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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Confirmed: Twitter Appoints Longtime American Express Executive Leslie Berland as CMO — Here's some positive executive news coming out of Twitter: It has found its new chief marketing officer. — Twitter has appointed longtime American Express executive Leslie Berland to CMO …
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@jack, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, USA Today, Variety and Business Insider
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Twitter's Nathan Hubbard Will Take Over Interim Media Job Amid Executive Changes — We're still sifting through the rubble of yesterday's mass exodus from Twitter in which a number of high-ranking executives announced they were leaving, but a few new roles are already starting to take shape.
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Slate, Wall Street Journal, @raju, Variety, The Wrap, @pkafka, Adweek, Variety, Media Wire Daily and Business Insider
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Mizzou professor Melissa Click, who called for “some muscle” to block student reporter covering protest, charged with third degree assault — Mizzou Media Professor Melissa Click Charged With Siccing ‘Muscle’ On Reporter — The University of Missouri media professor who drew scorn for siccing …
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Christopher Heine / Adweek:
Interactive Advertising Bureau CEO calls Adblock Plus an “extortion racket” after denying company a spot at annual conference — IAB Chief Blasts Adblock Plus as an ‘Immoral, Mendacious Coven of Techie Wannabes’ — When Adblock Plus said it had been “disinvited” …
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IAB, Business Insider, @johnbattelle, @r2rothenberg, @dangillmor, @xor, @simoncrosby, @om, @whatthebit, @zseward, Ad Age and Ad Age
Amy Gahran / Knight Digital Media Center:
Philly's Billy Penn to be the first local independent publisher using Facebook Instant Articles, launching early February, also plans to use Google AMP — Could Facebook Instant Articles help hyperlocal news? — Community engagement and exposure isn't just about attracting traffic to your website.
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The Huffington Post, @newswhip, @eric_analytics, @ckrewson, @eric_analytics and Forbes
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
As The Guardian cuts £50M, it plans to build on its membership program — How do you cut costs by 20 percent? The Guardian is about to find out: The U.K. paper announced Monday that, with operating costs growing more than twice as fast as revenues, it plans to cut those costs by 20 percent …
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Guardian, Guido Fawkes and @niemanlab
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Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Guardian to cut costs by 20%, or just over £50M, in bid to break even within three years
Guardian to cut costs by 20%, or just over £50M, in bid to break even within three years
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Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
200 Wikipedia editors call for removal of new foundation trustee, Arnnon Geshuri, due to his connection to anti-poaching case involving tech firms — Wikipedia editors revolt, vote “no confidence” in newest board member — As a Google HR exec, Arnnon Geshuri fired a recruiter who dared to call Apple.
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify to roll out video to all Android users this week, iOS users next week, in US, UK, Germany and Sweden; content partners include BBC, Fusion — Spotify Ready to Introduce Video Product — Content from BBC, Maker Studios, ESPN will soon be added to popular music app
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Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Distributed news: The Vox way of getting stories out to 6 social platforms — Allison Rockey, director of programming at Vox, explains how the engagement team works with editors and reporters to create native content for social networks … Vox, the two year-old explainer journalism platform …
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@elanazak, @markbriggs, @elanazak and @loritodd
David Lieberman / Deadline:
Relativity Media says it has $100M+ in commitments from current and new investors needed to exit bankruptcy — Relativity Says It Has Financing It Needs To Exit From Bankruptcy — Relativity Media says that it has more than $100 million in commitments from current and new investors …
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Vulture, Page Six, @beccamess, @minakimes, @mattsinger, Deadline, @m_c_klein and Hollywood Reporter
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Behind the launch of the new journalism school at Morgan State University — This is what it's like to launch a journalism school from scratch — If you had the chance to launch your own journalism school, how would you do it? If your mind starts to run wild, tack on some limitations …
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@niemanlab and @niemanlab
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
EasyJet deputy chairman Charles Gurassa appointed as Channel 4 chairman, replacing Lord Burns — EasyJet's Charles Gurassa appointed as Channel 4 chairman — Broadcaster's incoming chair, who replaces Lord Burns, will have to deal with government review, which could result in privatisation
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Telegraph, Financial Times, Hollywood Reporter, The Drum, Express & Star and Advanced Television
The Canadian Press:
Rogers Media to cut workforce 4%: 200 TV, radio, publishing and admin jobs — TORONTO - It was another bleak day for Canadian news outlets on Monday as Rogers Media moved to trim its workforce by four per cent — or 200 jobs — while the Guelph Mercury said it would stop publishing …