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Tony Blackburn / Guardian:
DJ Tony Blackburn fired from BBC after evidence he gave to Savile inquiry “fell short” of standards required — BBC has hung me out to dry over Savile review — Veteran DJ says the corporation has made him a scapegoat after he was sacked over his evidence to a sexual abuse inquiry
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@tonyblackburn, Guardian, @psmith, NME, London Evening Standard, Sky News, ITV, @marksweney, UK - The Huffington Post, The Mirror, The Week, The Independent and The Drum
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BBC:
Full report by Dame Janet Smith of her inquiry into the BBC's culture and practices during the Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall years — Dame Janet Smith review — Introduction The BBC Trust has published in full the report by Dame Janet Smith DBE of her inquiry into the BBC's culture …
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Daily Mail:
BBC missed many opportunities to stop Jimmy Savile abuse, report identifies 72 victims, the youngest being eight — 'Keep your mouth shut he's a VIP': Shocking inquiry reveals how ‘serious failings’ at the BBC let ‘untouchable’ Jimmy Savile target 72 victims as young as eight - while Stuart Hall abused 21
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@rajatahir90, @bournemouthecho, @piersmorgan, @dailymailuk, @dailymailuk, Telegraph and mirror
BBC:
BBC Director-General Tony Hall issues a statement apologizing to Savile and Hall victims, accepts Dame Janet Smith's report recommendations in full
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Metro.co.uk, Prolific North and RadioTimes
BBC:
Report finds BBC management in Manchester knew Stuart Hall was abusing girls on premises, identifies 21 victims
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BBC, Telegraph, Prolific North and Independent.ie
BBC:
Savile sex abuse report criticizes macho culture, atmosphere of fear, and accuses BBC of serious failings, but absolves senior management
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
A Q&A with Google's head of news Richard Gingras on its vision for the Accelerated Mobile Pages project — “There's a lot more we can do in evolving the format. AMP is not just about news and not just about articles.” — The Accelerated Mobile Pages project has officially arrived.
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ampproject.org, MediaShift, Adweek and The Tech Portal
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Dan Gillmor / Backchannel:
AMP is necessary because the news industry filled its sites with garbage code from ad companies, slowing load time — Google Is Going to Speed Up the Web. Is This Good? — To improve reading the news on mobile—and better compete with Facebook Instant Articles—Google today is launching AMP
Pew Research Center:
Study: 78% of Reddit users get news there, 45% use it to learn about the 2016 election, majority of candidate-centered comments appear in political subreddits — Nearly Eight-in-Ten Reddit Users Get News on the Site — Interest in Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders …
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Nieman Lab, MediaPost, Pew Research Center, Business Insider, Vox, Mashable, Fortune, Poynter, @lrainie, @kristinejlu, @gottfriedjeff and PBS NewsHour
Seth Weintraub / 9to5Google:
Google blocks 9to5Google from its ad network over trademark violation, reverses the block after review; 9to5Google is still considering a name change — Google wants us to change our name from 9to5Google (Update: We're back!) — Update: A Google rep now tells us:
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BBC, KitGuru, ValueWalk, GeekWire, NDTV Gadgets360.com, @dannysullivan, Business Insider, @cambunton, @jeffjohnroberts, @jaspar, The Loop, The Verge, @tomaxwell and @zackwhittaker
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
CNN has committed $50M more on covering 2016 election than for 2012, added 45 journalists to its political team, and has seen success with scoops and ratings — CNN Seeing Dividend From Its Investment in Politics — COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jeff Zucker scowled over a laptop in a CNN truck here recently …
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TVNewser, @brianstelter and @mattfleg
Ivan Oransky / Retraction Watch:
Wired dismisses reporting fellow Nic Cavell for plagiarism, adds notes atop four of his articles saying they failed to meet journalistic standards — “That was a really bad Friday for us:” WIRED warns four stories were plagiarized — Last Friday, WIRED editor Adam Rogers got a direct message …
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@s_m_i, @ivanoransky, @shanpalus, @nijhuism and Talking Biz News
Jim Acosta / CNN:
At a recent meeting, Apple, Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, and MTV executives offered advice to Obama administration on how to combat ISIS online — First on CNN: Government enlists tech giants to fight ISIS messaging — Apple CEO: Complying with FBI a ‘dangerous precedent’
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Forbes, Tech Insider, Vanity Fair, Variety, 9to5Mac, @mathewi, Patently Apple, Patently Apple, The Wrap, Variety, The Wrap, The Hill, New York Times, Fortune and @awallenstein
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
How Leslie Moonves continues to guide CBS to the top of the TV industry — Leslie Moonves, who joined CBS in 1995 and replaced the ailing Sumner Redstone as chairman this month, says he was able to put his own stamp on the network even when reporting to his predecessor.
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@brianstelter, @mitrakalita and @stevebattaglio
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Inside New Media Investment Group, the private equity-run chain driving consolidation with its purchases of small newspapers — New Media Emerges as Big Player for Small Newspapers — Private equity-run chain snaps up assets as a sharp drop in prices drives wave of consolidation
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