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Jeff Gammage / Philly.com:
Gerry Lenfest, sole owner of Philadelphia Media Network, contributes newspapers, website to nonprofit institute — Lenfest donates newspapers, website to new media institute — The owner of The Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com has donated the news organizations …
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Chris Mondics / Philly.com:
New structure of Philadelphia newspapers enables tax-free foundation grants to its public-benefit corporation, lets papers continue to take editorial stands — Ownership setup aims to invite contributions, foster beneficial goals — The new ownership structure of The Inquirer …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New York Times hires Jim Rutenberg, NYT Magazine's chief political correspondent, as media columnist after year-long search for David Carr's replacement — New York Times Names Jim Rutenberg Media Columnist After Almost Yearlong Search — Editors looked inside and outside the paper to fill David Carr's perch.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Twitter Integrates Periscope, Adds Autoplaying Live Video to Timeline — Twitter and its social live streaming service Periscope are now joined at the hip: Twitter officially integrated Periscope's live streams into its timeline Tuesday, where live video streams are now be auto-playing directly within tweets.
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Felix Salmon / Fusion:
How Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes erred with The New Republic, treating it as a startup instead of a revered century-old magazine — Chris Hughes and the dangers of impact investing — Chris Hughes, the Facebook co-founder who bought The New Republic for a reported $2.1 million in 2012 …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Facebook and Google Move Execs to Work On Virtual Reality — In a sign of the growing importance of virtual reality (VR) for tech companies, both Google and Facebook have tasked seasoned executives to work with their respective VR divisions. — Google's VP of product management Clay Bavor …
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New York Post:
Bewkes nixes HBO spinoff but open to Time Warner sale — Time Warner boss Jeff Bewkes told investors in a series of closed-door meetings Monday that he's against a sale or a spinoff of HBO but hinted he would entertain a sale of the New York media giant, The Post has learned.
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Village Voice owner brings back Will Bourne as editor-in-chief — The Village Voice has a new editor in chief. — New owner Peter Barbey is bringing back Will Bourne, who'd served briefly as editor in early 2013, to replace Tom Finkel, who had served as editor since July 2013 …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:
CBS, Warner Bros. considering online, paid streaming version of jointly-owned CW network — CBS, Warner Bros. Said to Consider Online Version of CW Network — Expiring deals with Tribune, Netflix, Hulu create new option — Looming Web service could provide leverage in negotiations
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Shorenstein Center:
Shorenstein Center announces new fellows, include Politico's deputy editor Marilyn Thompson, Northeastern University journalism professor Dan Kennedy — Shorenstein Center Announces Spring 2016 Fellows — CAMBRIDGE, MA — The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy …
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Jen Primack / The Reader's Room:
Amazon's book cataloging and discussion site Shelfari is merging with Goodreads; users have two months to move data — Amazon Kills Shelfari — It's official, the day that I've been dreading for several years has arrived. Amazon, which owns both Goodreads and Shelfari, has decided that it no longer cares to maintain Shelfari.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BuzzFeed breaks UK ad rules over misleading advertorial — Dylon sponsored article titled ‘14 Laundry Fails’ did not make clear content was piece of marketing, advertising watchdog rules — BuzzFeed has broken the UK advertising rules for failing to make it clear that an article on …
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