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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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Report finds BBC management in Manchester knew Stuart Hall was abusing girls on premises, identifies 21 victims — BBC management ‘aware’ of Stuart Hall's sex abuse on premises — Members of BBC management in Manchester were aware of paedophile Stuart Hall's “inappropriate sexual conduct ” in his dressing room, a report has found.
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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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Sophie Jamieson / Telegraph:
Radio DJ Tony Blackburn fired shortly before new sex abuse report is released on Savile era, vows legal action against BBC — Tony Blackburn sacked by BBC ahead of sex abuse report — DJ Tony Blackburn says he plans to take legal action against the BBC for ‘destroying my career and reputation’
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BBC:
Savile sex abuse report criticizes macho culture, atmosphere of fear, and accuses BBC of serious failings, but absolves senior management — Jimmy Savile report: BBC staff ‘knew of complaints’ — BBC staff knew of complaints against DJ Jimmy Savile, but senior management were not told …
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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
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Limited resources and paywalls limit some publishers experiments with AMP while others go all in — Diving all in or dipping a toe? How publishers are approaching Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages initiative — “Mobile web performance is bad — I challenge you find someone who disagrees with that …
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Seth Weintraub / 9to5Google:
Google blocks 9to5Google from using its ad network, which publisher says brought in six figures/month, claiming trademark violation, wants site name changed — Google wants us to change our name from 9to5Google — Some big site news everyone! At around noon today, our ads stopped working.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sources: Google to add Chromecast-like features to TV sets, starting with Vizio, could become available as early as spring — Google to Add Casting to TV Sets, Starting With Vizio (Exclusive) — Move could signal shift in company's living-room strategy — Google is getting ready …
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Genius hires former Gawker features editor Leah Finnegan to head News Genius in renewed push into general news — Genius hires former Gawker editor to spearhead news division — Genius has hired former Gawker editor Leah Finnegan as managing news editor, the annotation start-up announced today.
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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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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
New entrants like Fusion, Vox, and Gawker join the crowd of sites covering 2016 national elections — New media players seek to make their mark on the 2016 campaign — Sam Biddle wants to catch Ted Cruz with his pants down. — “My dream story would be me next to Ted Cruz at a urinal …
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