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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.
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
Sun takes down story claiming reporter travelled from Turkey without passport — Croatian government criticises article claiming investigator dodged its officials on his way to Paris - and produces a scan that it says they took of his passport — A Sun story claiming its reporter managed …
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Robert Cookson / Financial Times:
Losses point to bleak future for companies whose sole business is music streaming — Losses point to bleak future for music streaming services — Smaller music companies find it hard in face of offerings from big technology groups — For record labels, music streaming is big business.
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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Beats Music subscribers given until January 19 to transfer data to Apple Music
Beats Music subscribers given until January 19 to transfer data to Apple Music
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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.
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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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David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Columbia Journalism School dean Steve Coll on balance, disclosure, and ethics when advocacy groups support nonprofit news in wake of Exxon controversy — Exxon-Columbia spat highlights emerging gray area in nonprofit journalism — A month after a Columbia Journalism School team published …
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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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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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 …