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Washington Post:
At Politico, Albritton wanted credit as financier and creative force, VandeHei wanted more control and a chance to profit from his own startup — Why the marriage at the top of Politico couldn't be saved — Jim VandeHei wanted more control. Robert Allbritton wanted more credit.
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USA Today
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Politico leaders dismiss reports that internal tensions led to departures
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@mgsiegler, @rachelsb, Gawker, @edmorrissey, @benmullin, @nytanon and @scranecolt
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Condé Nast's focus on bottom line and relentless pursuit of web traffic is unsettling some employees — Condé Nast Adapts to New Forces, Unsettling Some Inside — A few years ago, Anna Wintour, David Remnick and Graydon Carter went to see S. I. Newhouse Jr. …
Kerry Flynn / International Business Times:
Snapchat Discover One Year Later: How 23 Media Companies Are Building Stories For Evan Spiegel — Snapchat may have a few problems, but Discover ain't one. At least, that's what media companies are cheering. It's been a year since Snapchat launched its network of media partners …
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@joshelman and The New York Observer
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
New nonprofit site Coda Story thoroughly covers a single issue at a time, starting with LGBTQ rights in Russia — A new storytelling platform hopes to move crisis reporting beyond isolated events in the news cycle — The Coda Story homepage is a busy place — filled to the corners …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
How FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's plan to open the cable box could affect strategies of tech firms like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others — Inside the FCC's audacious plan to blow up the cable box — FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler dropped a bomb on the cable television1 industry yesterday …
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Monday Note, Palo Alto Online, @gassee, @tcarmody, @lukewatsonnyc, @davidsshamilton and Fortune
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Raf Casert / Associated Press:
International Federation of Journalists: at least 2,297 journalists and media staff killed over past 25 years — Report counts some 2,300 journalists killed in past 25 years — BRUSSELS (AP) — In the last quarter century, at least 2,297 journalists and media staff have been killed …
Ashraf Sweilam / Associated Press:
Egypt arrests cartoonist for illegally running a webpage — EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian cartoonist, whose work is occasionally critical of government figures, was arrested in the capital, Cairo, on Sunday and charged with running a webpage without a license, the country's Interior Ministry said in a statement.
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New York Times
Dru Sefton / Current.org:
NewsHour archives of almost 10K episodes from 1975-2007 to be digitized and available online — ‘NewsHour’ archives to be digitized and available online — More on Quick Takes Subscribe to Quick Takes Follow this author — More than three decades of NewsHour are heading to an online home …
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TVNewsCheck.com and TVTechnology
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Atom Tickets raises $50M from Fox, Disney, Lionsgate, and others, to help people organize group movie viewings, get discounts — Hollywood Studios Leading $50M Investment in Mobile Movie Ticketing App — Start-up Atom Tickets is designed to make it easier for friends and larger groups to arrange a rendevouz at the theater.
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Variety and Wall Street Journal
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Correspondent for Afghanistan's national TV and radio network, Mohammad Zubair Khaksar, shot dead in Surkhrod district — TV Reporter Gunned Down In Eastern Afghanistan — Afghan officials say a TV journalist has been shot dead by unknown assailants in eastern Nangarhar Province.
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Daijiworld, Afghanistan News-TOLOnews.com and The Malaysian Insider
Madeline Welsh / Nieman Lab:
The Programming Corporation of America to create local, online videos and partner with local outlets to capture digital political ad dollars — The Programming Corporation of America has a plan to keep those digital political ad dollars local — Political ad dollars have been a boon for local TV stations for decades.
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Street Fight
Guardian:
Presidental campaigns uploading massive email lists and voter files to Facebook, enabling targeted ads to donors and voters — How Facebook tracks and profits from voters in a $10bn US election — Social network lets campaigns match profiles with political habits and contact info …
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@zeigor, @ognyanova and RedState
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