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Re/code:
Sources: Twitter media head Katie Jacobs Stanton and product head Kevin Weil leaving, company to announce the hire of a prominent CMO on Monday — Big Exec Departures at Twitter: Media Head Stanton and Product Head Weil Leaving — In a major executive upheaval, two of Twitter's top executives …
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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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@ckrewson, @victoriawillens and @jesslbergman
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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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Editor & Publisher
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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@pkafka, @brianstelter, @jimrutenberg, @s_m_i, @reformedbroker, @brianstelter, @gregjkrieg, @jayrosen_nyu, @jayrosen_nyu, @jayrosen_nyu, @_riovo, @bobbymacreports, @tomkludt and @petersterne
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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@mmasnick, @sfmnemonic, @aweissman, @eff and @mathewi
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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@dangillmor
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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Mashable, @mathewi, New York Times, VentureBeat, @davewiner, @joepompeo, @justinnxt, @robinsloan, @nytarchives, The New York Observer, GalleyCat, NetNewsCheck Latest, Cision, FishbowlNY and The FJP
Peg Brickley / Wall Street Journal:
Judge reverses order that required 100+ sources to reveal contact with Bloomberg reporters in Molycorp bankruptcy case, says a more tailored approach is needed — Bankruptcy Judge Limits Probe of Bloomberg News Sources — News organization had challenged court order related to disclosures about Molycorp bankruptcy
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Associated Press, USA Today, Reuters, The Huffington Post and rcfp.org
James Warren / Poynter:
Q&A with Dose Media's Emerson Spartz on viral content, old media, and partnership with Tribune Media — The ‘King of Clickbait’ on going viral, why old media stumbles — The “King of Clickbait's” domain in downtown Chicago looks more like a spare and makeshift newspaper newsroom …
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Posting sports highlights helped Bleacher Report reach 28.6M Instagram views in December — Bleacher Report did 29 million video views on Instagram in a month — The distributed content model has helped Bleacher Report collect a lot of views on Facebook. Now, it's helping the publisher see growth on Instagram.
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@jamiemottram and @whatthebit
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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Vox, CBS News, Variety, Rolling Stone, The Wrap, Variety, @cbssunday, Fortune, Deadline, Mediaite, Refinery29, Forbes, WGN-TV, @thatrebecca, Los Angeles Times, The Wrap, Ad Age, Guardian, Polygon, @jozenc, @billiejeanking, @rob_keyes, Billboard, @biblebeltblack and Mother Jones
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?
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