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Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch:
Reddit Hires Twitter's Former News Manager, Mark S. Luckie, As Head Of Journalism And Media — Reddit Hires Twitter's Former News Manager As Head Of Journalism And Media — Reddit has hired Mark S. Luckie, the former news manager at Twitter and the person behind Today in Black Twitter …
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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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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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@lpolgreen, @sbermo, @sarhutch, @saramorrison, @palewire and @itsmelissabrown
Joan E. Solsman / The Wrap:
Spotify Nears 30 Million Paid Subscribers (Report) — Spotify must be hitting the right notes. — The Swedish start-up is nearing 30 million paid members, according to a report in the Financial Times. That's up from 20 million it reported in June, and compares to 11 million subscribers of chief rival Apple Music.
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Bangin Beats, News Independent, hypebot, Guardian and TechSpot
Chris Sutcliffe / TheMediaBriefing:
Interview with Guardian CEO David Pemsel suggests publication may start producing some members-only content — Guardian Media Group's David Pemsel: A paywall “would diminish our reach and influence around the world” — David Pemsel will be speaking at Digital Media Strategies this March.
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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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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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@kanyewest, BGR, TorrentFreak, Consumerist, Us Weekly, hypebot, Variety, VentureBeat, Guardian, @acciogeorgia, @eihpospitcher, @kustmkontrllerz, @ben_rubenstein, @lucyeblair, @shihoe, @laire, @normative, CNN, The A.V. Club, Ubergizmo, Mashable, Business Insider, MacRumors, The Next Web, Pocket-lint, 9to5Mac, Complex, Billboard, AppleInsider, Consequence of Sound, The Verge, Pitchfork, App Advice, BGR, FACT Magazine, VentureBeat, RT and NBC News
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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New York Times, @emeyersson and @nsheizaf
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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LINE Corporation, GeekWire, @drtechenstein, The Next Web, @rafeblandford, @daniel_rubino, TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, The Verge, VentureBeat, Android Police, VatorNews and Engadget
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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@mgsiegler, App Advice, @eric_analytics, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, The Verge, FACT Magazine, @pkafka, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, ZDNet and The Loop
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.
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Vox, New York Daily News and TV.com, Thanks:@ravichandrans25
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Fox News, North Jersey Media Group Resolve Claims Over 9/11 Photo — Fox News and North Jersey Media Group Inc. have settled their dispute over unauthorized use of an iconic Sept. 11, 2001 photograph. — The picture in question (above) depicts firefighters raising the American flag amid the World Trade Center rubble.
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