app that combs through your Twitter or Facebook feeds, identifying the links being shared the most by your friends.
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Business Insider, @jbenton, @coreyford, TechCrunch and @niemanlab
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Publisher-backed Next Issue, a Netflix-like service with 160 magazines, is relaunching with app and new name, Texture, for $9.99/month basic, $14.99 premium — Netflix-Style Magazine App Next Issue Relaunches As Texture — Next Issue, the publisher-backed subscription service offering unlimited access …
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Globe and Mail, Canadian Magazines and Re/code
Michael Crider / Android Police:
Chromecast App Update Will Add Content Discovery, Multiple Device Control, And Comprehensive Video Search — In addition to revised hardware for Chromecast and the new Chromcast Audio, Google also announced a new version of the Chromecast app at its San Francisco event.
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Cam Bunton / 9to5Google:
Google announces Chromecast support coming to Spotify, Showtime, SlingTV, NBA, more
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