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ExxonMobil is hurling ethics accusations against Columbia University journalists after climate report, hints at research funding or recruiting repercussions — Exxon takes aim at Columbia University journalists for role in climate reports — ExxonMobil is hurling ethics accusations …
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Huffington Post employees ask the company to voluntarily recognize their union, Writers Guild of America-East — Employees ask Huffington Post to recognize union — Huffington Post employees have asked the company to voluntarily recognize their union with the Writers Guild of America-East.
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Poynter, CNNMoney, WWD, FishbowlNY, TechCrunch, Vanity Fair, @petersterne, @mlcalderone and @petersterne
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Eddy Cue on Apple News: goal is to build a platform for news organizations, work continues on a version for China, no plans to employ journalists directly — Q&A with Apple exec about News app — This fall's upgrade to Apple's iPhone and iPad operating system comes with a new app called News.
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9to5Mac, MacRumors, One Man & His Blog, AppleInsider and @brianstelter
Maria Sheahan / Reuters:
German magazine Der Spiegel is cutting one-fifth of its staff and adding a paywall, is considering launching a digital news service, other initiatives — Germany's Spiegel magazine to cut jobs, launch paywall — Dec 1 Germany's influential newsweekly Der Spiegel said on Tuesday …
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Phys.org
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
How The Washington Post leapfrogged The New York Times in Web traffic — The Washington Post proclaimed itself “America's new publication of record” after it broke another online traffic record in October, surpassing The New York Times for the first time. — There are a lot of factors …
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Washington Post, @lheron, @lmoses, @pennyriordan1 and @mdeziel
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Iterating Grace, a handwritten book mailed to Silicon Valley journalists and VCs in June, will be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux; authors still anonymous — An Anonymous Satire of Silicon Valley Now Has a Publisher — This past June, mysterious packages containing copies of a slim …
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@zpower, @fsgbooks, Fortune, @leahculver, @markhor, @davemcclure, @katierosman, @xanalter, @puiwingtam, @pkedrosky, @petersterne, @nitashatiku and @palafo
Agence France-Presse:
Local Thai printer removes article from front page of The International New York Times about Thailand's flagging economy — Blank spaces replace NYT article on flagging Thai economy — Bangkok (AFP) - The International New York Times said its printer in Thailand removed an article …
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Guardian, New York Times, khaosodenglish.com, Poynter and The Week
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Dutch news site De Correspondent has signed up 40,000 paid members — In the two years since it began publishing in the fall of 2013, the Dutch news site De Correspondent has signed up 40,000 paying members, the site said Tuesday. — De Correspondent launched out of a crowdfunding effort in 2013 …
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Medium
Garett Sloane / Digiday:
Snapchat finally enables publishers to ‘deep link’ to their Discover content — Snapchat's enabling its publishing partners to promote their channels on Facebook and Twitter with links directly to their content, the company said today. — The media partners, which include Hearst, IGN …
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The Next Web and @digiday
Keith Stuart / Guardian:
Why it's difficult to write comprehensive reviews about modern video games at launch — Has video game reviewing become an impossible task? … This month we have managed to shock a few readers by giving four of the year's biggest releases - Fallout 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Star Wars …
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@lukeplunkett, @immersivemind, @joethreepwood and @helenlohara
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
UK regional newspaper publisher appoints first editor-in-chief, Jeremy Clifford, restructures and terminates regional managing director roles — Johnston Press appoints first group editor-in-chief as directors' roles go — Yorkshire Evening Post editor Jeremy Clifford takes up position …
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Press Gazette and HoldTheFrontPage
Craig Jarvis / The News & Observer:
Statewide newspaper planned for February launch in North Carolina from former state government staffers, funders undisclosed — Former DENR employees plan newspaper startup — Newspaper companies have taken a financial dive because of major shifts in advertising, readers' habits and other market forces over the past decade.
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@nsjnews, @samantharrin, @johnrobinson, @jayrosen_nyu and @raleighreporter
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