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Ken Doctor / Politico:
Sources: Apollo Global Management approached Tribune Publishing about a sale about a month ago, but Tribune has been “non-responsive” — Apollo seeks purchase of Tribune — and possible California sell-off — Is Rupert right? — Friday afternoon, News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch tweeted …
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@rupertmurdoch, @mattdpearce, Orange County Register, Poynter and The Wrap
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Rupert Murdoch tweets that Tribune Publishing is about to be sold, with Los Angeles Times going to Eli Broad — Murdoch tweets that LA Times about to be bought — Newspaper owner and noted Twitter user Rupert Murdoch is hearing that the Los Angeles Times newspaper is about to change hands.
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Mashable, USA Today, Fortune, Los Angeles Business …, @dainabethcita, @brianstelter, LA Observed, Variety, The Drum, Reuters and FishbowlNY
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Twitter removes share counts in sharing buttons, but publishers say data was important internally and as a signal to readers — Frustrated publishers to Twitter: Give us our share counts back — It seems like Twitter and other social platforms are always making changes to their platforms …
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ClickZ, @newswhip and the Econsultancy blog
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why the media won't say Donald Trump is lying — Just north of the campus of Ohio State is a bar called The Library. It does not take a college student long to recognize the utility of that name; a parent calls and asks where you are and you can simply say, “The Library,” …
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Medium, @nikkiusher, The Fiscal Times, @nathanjurgenson, @ahmed and @bydanielvictor
Joe Zadeh / Noisey:
How Kane Robinson, who ran the obscure music forum Dancing Jesus, became the target of the UK's biggest piracy case — How a Kid Running an Obscure Music Forum Became the Target Of the UK's Biggest Ever Piracy Case — It's 5pm on a Friday and Kane Robinson is sat in his parents home in North Shields …
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 …
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.”
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 …
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@michaelrkingjr and @margaltes
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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@jyarow
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 …
Arik Parnass / Medium:
How the role of a daily sports beat writer has evolved over the years and where it is headed in the age of instant access and automated game recaps — The Changing Beat — Once the province of beat writers and their “exclusive access,” the sports media landscape keeps shifting.
Discussion:
@howardbeck
Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Mp3.com founder Michael Robertson launches OnRadio, which lets you search for and play songs from 100K+ online radio streams — Mp3.com Founder Launches Radio Search Service, Talks Copyright — Michael Robertson clearly enjoys going up against corporations much larger than his …
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