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Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
SBNation blames breakdown in editorial process for its briefly available profile of ex-police officer and convicted rapist Daniel Holtzclaw — SB Nation Publishes, Deletes “Complete Failure” Of A Story About Convicted Rapist Cop Daniel Holtzclaw — This afternoon, SB Nation's Longform …
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Yahoo Tech EIC Dan Tynan is out as the company says it will phase out digital magazines for food, health, parenting, makers, travel, autos, and real estate — The ax falls at Yahoo — Yahoo is shutting down about half of its content verticals, POLITICO Media has learned.
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Hollywood Reporter:
ABC Chief Paul Lee Forced Out, Channing Dungey Named Entertaiment President — EMAIL ME — The news comes a year or so after Ben Sherwood replaced Anne Sweeney as President of Disney/ABC TV Group. — ABC Entertainment Group president Paul Lee is out, and his drama chief Channing Dungey will assume his role.
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New York Times, Variety, New York Magazine, Adweek, NBC News, The Wrap, HipHollywood, The Wrap, Deadline, CNNMoney, Ad Age, Mashable, Business Insider, TV By The Numbers …, @thrmattbelloni, The Week, The Huffington Post, Variety, Los Angeles Times, Broadcasting & Cable, Variety and @sepinwall
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Facebook announces that all publishers and bloggers worldwide can adopt Instant Articles beginning April 12 — Facebook is opening up Instant Articles to newsrooms everywhere. Will a flood of distributed content follow? — In a long-awaited move, Facebook announced this afternoon …
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BuzzFeed, the Econsultancy blog, MediaNama, One Man & His Blog, Facebook Media, e27, Digital Trends, American Press Institute, Ubergizmo, ZDNet, Media Wire Daily, SlashGear, Strategist, RAPPLER, Forbes, Engadget, The Next Web, Nieman Lab, AdExchanger, SocialTimes, Re/code, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, @codeblue87, @cnet, @onthemedia, The Verge and VentureBeat
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Netflix updated its recommendation algorithms to highlight titles based on global viewing habits earlier this year, ditching regional approach — How Netflix completely revamped recommendations for its new global audience — Before Netflix got into the business of producing its own programming …
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Netflix Media Center, The Netflix Tech Blog, mUmBRELLA, Tubefilter and The Next Web
Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code:
Vevo CEO Erik Huggers says company is working on a paid music video subscription service, could launch this year — Vevo Is Working on a Paid Music Video Subscription Service (Video) — The Internet's dominant music video service is working on a subscription offering.
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Consumerist, BBC, Associated Press, Music Business Worldwide, sbs.com.au, Hollywood Reporter, ZDNet, Variety, Ubergizmo and FACT Magazine
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
NBCUniversal's Fandango buys Rotten Tomatoes and Flixster; Warner Bros. will take minority stake in Fandango — Fandango Acquires Rotten Tomatoes & Flixster From Warner Bros Entertainment — BREAKING: Fandango is set to acquire Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes, which includes …
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The Wrap, Variety, Gizmodo, Engadget, Comicbook.com, FishbowlNY, /Film, Re/code, The Verge, VideoInk, Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times and Business Insider
Alexios Mantzarlis / Poynter:
There are 96 fact-checking projects in 37 countries, new census finds — The latest census of fact-checking and promise-tracking initiatives shows 96 such projects currently operating in 37 countries (highlighted in green below). This is a 50 percent increase compared to the 2015 census.
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Duke Reporters' Lab and USA Today
Adrienne Lafrance / The Atlantic:
Data analysis of gender bias shows 22% of individuals named or quoted by Atlantic reporter in 2015 were female, of total mentions under 19% were female — I Analyzed a Year of My Reporting for Gender Bias (Again) … Every time I write something about diversity in Silicon Valley …
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Ozy partners with Wired, The New York Times, MIT, and TED for co-branded newsletters that include content from partner publications — How Ozy leans on The New York Times and Wired to build its newsletter subscriptions — When it comes to distribution, collaboration, not competition, is the new normal.
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Bruce Dold is named editor of the Chicago Tribune — The Chicago Tribune changed editors today as Gerould Kern retired after nearly eight years. He will be succeeded by Bruce Dold, the longtime editor of the Tribune's editorial and opinion pages. — Kern, 66, said in a phone interview, “I've worked nearly 45 years without a break.
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Columbia Journalism Review, Chicago Tribune and @brucedold
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
BBC banned from leading news bulletins on opinion polls during EU referendum campaign — The BBC Trust has said the corporation must not commission opinion polls during the EU Referendum campaign and treat those commissioned by others with caution. — The editorial guidelines published today follow …
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