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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
New York Public Library releases more than 180K photographs, postcards, other public domain items in downloadable high-resolution — New York Public Library Invites a Deep Digital Dive — Mansion Maniac, a whimsical online toy created by the New York Public Library, may seem like envy bait for the real-estate have-nots.
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Biz Carson / Business Insider:
Sources: Yahoo to lay off at least 10%, or 1,000+ employees including some in media division, as early as this month — Yahoo is prepping to lay off 10% or more of its workforce — Major layoffs will be coming to Yahoo as part of its planned reorganization to get its business back on track.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
NBCU's ad-free comedy subscription service Seeso launches with more than 2K hours original content for $4 a month — NBCU's Comedy Subscription Service For Cord Cutters, Seeso, Goes Live — Seeso, NBCUniversal's oddly named subscription service aimed at cord cutters, is now live.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
The Atlantic to launch new politics section, election hub — The Atlantic is launching a new politics section and election hub, and will triple its reporting, events and business staffs as it absorbs some National Journal staff, the organization announced on Thursday.
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FishbowlDC, @hadas_gold, NetNewsCheck Latest and The Atlantic
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nexstar, Media General Agree On Merger Terms, But Meredith Won't Go Away — After a somewhat unorthodox courtship. Nexstar Broadcasting and Media General Inc. are set to merge - but they'll have to spurn another suitor to get the deal done. — Nexstar has for weeks made a concerted effort …
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Reuters:
Time Warner Cable says up to 320K customers' email passwords may have been stolen, it's not yet sure how data was obtained — Time Warner Cable says up to 320,000 customers' data may have been stolen — Time Warner Cable Inc said on Wednesday up to 320,000 customers may have had their email passwords stolen.
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Instagram starts curating more Spotlight Compilations for themes and events to highlight users' videos — Instagram Goes Beyond The Feed With Everyday Spotlight Compilations — Instagram's answer to Snapchat's Live Stories isn't just for holidays and big events any more.
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SocialTimes, The Next Web, Marketing Land and Nieman Lab
Alexis Ohanian / reddit:
Reddit self-publishes Ask Me Anything: Volume One featuring AMAs in digital and 10K print editions — Ask Me Anything: Volume One — The Reddit editorial team along with the r/IAmA Mods are proud to present Ask Me Anything: Volume One, a beautiful coffee table book featuring …
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt block access to Qatari-owned, UK-based news website The New Arab and its Arabic language version — Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt block access to Qatari-owned news website — Saudi culture and media ministry shuts down access to site which has also been accused …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
In rethinking the future of the Maynard Institute, there are no shortcuts and no direct answers — How do you reinvent an entire organization, while still hanging on to the founders' original vision? Where do you even start, faced with that kind of question? — You ask more questions, Martin G. Reynolds told me.
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John M. Broder / New York Times:
The New York Times experiments with online polling while remaining skeptical about achieving random samples as more people abandon landlines — New Online Polling Experiment for the Post-Landline Phone Era — John M. Broder is editor of News Surveys. — Margot Sanger-Katz of The Upshot …
Tony Connelly / The Drum:
Newsquest to make 20-25 more journalists redundant at Glasgow's Herald and Times — Newsquest has announced as many as 25 journalists' jobs will be cut at the Herald and Times newspapers as it makes the fourth round of redundancies at the Glasgow titles in just over a year.
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Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Relativity Turns to Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti to Run Its Film, TV Business — Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity snaps up Spacey's Trigger Street Productions in a bid to revive the beleagured studio as it emerges from bankruptcy. — In a dramatic and unexpected turn of events …
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