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GOP presidential campaigns map out rules for more control of TV debates — GOP contenders demand greater control over crucial debates — Several Republican presidential campaigns began mapping out new demands Sunday for greater control over the format and content of primary debates …
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Ross Miller / The Verge:
The next season of Serial will debut simultaneously on Pandora — The second season of Serial still doesn't have a start date, but it does have a new, unlikely distribution partner. Pandora announced today that it will be the exclusive streaming partner for the podcast phenomenon.
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Pandora Blog, Associated Press, Tech Insider, Engadget, @rrhoover, @alexjamesfitz, Business Wire, Radio Ink Magazine, Polygon and The Week
Jonathan Lansner / Orange County Register:
Freedom Communications, owner of Orange County Register, files for bankruptcy, second time in 6 years; CEO Rich Mirman, local investors hope to gain control — With bankruptcy filing, local group bids for ownership of Freedom Communications — Freedom Communications Inc. …
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Behind Henry Blodget's plans to turn Business Insider into the financial publication of record for the digital generation — Henry Blodget's big plans for Business Insider — Henry Blodget spent the past eight years transforming Business Insider from a scrappy three-man show …
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FishbowlNY, @mlcalderone, @pkafka, @jaredbkeller, @joepompeo, Talking Biz News and @benmullin
Jeremy Barr / Politico:
Joe Nocera's New York Times op-ed column is ending — Joe Nocera, who has served as an op-ed columnist for The New York Times since 2011, will publish his last op-ed column on Tuesday, the company confirmed to POLITICO. — Nocera's column, which focuses on business and finance, has run twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
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FishbowlNY and Talking Biz News
Erin Griffith / Fortune:
How Ziff Davis under CEO Vivek Shah survived the death of print by going all digital — How Ziff Davis survived the death of print — In 2009, when venture investor Marc Andreessen showed up to a small dinner in the San Francisco Bay Area set up by journalist Josh Quittner …
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@harrymccracken, @digitalshields and @rafat, Thanks:@beet_tv
Brent Lang / Variety:
Relativity Bankruptcy: Judge Approves Debtor in Possession Financing Agreement — After weeks of delays, a U.S. bankruptcy court judge has approved a plan that will allow Relativity Media to continue accessing a $35 million debtor-in-possession loan. — The film studio behind “Limitless” …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
German daily Die Welt wants to bundle print, digital, and TV into a single newsroom (and brand) — BERLIN — When The New York Times announced that it would create a separate, centralized group of editors and designers to focus on producing its daily print product, those at the German …
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@dw_innovation
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
For Philly's durable Daily News, it looks like the beginning of the end — Newsroom cuts at the Philadelphia Media Network's Inquirer and Daily News, announced at a staff meeting Friday, look at first to be just one more chapter in the decade-old opus of the industry's deteriorating finances and reduced news capacity.
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@jfagone
Sarah Jeong / Motherboard:
How US copyright law limits internet radio and why Pandora paid $90M to the RIAA — Internet Radio Copyright Is Bad and Dumb: A Comprehensive Explainer — Pandora has just agreed to a $90 million settlement with the Recording Industry Association of America.
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@stevencravis and @jeffjohnroberts
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Harvard's Law School Library is digitizing more than 40M pages of legal decisions, free access to the entire collection to be available online in 2017 — Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions for Digital Age — Shelves of law books are an august symbol of legal practice …
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Storyful / Medium:
How WhatsApp and similar closed networks challenge newsgatherers seeking to verify eyewitness accounts — Navigating eyewitness news amid closed networks — How WhatsApp and similar networks are challenging newsgatherers when it comes to verification of eyewitness content, by Storyful News Editor Joe Galvin.
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