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Sarah Larson / New Yorker:
Serial launches season two, focusing on the case of US prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl — “Serial” Season Two Is Here — This morning at 6 A.M., “DUSTWUN,” the first episode of season two of the “Serial” podcast, quietly made its début. It's the first chapter in a season-long exploration …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Serial season 2 to include episode previews and supplemental materials on Facebook
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Twitter Widens Its Advertising Net, Tests Promoted Tweets With Logged-Out Users — It's been over a year since Twitter first said it planned to monetize logged-out users — that is, make money off the 500 million or so people who dip in and read Tweets without being signed in or even registered.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Yahoo Releases Video Discovery App for iOS and Android — Yahoo want to make it easier for you to find the shows you want to watch online: The company released a new app called the Yahoo Video Guide Thursday, which allows users to search for movies and TV shows across more than 30 online services …
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Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
In a first, Kickstarter hires a tech reporter, Mark Harris, to investigate and document drone startup Zano, which collapsed after raising $3.4M — Kickstarter hires reporter to probe startup that collapsed after raising $3.4M — Crowdfunding firm: We are entitled to further info from Torquing Group.
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James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly:
Netflix beats HBO in Golden Globe nominations for the first time with nine to HBO's eight; Amazon gets five, Hulu, one, and big four networks, nine total — NETFLIX TOPS HBO FOR FIRST TIME AS STREAMING DISRUPTS GOLDEN GLOBES — Netflix, Amazon and Hulu surge in Globes noms — It's not TV, it's Netflix.
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Stefan Nicola / Bloomberg Business:
Axel Springer Considers Paywall for Business Insider, Upday App — Company plans to start charging for some content next year — Buys remaining classifieds unit stake for 465 million euros — Europe's biggest newspaper publisher is betting it can make money from digital news by winning paying readers in the region and the U.S.
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Financial Times:
Sources: Atlantic Media in talks to sell its business news site Quartz — Atlantic Media in talks to sell Quartz — Atlantic Media has held talks with a number of potential buyers interested in digital media about a sale of or potential investment in Quartz, the publishing group's business news site …
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Ariel / appFigures:
One month in, Apple TV App Store has 2,624 apps; largest category is games with 1,002 apps — Everything You Need to Know About the New Apple TV App Store — Update: Apple's Eddy Cue confirmed that there are more than 2,000 apps in the Apple TV App Store and that games are the leading category in an interview with BuzzFeed.
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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Online discourse turns ugly as extreme reactions on social media become part of news stories, fueling infinite loops of media coverage — The Internet's Loop of Action and Reaction Is Worsening — Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton said this week that we should think about shutting …
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Dan Adams / Boston Globe:
Boston Globe announces $100K investigative journalism fellowship funded by companies behind the film Spotlight and First Look Media — Boston Globe introduces $100,000 ‘Spotlight’ fellowship — Inspired by the success of the movie “Spotlight,” The Boston Globe and the Hollywood companies behind …
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Amanda Connolly / The Next Web:
Flipboard now allows sharing through Facebook Messenger — Flipboard's latest update for Android and iOS has added Facebook Messenger integration, allowing you to easily share articles with your friends in the chat app. — Using the share sheet in the Flipboard app, you can now send a link directly to someone on Messenger.
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Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Leonid Sviridov, a Russian journalist for RIA Novosti, says he will leave Poland following spy accusations and being stripped of accreditation — Russian journalist suspected of espionage will leave Poland — 2 photos — WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Russian journalist who has come under suspicion …
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Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch:
Product Hunt Revamps iOS App, Adds Live Chats And Podcast Player — On the heels of its web redesign a few weeks ago, Product Hunt has launched a beautiful redesign of its iOS app, which originally came out last August. — The new app features a Today section for seeing what's trending in tech, games, podcasts and books.
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Time Inc. Partners With Hulu, Yahoo and Zealot Networks for Video Distribution — Time Inc. is continuing its video push, adding Hulu, Yahoo and Zealot Networks to join its video distribution network. Original video from Time Inc.'s portfolio of brands will thus be distributed across the trio of networks, the company said Thursday.
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Folio, Variety, Media Wire Daily, The Drum and Talking New Media
Simon Canning / mUmBRELLA:
Australia's ad and communications firm STW halts stock trading as merger with WPP looms — STW Communications enters trading halt with WPP poised to finally complete takeover — WPP could take control of Australia's largest listed advertising and communications company, STW Group, as early as next week, Mumbrella understands.
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