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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Rolling Stone grants Mexican drug lord El Chapo full approval over exclusive interview by Sean Penn, raising ethical questions — A controversial coup: Sean Penn and Rolling Stone land El Chapo interview — When Rolling Stone published Sean Penn's exclusive interview with Joaquin …
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Dave Winer / Scripting News:
The El Chapo interview with Sean Penn, giving the subject final approval, is similar to concessions some business and tech publications make for access — El Chapo, journalists and readers — I liked the Rolling Stone story about El Chapo, the Mexican drug lord. — It's is a big story.
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter removes conservative writer Milo Yiannopoulos's verification badge without stating a reason, inflaming politicized battle over online speech — Twitter Unverifies Writer Amid Speech Wars — Twitter's removal of journalist and provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos's verification badge …
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Peter H. Stone / The Huffington Post:
Three months before “Edward Clarkin” story, Michael Schroeder offered freelancer Scott Whipple $5K to probe Nevada courts — The Story Of Sheldon Adelson's Purchase Of A Las Vegas Paper Is Even Crazier Than You Think — Three months before a mysterious article popped …
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@mattdrange, @jlnevadasmith, @johnmcquaid, @jayrosen_nyu, @dangillmor, @ben_hallman, @howardstutz and Hartford Courant
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Maria Bustillos / New Yorker:
How the Las Vegas Review-Journal Unmasked Its Owners — Last month, reporters at the Las Vegas Review-Journal undertook a remarkable investigation into the secret identity of the buyer of their own newspaper. The paper had changed hands in early December for the wildly inflated price …
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@noceranyt, @mariabustillos, @mariabustillos, @mmasnick, @mlcalderone, @jayrosen_nyu and @mathewi
Financial Times:
Sources: Apple Music now has more than 10M subscribers — Apple's music streaming subscribers top 10m — Apple has passed 10m subscribers for its music streaming service, taking six months to hit a milestone that took its arch-rival Spotify six years to hit, say people familiar with the matter.
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Re/code, The Verge, Consequence of Sound, Business Insider, @stevekovach, MacRumors, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica UK and Engadget
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
New Village Voice owner Peter Barbey hires veteran theater critic Michael Feingold, promises significant investment in paper — New Village Voice owner hires an old hand as his plans start to take shape — Three months after a little-known Pennsylvania newspaper mogul named Peter Barbey bought …
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Village Voice, @ericgrode, @jonathandemar, @paulxharris and FishbowlNY
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Sources: more layoffs hit Daily News, concentrated among group of web writers in Jersey City — Sources: More cuts at the Daily News — After a painful fall in which the Daily News was recovering from a downsizing that claimed the jobs of numerous longtime newsroom employees, has the tabloid has been hit with cuts yet again?
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Miles Johnson / Financial Times:
London's Amber Capital, an activist shareholder which amassed 15% stake in Grupo Prisa, owner of Spain's El País, presses for management shakeup — El País owner faces activist pressure for board shake-up — An activist hedge fund is pressing for a corporate governance upheaval …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Norway's Schibsted surveyed 37K mobile visitors about ads, found static images worked best, click-through rates negatively correlated with effectiveness — Schibsted wants to circumvent the mobile adblocking apocalypse by making better, more effective ads — Imagine opening up an app …
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Editor & Publisher and Street Fight
Associated Press:
Turkey arrests three over the killing of Syrian journalist … Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency says authorities have arrested three people in connection with the killing of a Syrian journalist in southern Turkey. — Naji Jerf, the editor-in-chief of pro-opposition Hinta Magazine died …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Interview with Vox Media co-founder Tyler Bleszinski on watching the company grow, how the internet has changed, and stepping away from day-to-day role — Built on passion: How Vox Media grew from its roots as an Oakland A's blog into one of the Internet's biggest publishers
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Vox Media Marketing