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Washpostpr / Washington Post:
Washington Post hires New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan as media columnist, will begin work in spring — Margaret Sullivan joins The Post as media columnist — Announcement from Liz Seymour, executive features editor: — I am thrilled to tell you that Margaret Sullivan …
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The New York Times Company:
In newsroom memo, New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. says he will announce Margaret Sullivan's successor as public editor “very soon” — A Note from Arthur Sulzberger — NYT Publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. issued the following note to staff about Margaret Sullivan:
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@jayrosen_nyu, @wblau, @savedyouaclick, @raju and @gerryfsmith
Seb Joseph / The Drum:
Trinity Mirror launching New Day newspaper in UK on February 29, with no website, just a Facebook feed and print for 50p a copy — Trinity Mirror's New Day newspaper vies for ‘Facebook news-feed’ style but won't get a site — Trinity Mirror's New Day is being pitched as a …
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Guardian, NetNewsCheck Latest, The Independent, WWD, @gemmalaldridge, BBC, @analystnick, Business Insider, The Drum and Mediatel
Matt Bonesteel / Washington Post:
Ex-SB Nation reporter Jeff Arnold releases statement apologizing for Holtzclaw story, says at least four editors vetted it before publication — Ex-SB Nation reporter says ‘at least four editors’ vetted his Daniel Holtzclaw story — Jeff Arnold, whose SB Nation Longform story …
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New York Times and The Huffington Post
Linette Lopez / Business Insider:
In a meeting with Xinhua, The People's Daily and China Central Television, President Xi Jinping increased pressure on media to “speak for the Party's will” — President Xi just laid out some creepy rules for China's news media — Chinese President Xi Jinping last week gathered …
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New York Times, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, Variety, @vajr, South China Morning Post and RFA
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
The Telegraph suspends commenting on site as it reviews its audience engagement strategy — Telegraph suspends comment on relaunched online content — Newspaper is deciding whether to reinstate comment function as it undergoes website revamp — The Telegraph has suspended online comment …
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John Cook / GeekWire:
Cheezburger sold to undisclosed, newly formed overseas private media company; CEO Scott Moore to continue running the site in unknown capacity — Cheezburger online comedy sites sold to unnamed buyer in acquisition of startup that made funny cat pictures famous — I can has acquisition?
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The Seattle Times, @scottm00re and @heatherredman
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The Longest Shortest Time podcast shutters its 18K-member private Facebook group for moms to focus on podcast, points to listener-generated subgroups to engage — The Longest Shortest Time shutters its huge, unruly Facebook moms group to focus on the podcast
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@fraying
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
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@drmabuse, @sulliview, @kdoctor, @kdoctor, @lauraelizdavis, @stphnmaher, @stevenejohnston, @shorensteinctr and American Press Institute
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Inside The Independent's plans for digital expansion: new paid-for app, investment in international and investigative reporting, change in newsroom structures — Inside The Independent's plans for digital expansion — Digital editor Christian Broughton outlines some of the changes ahead …
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Guardian
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
How New Voices USA, a project of the Student Press Law Center, is trying to push for state legislation that would strengthen the rights of student journalists — How a new campaign is trying to strengthen the rights of student journalists — The recent controversy at Mount St. Mary's University …
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 …
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