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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
‘MY BAD!’ Mike Allen issues mea culpa for proposed softball interview with Chelsea Clinton — Mike Allen, POLITICO's chief White House correspondent, this morning issued an apology for floating the possibility of a “no surprises” interview with Chelsea Clinton in 2013 during an email exchange with Clinton confidant Philippe Reines.
Discussion:
Politico
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
After phone hacking scandal, UK tabloids dropped dubious reporting practices, now favor celebrity interviews, gossip, promoting owners' political agenda — Murdoch's British Tabloids Clean Up Their Acts — LONDON — A July article on a front page of The Sun on Sunday tabloid, owned by Rupert Murdoch, was a classic of its kind.
Discussion:
Media Wire Daily
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Malaysia using 1948 sedition law to seize phones and prosecute government critics who use social media — Malaysia invokes British-era law to stifle critics' voices — KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — Online critics of the Malaysian government would be well advised not to spend too much money on cellphones.
Washington Post:
South Africa's student protests saw hashtags and social media eclipse mainstream media like #BlackLivesMatter did in the US — The day mainstream media became old in South Africa — The date Oct. 21, 2015, will be remembered as the day mainstream media became old in South Africa.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with America's Test Kitchen's David Nussbaum on paywalls, social media, and videos — America's Test Kitchen, “the Consumer Reports of cooking,” wants to grow to new platforms — Many home cooks, when they think of Cook's Illustrated, think of the bow-tied, bespectacled Christopher Kimball …
Brendan James / International Business Times:
Profile of MSNBC host Chris Hayes, whose show All In has an increased viewership of 32% over the last year — Chris Hayes Is Still ‘All In’ At MSNBC, Even As Everyone Counts Him Out — “You want ratings; you want people to like you,” the host told International Business Times. “You can lose yourself.”
Discussion:
@thestalwart, @mlcalderone and @davidsirota
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
While networks benefit from TV show exposure on Hulu and other streaming services, producers worry widespread availability may hurt syndication value — Streaming Era Sets Off Battle Over TV Rights — Studios, networks, talent try to protect their interests in the emerging on-demand TV economy
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Analysts: it's not too late for Pandora to compete strongly with Spotify, YouTube, and Apple for on-demand paid streaming customers — Pandora's Rdio Acquisition Sets Stage for Epic Streaming Music Battle — The details behind Pandora's recently announced purchase of digital music service Rdio sound …
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Tor launches its first crowdfunding campaign as it seeks to be less reliant on US government funds — With US government as top donor, Tor Project looks to crowdfunding — Following up on goals set earlier this year, the Tor Project launched its first crowdfunding project today to expand …
Discussion:
Naked Security
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
The talk of the Web: How The New Yorker grew its digital audience by focusing on quality … It has been more than a year since The New Yorker took down its paywall and triggered a frenzied run on its archives. Slate and others compiled lists of The New Yorker's greatest hits …
Discussion:
@michaelrkingjr and @margaltes
Michele McLellan / Knight Digital Media Center:
Study of 287 local, independent news sites shows 60% are 5 years or older, demonstrating staying power — Local independent news operations demonstrate staying power — When I first started studying an emergent group of local online news startups in 2009, it was because I was skeptical …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Interview with Joe Weisenthal about Bloomberg's podcast Odd Lots and its daily online finance show, What'd You Miss? — Bloomberg TV's What'd You Miss? thinks of linear TV as “a source of content for online video” — What'd You Miss? is a daily, hour-long show from Bloomberg TV that airs …
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