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Andrew Thompson / The Awl:
How Philadelphia magazine grew as the city's newspapers dwindled and the alt-weekly died — It's Always Sunny in ‘Philadelphia’ — Last week, H.F. Lenfest, the owner of Philadelphia's daily newspapers, the Inquirer and Daily News, donated the parent company of the papers and their website …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Interviews with board members of Philadelphia's new Institute for Journalism in New Media on how it plans to operate — Can Philly's new Institute for Journalism in New Media live up to the enormous hopes pinned on it? — When H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest announced he was donating $20 million …
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CNNMoney:
The final days of Al Jazeera America — Al Jazeera America's employees didn't see it coming. They thought they had more time. — The cable news channel was always a gamble. Everyone knew that — the anchors, the producers, the engineers. And in retrospect, the channel was probably doomed from the get-go.
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
NYTimes.com celebrates its 20th anniversary of publishing online, starting as a low-risk, low-cost experiment sourcing content from the newspaper — 20 years ago today, NYTimes.com debuted “on-line” on the web — Long before City Room, Snow Fall, NYT Now, or any other of The New York …
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Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Academy Board Endorses Changes to Increase Diversity in Oscar Nominees and Itself — LOS ANGELES — Confronting a fierce protest over a second straight year of all-white Oscar acting nominations, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday said it would make radical changes …
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Simon Owens:
How Techdirt's Mike Masnick became one of the most influential voices in tech policy — How this blogger became one of the most influential voices in tech policy — In May 2003, the legal website The Smoking Gun posted a short item titled “Barbra Sues Over Aerial Photos.”
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
With Capitol and Campaign Hound, UNC students are learning the sales side of media (and it's not easy) — As soon as the gavel drops on April 25 to open the 2016 session of the North Carolina General Assembly, every single word spoken publicly in the legislature will be recorded and transcribed by Capitol Hound.
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New York Times:
Charter and Time Warner Cable merger faces rising opposition from a coalition of companies and advocacy groups — Big Merger in Cable Faces Rising Opposition — Comcast's failed $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable collapsed last year under pressure from regulators …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Quartz Publisher Jay Lauf about the forthcoming app, adblocking, potential sale, and more — Quartz sees its readers' behaviors evolving, so it's evolving with them: It's launching its first major app — Since its launch in 2012, Quartz has been among the fastest-growing and most closely watched, digital news sites.
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Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
Recent South Carolina libel cases show lack of consistency in state laws and journalists must exercise precision and wariness — Why journalists in South Carolina are paying close attention to a recent libel ruling — So a lawmaker, a lobbyist, and a football coach walk into a plaintiff's bar...
Corey Layton / Ad Age:
How podcasters at Gimlet, Serial, and Panoply are using ads to tell stories — Podcast Pioneers: Where Audiences Choose to Listen to the Ads — How Podcasts Are Transforming Advertising — When was the last time you were so engrossed with an ad that you rewound it to hear it again? No?
Nieman Reports:
Interview with Vox.com co-founder Melissa Bell on ad blocking, telling stories on Snapchat, newsroom collaboration and more — Melissa Bell of Vox Media: “Give People the Start of Understanding” — elissa Bell is a journalist, technologist, and co-founder in 2014 of Vox.com, a site focused on explainer journalism.
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