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New York Times story on Amazon left out critical information, including that one named source resigned after internal investigation revealed fraud — What The New York Times Didn't Tell You — “Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk.”
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Kevin Merida steps down as Washington Post Managing Editor, joins ESPN as senior vice president and editor-in-chief of The Undefeated — Kevin Merida to step down as managing editor of The Washington Post — Executive Editor Martin Baron sent the following announcement to staff:
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Time Inc. buys pop-culture, beauty, and lifestyle site Hello Giggles, source says in the range of $20M — Time Inc. Buys Hello Giggles — Website operator focuses on pop culture, beauty, lifestyle topics of interest to younger women — Seeking to broaden its appeal to younger women …
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Miami Herald, Dallas Morning News, Philadelphia Media Network get $1.3M from Knight to speed up digital adoption in newsrooms — Knight is giving $1.3 million to help 3 legacy newsrooms ‘speed up digital adoption’ — Temple University's School of Media and Communication will work …


The women in the van: the overwhelmingly female press corps covering Clinton's campaign for presidency — The women in the van — Hillary Clinton attracts a rarity on the campaign trail — an overwhelmingly female press corps.


UK resisted Julian Assange's offer to be questioned in London, emails reveal — Julian Assange has expressed shock after new documents revealed fresh details about the involvement of UK authorities in the long-running saga that has seen the WikiLeaks founder live inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London for the past three years.


HBO Sports executive Bill McCullough joins GoPro, will oversee motor sports and team sports channels as executive producer — GoPro Nabs Sports Exec Bill McCullough From HBO (Exclusive) — Senior Silicon Valley Correspondent @jank0 — GoPro is continuing its investment into content production …


Taliban Threats to Afghan Journalists Show Shift in Tactics — KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan journalists covering the fall of Kunduz this month had a litany of complaints: The military often blocked their access to the battle; top officials tried to get them to change reports that disputed official accounts …


ITV confirms £100m takeover of UTV Media's television channels — Northern Irish-based group will be left with TalkSport and a number of local radio stations as ITV takes control of almost the whole of channel 3 — ITV has confirmed the £100m purchase of TalkSport owner UTV …
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Inside German investigative nonprofit CORRECT!V's collaborations, projects, and growth — The German investigative nonprofit CORRECT! V is building a name for itself by doing a bit of everything — BERLIN — CORRECT! V launched with lofty goals. In the year-plus that it's been in operation …
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Associated Press managing editor Lou Ferrara's new job: chief content officer at Bankrate — Lou Ferrara leaves AP for Bankrate.com — After 10 years at The Associated Press, Managing Editor Lou Ferrara will start a new job next week: chief content officer of Bankrate.com.


UK government may back down from plans to make publishers pay both sides costs in libel, privacy cases if they fail to sign up to recognised press regulator — Government may not enforce plan to make publishers pay both sides' libel and privacy costs — Culture Secretary John Whittingdale …
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