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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Snapchat's Story Explorer lets you view event-related Snaps from other users, available for New York and Los Angeles Live Stories today — Snapchat Taps User-Generated Content to Expand On Stories, Ramp Up Video Views — Snapchat just made it easier for users to find clips their peers shot …
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Snapchat, Los Angeles Times, Forbes, Fast Company, TechCrunch, VatorNews, Re/code, Tech Insider, Business Insider, The Verge, Mashable, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Gigaom and Engadget
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The Google-backed First Draft Coalition launches a site to help journalists verify social content — Some news startups, like Eyewitness Media Hub and Storyful, are built around social media and user-generated content, with reporters trained in verifying and reporting from it.
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Poynter, Journalism.co.uk and World News Publishing Focus …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Circa news app domain name is now registered to Sinclair Broadcasting Group, landing page says it will be back soon — Is Circa back? The mobile app might be returning via local TV stations — It appears Circa may be making a comeback — of some kind.
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@antderosa, @niemanlab, @mathewi and @digidave
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Podcasting in 2015 feels a lot like blogging circa 2004: exciting, evolving, and trouble for incumbents — So one move is in the direction of quality. Alex Blumberg, the public radio reporter who left to start Gimlet Media in 2014, describes what he's trying to build as the “HBO of podcasting.”
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Washington Post, Bloomberg View, @zseward, @rebel19, @aschweig and @jackbrighton
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Vox.com added to Snapchat Discover lineup, launching November 23 — Vox.com is Snapchat's newest Discover publisher — Snapchat is adding another publisher to its Discover feature with Vox.com set to come aboard Nov. 23. It's not the first news publisher to get a channel on the messaging app …
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@digiday, FishbowlNY and Vox
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
The Wrap announces three hires: Tim Molloy as deputy managing editor, Andrew Curry as director of audience development, Joan Solsman as business and tech editor — TheWrap Welcomes New Hires Tim Molloy, Andrew Curry, Joan Solsman — TheWrap is pleased to announce the addition to its staff …
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FishbowlNY
Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN, Fox, other TV networks met to discuss how to respond to Donald Trump's attempts to restrict press at events, including blacklisting reporters — TV networks hold conference call to discuss Trump treatment — Executives from several television networks held a conference call on Monday …
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Washington Post, TVNewser, TVNewser, Mediaite, FishbowlDC, @anncoulter, The Hill, @mlcalderone, @nycjim, The Wrap, The Newspaper Guild, Business Insider, @wpjenna and @hadas_gold
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Alex MacCallum named head of video at The New York Times — Alex MacCallum, who heads up audience development for The New York Times, will add the company's video unit to her portfolio of responsibilities, according to a memo from Executive Editor Dean Baquet and New York Times CEO Mark Thompson.
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FishbowlNY, @laurahazardowen and NetNewsCheck Latest
Michael Wolff / USA Today:
Gawker's new focus on politics plays to its staff's historical strength of using insults, shaming, and bravado — Gawker is still Gawker — Gawker, the multimillion dollar gossip and bile website, reined in the worst of its antisocial behavior this summer after a widespread backlash …
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@jyarow
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / Guardian:
Two journalists who wrote books based on leaks will face Vatican judge on Tuesday, could face up to eight years in jail — Journalists to face Vatican judge in ‘Vatileaks’ case — Two reporters who wrote books based on leaked material charged as questions raised about church's attitude to press freedom
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Reuters, Reuters, Washington Post and Telegraph
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
The Christian Science Monitor built a separate site just for coverage of the Paris climate talks — Paris is currently in the global limelight because of the terrorist attacks last Friday, but at the end of the month delegates from around the world will converge there for the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Alastair Reid / Medium:
Le Monde's Decodeurs, France 24's Observers, and BuzzFeed France's Vérifié provide lessons for English-language news organizations on debunking rumors — The English-speaking world could learn a lot from France to rebuild trust in the media — Mainstream news organisations …