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Matilda Battersby / The Independent:
Serial podcast is being made into TV show by The Lego Movie directors — Sarah Koenig's crazily successful true crime series is heading for the small screen — A podcast so popular it achieved unprecedented success is to be made into a television series by the directors of The Lego Movie.
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Sources: Jack Dorsey to be named permanent Twitter CEO, continue at Square, as soon as Thursday after board settles status of Adam Bain and Anthony Noto — Sources: Jack Dorsey to Be Named Permanent Twitter CEO — Jack is back — for good this time. — Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey …
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Laura Colby / Bloomberg Business:
News Corp sells Amplify digital-education unit to management team after letting go 40% of its workforce — News Corp. Sells Amplify Education Unit to Management Team — Joel Klein to step down as CEO, remain as board member — News Corp. sold its Amplify Inc. digital-education unit …
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
News Corp offers Times and WSJ digital bundle for corporate users — Push for City readers follows relaunch of the Wall Street Journal's European and Asian editions last week — News Corp is bundling together digital access to the Times and Wall Street Journal for corporate customers …
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Sam Sanders / NPR:
Twitter Has A 136-Page Handbook For Politicians' 140-Character Tweets — Twitter seems simple — just type in 140 characters and hit enter, right? But Twitter can be tough. Building an audience. Keeping that audience. Finding a voice. Cutting through all the chatter.
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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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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel resigns, to be replaced by Ellen Pollock — Ellen Pollock to lead Bloomberg Businessweek — On Thursday, Bloomberg Businessweek announced that deputy editor Ellen Pollock will become editor. Josh Tyrangiel was previously in the role.
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
A growing number of new media companies like Vice Media, BuzzFeed, and Vox Media are avoiding automated ad sales from third-party firms — Publishers That Say No to Automated Ad Sales — Some websites believe they can make more money on their own and reduce annoyance
Rebecca Smithers / Guardian:
UK's new Consumer Rights Act includes refund or replacements for faulty digital content, including apps, music, movies, and games — Consumer Rights Act updated to include digital purchases — Biggest overhaul of law for years will see statutory rights traditionally covering cars and white goods extended to apps and music downloads
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
SiriusXM, Fox News To Launch Breaking-News Channel October 5 — Fox News Channel is readying its entrance into the world of breaking-news radio. — “Fox News Headlines 24/7” will offer SiriusXM subscribers real-time headlines on breaking news, national stories, politics, business …
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Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
Tests of top 50 news sites with three ad-blockers on iPhone show significant decrease in load times for many sites, modest increase in battery life — Putting Mobile Ad Blockers to the Test — To block ads or not to block ads on your mobile device? That's the philosophical dilemma …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Reporta, an app from the International Women's Media Foundation, allows reporters to check in to locations and send SOS alerts during a crisis — Reporta, a new app, offers journalists a lifeline in hazardous situations … Journalism, never the safest profession to begin with, has only gotten more hazardous in recent years.
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