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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Columbia University journalism dean Steve Coll disputes Exxon Mobil's criticism of journalists who produced climate report — Columbia Disputes Exxon Mobil on Climate Risk Articles — The dean of Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism on Tuesday rebutted accusations by Exxon Mobil …
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@stevecollny, Columbia Journalism School, @billdedman, @dicktofel, @joshelman, @davidfolkenflik and @jayrosen_nyu
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Politico:
ExxonMobil is hurling ethics accusations against Columbia University journalists after climate report, hints at research funding or recruiting repercussions
ExxonMobil is hurling ethics accusations against Columbia University journalists after climate report, hints at research funding or recruiting repercussions
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The Huffington Post, @anniemleonard, @climatebrad, The Daily Caller, @berniesanders, Poynter, The Wrap, Gawker, @eisingerj, @donmoyn, @scottlincicome, @amyjaffeenergy, @sethdmichaels, @elongreen, @ron_fournier, @timothypmurphy, @will_bunch, @trevortimm, @jonathanstray, @davidfolkenflik, @stevesilberman and @sarahnemerson
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, Vanity Fair, Ad Age, @mlcalderone, @petersterne, USA Today, TechCrunch, FishbowlNY and @petersterne
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
App Annie: Spotify top-ranked music streaming app worldwide in Q3 2015, Pandora retains lead in US on iPhone and Android — Spotify Claims Streaming Music Throne Worldwide, But Pandora Is Still Top Service In U.S. — Spotify is the world's top streaming music service in terms of active users …
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App Annie Blog and RAIN News
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Chartbeat headline study shows formulaic rules don't necessarily improve click-through rates, but testing many alternative headlines significantly helps CTR — Most of your headline writing tricks don't work, apart from these two — Analytics firm Chartbeat has published a new study …
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Chartbeat Blog and @whatthebit
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
Chris Ariens / Adweek:
Fox News CEO Roger Ailes objects to ABC plans for a comedy using its trademarked slogan, “Fair and Balanced” — Fox Isn't Laughing About an ABC Sitcom Called ‘Fair and Balanced’ — Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes isn't amused by ABC's plans for a comedy called Fair and Balanced.
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@jasonlynch, @kevinmkruse, @eriqgardner and @alexweprin
Amanda Meade / Guardian:
News Corp names Daily Telegraph Editor Paul Whittaker editor-in-chief of The Australian, replacing retiring Chris Mitchell; Chris Dore will replace Whittaker — Daily Telegraph's Paul Whittaker named editor-in-chief of the Australian — Whittaker takes over from long-standing chief …
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Crikey, mUmBRELLA and TheAustralian
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, @pkcapitol, @derekwillis, @raju, Columbia Journalism Review, @derekwillis, Fortune, @lheron, @lmoses, @lpolgreen, @pennyriordan1, @mdeziel, @jyarow, @mlcalderone and @wblau
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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One Man & His Blog, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider and @brianstelter
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 and @niemanlab
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, The Week, Poynter, New York Times and khaosodenglish.com
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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Forbes, Fast Company, The Next Web, SocialTimes and @digiday