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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Atavist cuts half its staff and searches for a sustainable path as funding dries up — The past couple of years have not been kind to publishing-related startups. Byliner publicly fell apart before being acquired. Social reading platform Readmill was acquired by Dropbox and shut down.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
FBI Director James Comey calls media reports that San Bernardino shooters posted publicly on social media about jihad a “garble” — The FBI just blasted reporting on the San Bernardino killings — A whoa moment here: FBI Director James B. Comey today told the media …
Michael Reckhow / Facebook Media:
Instant Articles Launches to Everyone on Android, with More Than 350 Publications Globally — We're excited to announce that everyone who uses the Facebook for Android app can now read thousands of Instant Articles every day in News Feed from publishers worldwide.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Evgeny Lebedev sounds out interest in cut-price national the i — Market rumours suggest News UK and Trinity Mirror could be potential buyers of the successful title launched in 2010 — The publisher of the i is understood to have sounded out media groups about a potential sale …
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Henry Mance / Financial Times:
Daily Mirror looks at launching cheaper tabloid newspaper — The publisher of the Daily Mirror is working on plans to launch a cheaper tabloid newspaper, people familiar with the matter said, in the latest attempt to squeeze profits from print media. — The new publication would seek …
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Husain Sumra / MacRumors:
Rdio to Officially Shut Down on December 22, Will Allow Users to Download Collection Archive — Last month Pandora announced that it acquired “key assets” and employees from Rdio for $75 million. Tonight, Rdio began emailing its users to let them know that it would officially shut down on December 22, 2015 at 5 p.m. PST.
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Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Vice Magazine pauses publication in January for a two-month redesign, restarts in March with more cultural coverage, content from Vice's digital writers — Vice Magazine, ‘The Heart of Vice,’ Will Re-Launch in March — Best Places To Work Have Happy Employees
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Oliver Ellrodt / Reuters:
German justice minister announces deal with Facebook, Twitter, and Google to remove hate speech within 24 hours of it being reported — Facebook, Google, Twitter agree to delete hate speech in 24 hours: Germany — Germany said on Tuesday that Facebook, Google and Twitter have agreed …
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James DeHaven / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Society of Professional Journalists calls on new owners of Las Vegas Review-Journal to reveal their identity — Pressure to go public grows for new Review-Journal owners — One of the country's largest and oldest journalism organizations has joined a growing chorus of reporters …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Part two of the Leveson Inquiry has been ‘quietly shelved’ by Government — The conclusion of Operation Weeting (announced on Friday) left the way open for part two of the Leveson Inquiry to finally commence. — But The Times and Mail report government sources saying that it has been quietly shelved.
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Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Eyewitness Media Hub study: 52% of journalists exposed to traumatic user-generated content several times a week, 12% daily — On ‘the digital frontline’, over half of journalists are exposed to traumatic UGC several times a week — A new study from the Eyewitness Media Hub highlights …
Mark Scott / New York Times:
EU agrees on EU-wide rules to overhaul data privacy laws, adding hefty fines, broadening right to be forgotten; EU countries will have two years to comply — Europe Approves Tough New Data Protection Rules — European officials approved long-awaited data protection regulations on Tuesday …
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
New York Times video founder Ann Derry to depart — The journalist who created The New York Times' video department 10 years ago is exiting the publication. — Ann Derry, who was behind the Times' initial foray into video in 2005, will leave the company at the end of the year.
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