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Emily Bell / Guardian:
As distribution moves to platforms like Facebook and carriers implement ad blocking, news websites are in danger of losing control of their business — As publishers lose control, are newspaper websites a dead parrot? — Adblocking and the power of platforms such as Facebook threaten to block the pipes that lead to readers
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New York Times, @raju, @janemartinson, American Press Institute, @murpharoo, @macloo, @dlknowles, @raju, @mrsbunz, @sulliview, mUmBRELLA, @lauraelizdavis, @dskok, @ptr_yeung, AdExchanger, @emilybell, @emilybell, Digiday and Mashable
Nilagia McCoy / Shorenstein Center:
One third to one half of the 50 largest US papers could go out of business in three years, predicts Nicco Mele, Wallis Annenberg Chair at USC Annenberg — In search of a business model: the future of journalism in an age of social media and dramatic declines in print revenue — Taubman 275
Discussion:
@kdoctor, @kdoctor, @lauraelizdavis, @stevenejohnston, @shorensteinctr, Nieman Lab, American Press Institute and @shorensteinctr
Noah Robischon / Fast Company:
BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti and President Greg Coleman on how company uses data and local knowledge to tailor and leverage international coverage — BuzzFeed's Global Domination Plan: The Techniker Has Been Informed — BuzzFeed is expanding across the globe—and tackling one of advertising's greatest challenges.
Discussion:
Fast Company, @ermlikeyeah, @eawharton and @petersterne
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Financial Times names Cait O'Riordan chief product and information officer — FT Names Chief Product Officer — The Financial Times has named Cait O'Riordan chief product and information officer (CPIO). O'Riordan most recently served as vice president of product for Shazam.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Univision anchor Jorge Ramos experiments with Facebook Live, achieving 4M video views on primary day in New Hampshire — Univision's Ramos Seeks New Audiences On Facebook — And Draws Millions … On the campaign trail, the chief anchor of the Spanish-language network Univision, Jorge Ramos …
Discussion:
@stevemullis and @davidfolkenflik
Charlotte Eyre / The Bookseller:
HarperCollins Italian division, HarperCollins Italia, acquires 20lines, an app that allows people to read, share and write short-format stories — HarperCollins Italia buys 20lines — The Italian division of HarperCollins, HarperCollins Italia, has acquired 20lines …
Ahmed Aboulenein / Reuters:
Egypt jails author for two years over sexually explicit novel — An Egyptian court has sentenced an author to two years in jail for public indecency after excerpts of his sexually explicit novel were published in a literary newspaper. — A chapter from Ahmed Naji's novel Istikhdam al-Hayat …
Laura Mallonee / Wired:
A look at how Hausa Muslim women in northern Nigeria are braving censorship to self-publish despite patriarchal pressure and Boko Haram threat — The Subversive Women Who Self-Publish Novels Amid Jihadist War — The 30 million Hausa of northern Nigeria have a history going back more than a 1,000 years.
Discussion:
@vanwritersfest
Seyhmus Çakan / Reuters:
Three journalists for Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency released after being captured and held for 48+ hours by Kurdish militants, their equipment confiscated — Three Turkish journalists freed after kidnapping by Kurdish militants: agency — DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) …
Discussion:
Middle East Eye, Agence France-Presse and Associated Press
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
SiriusXM succeeds financially as other radio and digital music outlets struggle, but internet in cars poses a threat — SiriusXM Fights to Dominate the Dashboard of the Connected Car — On the 36th floor of a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper, the actors Ice Cube and Kevin Hart joshed …
Discussion:
@mgsiegler, @robsilver and @nytimesbusiness
BBC:
Turkey releases Syrian journalist Rami Jarrah — A Syrian journalist who was arrested on Wednesday in Turkey has been released without charge and with no explanation as to why he was detained, he announced on Facebook. — However Rami Jarrah said in his post that his detention appeared to be related to his work in Syria.
Discussion:
BuzzFeed, Foreign Policy, Hurriyet Daily News, The Huffington Post, Middle East Eye and Guardian
CNN:
Case in front of US Supreme Court raises First Amendment questions after student rapper who wrote protest song gets suspended from high school — Killer Mike: Free speech — unless it's rap? — Killer Mike and Stephen Colbert talk race in America — Mike Render, Erik Nielson …
Discussion:
@hobdawson and @whatthebit
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