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Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
Among LA Times buyouts, two assistant managing editors and six bureau chiefs leaving — Buyout list at LA Times ‘makes you want to cry’ — An LA Times newsroom pod. — With dozens of veteran Los Angeles Times journalists cleaning out their desks this week, the magnitude of the experience leaving …
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The Wrap, @qhardy, @mccarthyryanj, @theharryshearer, FishbowlNY, @davidjoachim and @cmonstah
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Vatican Court rejects journalist's bid to drop charges in case over leaked documents — Vatican court rejects journalist's bid to drop leaks charges — VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican tribunal on Tuesday rejected a journalist's request to dismiss charges against him for publishing confidential documents …
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Poynter, Agence France-Presse, New York Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Voice of America, Reuters and ncronline.org
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Probing Comcast's Role in ‘Spot’ Cable Ad Sales Market — DOJ investigating whether Comcast hinders competition in cable ad sales — The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether Comcast Corp. 's business practices in the $5 billion cable advertising-sales market …
Discussion:
Deadline and Consumerist
Bruce Livesey / National Observer:
Postmedia, with nearly 200 Canadian newspapers, faces a declining editorial reputation as it pays off $646M in long-term debt, primarily to two US hedge funds — The tawdry fall of the Postmedia newspaper empire — Right: Postmedia CEO Paul Godfrey (Canadian Press)
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@mathewi, @arikligeti, @janewordsmith, @livesey416 and @joshvisser
Mark Sullivan / VentureBeat:
Social media drove more referrals than search for 2015's biggest news stories — Publishing analytics provider Parse.ly wanted to find out where web traffic for 2015's top news stories came from — search engines or social networks. — The company found that social media continues to account …
Discussion:
American Press Institute
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Jeff Bezos says The Washington Post's goal is to become the “new paper of record” — Jeff Bezos did something with a rocket Tuesday morning, tweeted for the first time ever, and, more importantly for our purposes, spoke briefly on CBS This Morning about his vision for The Washington Post, which he bought in 2013.
Discussion:
The New York Observer
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Emails to and from State Department aide Philippe Reines show negotiations by Politico's Mike Allen for access to Chelsea Clinton and more — Emails Show Politico's Mike Allen Promised Positive Coverage of Chelsea Clinton — Few journalists are more thoroughly connected to Washington's power elite …
Discussion:
Mediaite
William D. Cohan / New York Times:
Pearson's success with getting high prices for The Financial Times and the Economist defied trends in valuation of news organizations — Pearson's Big Paydays Defy the Odds Against Print Media — It has been tough sledding for print media. More than 150 newspapers have closed or converted …
Discussion:
@facklernyt and Talking Biz News
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Jung & Naiv, an interview show born and popularized on YouTube, gets another shot at television — Legs crossed, sitting on top of one of the concrete slabs near the edge of Berlin's Holocaust Memorial just beyond the Brandenburg Gate, is 29-year-old Tilo Jung.
Guardian:
Daily Mail accused of paying €50,000 for CCTV video of Paris attack — Representatives of paper acquired video that had previously been encrypted by police and then insisted hard disk was destroyed, claims witness — The Daily Mail has been accused of paying €50,000 (£35,000) …
Discussion:
@janinegibson
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
As NPR's core audience grows older, it struggles to attract younger listeners — NPR is graying, and public radio is worried about it — As NPR came of age in the 1980s, its audience matured with it. Three decades later, that is starting to look like a problem.
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, Bloomberg View, @foxjust and The Laurel
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Ethical questions raised after Daily Beast executive editor Noah Shachtman urges boycott of Trump's businesses — Over the line? A top Daily Beast editor urges boycott against ‘racist’ Trump — Donald Trump is no stranger to journalistic criticism and mockery—and isn't shy about hitting back hard.
Discussion:
@howardkurtz, @oliverdarcy, Raw Story, TheBlaze.com, CNNMoney and Mediaite
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