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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
The Awl's co-editor John Herrman, Deadspin reporter Greg Howard, and Slate writer Amanda Hess awarded David Carr fellowships at the New York Times — New York Times Awards David Carr Fellowships to 3 Journalists — The New York Times announced on Tuesday that it had chosen three journalists …
Alex Sherman / Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp is considering acquiring Yahoo's core business, to gain its digital reach of 1B users globally — Time Inc. Said to Be Interested in Joining Fray of Yahoo Suitors — Time said to have heard Citigroup bankers' pitch on Yahoo deal
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Justin C. Dearborn, ex-CEO of healthcare tech company Merge, replaces Jack Griffin as Tribune CEO — Tribune Publishing Co. Appoints Justin C. Dearborn as Chief Executive Officer — CHICAGO—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Tribune Publishing Co. (NYSE: TPUB) today announced that its Board of Directors …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Spokesman for ousted Tribune CEO Jack Griffin says he wasn't fired, says decision was mutual — Jack Griffin out as CEO of Tribune Publishing — The CEO of Tribune Publishing has been unexpectedly and suddenly ousted. — And now yet another management team will try to figure …
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@jamesneveau and @laobserved
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
NowThis reached 1B monthly video views in January, credits it to shutting down its site and focusing on distributed content — Distributed news: How NowThis reached one billion monthly video views on social — The figure was achieved in January 2016, a year after NowThis shut down its website …
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@deniselaw_ and @liahaberman, Thanks:@elanazak
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, @gemmalaldridge, @analystnick, WWD, BBC, The Independent, The Drum, Business Insider and Mediatel
Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
Grantland founder Bill Simmons partnering with Medium for his new site, The Ringer — Ex-ESPN superstar Bill Simmons is partnering with publishing platform Medium for his new site — Media superstar Bill Simmons is starting a new website called The Ringer.
Josh Stearns / The Local News Lab:
From Chat Apps to Town Halls: Why More Newsrooms are Designing Journalism for Conversation — “A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.” —Arthur Miller — At a panel on “The Hunt for News Products of the Future” hosted by CUNY and the New School last week, Aron Pilhofer …
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Forbes, @jcstearns and @jasonbernert
Shane Dingman / Globe and Mail:
BuzzFeed Canada writer shuts down her Twitter account after receiving hundreds of abusive tweets over request for pitches from writers who aren't white and male — BuzzFeed writer's harassment just the latest example of why Twitter is broken for women — A social media firestorm has erupted …
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@clarajeffery, @scepticgeek and @whatthebit
Nathan Yau / FlowingData:
Daily Mail embedded an interactive visualization with an iframe by downloading Nathan Yau's code, continuing a pattern of theft — The Daily Mail Stole My Visualization, Twice — Last month, I published an interactive visualization that simulates how and when you will die.
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@aexm, @alexcengler, @stiles, @jaspar, @briantimoney, @paulbradshaw and Online Journalism Blog
John Cook / GeekWire:
Cheezburger sold to undisclosed, newly formed overseas private media company; CEO Scott Moore to continue running the site — 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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@heatherredman, The Seattle Times and @scottm00re
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 …
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