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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
The New York Times is running an editorial, “The Gun Epidemic”, on its front page Saturday, the first editorial on its front since 1920 — Gun Debate Yields Page 1 Editorial — The New York Times is running an editorial on its front page on Saturday, the first time the paper …
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
MSNBC to broadcast Bloomberg Media's politics show With All Due Respect, hosted by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin — MSNBC to Add Bloomberg TV Political Show — “With All Due Respect,” Bloomberg Media's flagship political television show, will also be shown on MSNBC, weeknights at 6 p.m., after a deal between the two.
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Mehreen Zahra-Malik / Reuters:
Some Pakistani officials hinder Reuters and Washington Post journalists in Punjab from reporting on California shooter Tashfeen Malik — Pakistani security seeks to tamp down reporting on California shooter — Pakistani security forces appeared to be trying to dampen down reporting …
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Refinery29 has 10 staffers producing 14 pieces per day, seven days a week for Snapchat Discover — Inside Refinery29's Snapchat Discover Operation — Women-focused digital publisher churns out 14 pieces of content, 7 days a week — The number “33” is written on a dry erase board.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times prioritizes commenters by placing them at the center of its homepage — On Thursday night, as part of its ongoing coverage of the shootings in San Bernardino, Calif., The New York Times highlighted reader comments in one of its most prominent digital spaces: The top of its homepage.
Seth Fiegerman / Mashable:
Ethics went out the window when media mobbed the San Bernardino shooters' apartment — Anderson Cooper has been punched while reporting in Egypt and experienced the worst of Hurricane Katrina, but even that couldn't prepare him for the sight of his own network and other news outlets barging …
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Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press:
Nielsen: time spent on TV keeps falling while number of 18-34-year-olds on smartphones, tablets, and game consoles surges 26% YoY ending in May — Nielsen: Smartphones and the Internet are eating our TV time — LOS ANGELES (AP) — The use of Internet-ready devices like smartphones appears …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
The Huffington Post's politics vertical had 6.5M unique visitors in October from its Good News section, though many stories weren't directly related to politics — HuffPost Politics gets ‘good news’ traffic boost — A recent Huffington Post article about a two-legged puppy taking his …
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Profile of Bold, a new right-leaning website aimed at women, millennials, minorities, and the LGBT community — A conservative website for LGBT and minorities? — When she gazes out at the conservative media landscape, Carrie Sheffield sees an untapped audience.
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Shannon Bond / Financial Times:
Podcast network Gimlet Media raises $6M at $30M valuation in round led by Graham Holdings — Gimlet fundraising caps podcasting revival — Gimlet Media, the US podcast network started by former National Public Radio producer Alex Blumberg, has raised $6m in funding that values the company …
Siobhán O'Grady / Foreign Policy:
A new report by the PEN American Center details the systematic repression of journalists in Myanmar — For Journalists in Myanmar, an Atmosphere of Fear and Repression — In 2012, when Myanmar, also known as Burma, abolished pre-publication censorship laws that had long forced journalists …
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
The Guardian is focusing on sports through live blogs, soccer coverage including of women's events, social platforms, data, and VR — Inside The Guardian's drive to be a global digital destination for sports — The Guardian wants to push its sports coverage to the next level.