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Nicholas Schmidle / New Yorker:
Inside TMZ: How the celebrity news site gets stories through a vast network of industry sources — The Digital Dirt — In the early-morning hours of February 15, 2014, Ray Rice and his fiancée, Janay Palmer, stepped into an elevator at the Revel hotel and casino, in Atlantic City.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How BuzzFeed built an investigative reporting culture from scratch by focusing on hiring strong staff members — Digital Digging: How BuzzFeed built an investigative team inside a viral hit factory — Editor's note: This is the first part of a three-part weekly series examining investigative teams …
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Yara Bayoumy / Reuters:
Bahrain orders release of US journalist Anna Day, her camera crew pending further investigation, after arresting them for participating in an illegal gathering — Bahrain to free U.S. citizens accused of illegal gathering - lawyer — Bahrain's public prosecution office said on Tuesday …
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Michael Wolff / USA Today:
The future of news is not in digital, so it may be time to rethink print — Print's dead — but so is digital — The Financial Times, in a considered piece the other day, has, if there was any doubt, pronounced the newspaper business deader than a doornail.
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Haaretz:
Israeli police briefly detain Washington Post Jerusalem Bureau Chief William Booth, accusing him of ‘incitement’ as he interviewed people on street — Israel Police Arrest Washington Post Jerusalem Bureau Chief for ‘Incitement’ — Israeli police forces detained Washington …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Tidal flubs release of Kanye West's new album, delaying downloads but charging credit cards — Thousands Bought Kanye West's New Album, But Never Received Their Download — Digital music service TIDAL climbed to the top of the App Store, thanks to scoring the exclusive rights to Kanye West's new album …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Apple Uses Dr. Dre Video, Other TV Production as Apple Music Marketing — Wait a minute: After years of anticipation, Apple finally made its entry into the TV business, and the rest of the world ... shrugged? — Well, yes. But also, no. — Because it's interesting — but not that interesting.
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Daniel Rubino / Windows Central:
LINE kills MixRadio, the music streaming service it bought from Microsoft in 2014 — The end of MixRadio as LINE quietly kills off music streaming service — After a whirlwind ride through many owners the latest one - LINE - has just posted a late-night press release noting that the company …
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
CNN to roll out CNNMoney brand internationally, makes Richard Quest editor-at-large — CNNMoney business news to roll-out internationally — Successful US-based business brand will see hiring of new editors and producers across several CNN International bureuax
David Pierce / Wired:
Hulu's launch of its first original drama, 11.22.63, signals company's commitment to growth — The Ambitious 11.22.63 Is the Beginning of a Brand New Hulu — Last Thursday night, Hulu rented a parking lot. The massive concrete expanse was a few doors down from the Bruin Theater in Los Angeles' Westwood neighborhood.
Thanks:@ravichandrans25
Hannah Ellis-Petersen / Guardian:
Youth-focused BBC Three's transition to an online only channel is complete as it takes a budget cut from £85M to £30M — Credits roll on-air for the final time as BBC3 becomes online only — Channel aimed at younger audience, which launched 13 years ago …
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
How Bloomberg EIC John Micklethwait balances tensions of the terminal business, China, investigative reporting, and covering a possible Bloomberg candidacy — Micklethwait's Balancing Act, After a Year as Bloomberg Editor in Chief — In recent weeks, John Micklethwait …
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