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Star Wars sets record for largest opening weekend, with $238M earned in US and Canada, and $517M worldwide — ‘Star Wars’ Soars With Record-Breaking $238 Million Debut — Anousha Sakoui and Christopher Palmeri — “Chewie, we're home.” — Han Solo's line in the new “Stars Wars” …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Ofcom study: 31% in UK read print newspaper to keep informed, down from 41% 2014, making newspapers the least popular medium for news — Newspapers now the least popular medium for news, says Ofcom study — Just 31% of the UK population read a newspaper to get their current affairs fix, down 10 points on 2014 figure
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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
GateHouse ordered Las Vegas Review-Journal to scrutinize local judges before sale of paper; one judge is involved in Adelson casino wrongful termination suit — Judge in Adelson lawsuit subject to unusual scrutiny amid Review-Journal sale — Just over a month before Sheldon Adelson's family …
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Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Washington Post “What was fake on the Internet this week” column ends because readers who share hoax stories aren't convinced by debunking — What was fake on the Internet this week: Why this is the final column — There is nothing — NOTHING — too crazy for the Internet hoax beat.
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@uptomyknees, @mathewi, @bruce_arthur, @lindasgrant, @mantzarlis, TeleRead, @jayrosen_nyu, @dangillmor and The Huffington Post
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Streaming TV breaks the narrative rules of television, delivering a whole story that viewers can watch as they wish — Streaming TV Isn't Just a New Way to Watch. It's a New Genre. … At some point during Netflix's “Sense8” — a gorgeous, ridiculous series about eight strangers scattered across …
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Fortune and Nieman Lab
Nicola Clark / New York Times:
Axel Springer executives talk about digital transformation, learning from Silicon Valley, international plans, investments in Business Insider, Airbnb, more — An Old-Media Empire, Axel Springer Reboots for the Digital Age — BERLIN — When Mathias Döpfner, chief executive of Axel Springer …
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Street Fight, @rafat, FishbowlDC, @petersterne and @jeffjarvis
Ken Doctor / Politico:
Sources: Mashable is being shopped to potential buyers, asking between $300M and $350M, anticipates $35M-$40M in revenue for 2015 — Next up for sale: Mashable — Mashable, the 10-year-old digital tech news phenomenon, looks like the next big digital news organization to test the waters for a sale.
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FishbowlNY, The Wrap, @raju and Media Wire Daily
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
How two reporters from ProPublica and The Marshall Project overcame traditional competitive instincts to collaborate on a 11K-word project — Two rival reporters team up to produce one incredible story — On Wednesday, ProPublica and The Marshall Project teamed up to publish a powerful story …
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NPR
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Telegraph fined £30,000 over email urging readers to vote Tory — Editor's message asking hundreds of thousands of readers to oppose the most ‘leftwing Labour leader for a generation’ crossed a line, says watchdog — The Telegraph has been fined £30,000 for sending hundreds …
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Anna Clark / Columbia Journalism Review:
How a small team in Wisconsin delivers investigative reporting to 10 Gannett papers — Late last month, Gannett's papers in Wisconsin began to roll out a major project that examines widespread disparities in criminal sentencing among the state's judges. Wedding reported analysis …
Alastair Reid / Nieman Lab:
Eyewitness accounts to become more important in newsgathering and verification, with organizations devoting more time and resources to social media — A new dawn in social newsgathering — When social media users and mobile devices already outnumber the global population …
Rex Sorgatz / Nieman Lab:
Podcasting will continue to push into the mainstream with better experience, content, and revenue — The podcasting scene will explode — Some media analysts see a bubble poised to burst; others, incremental growth. I see something more radical: a complete regime change in the audio landscape.
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