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Ben Williams / Adblock Plus and (a little) more:
Adblock Plus Acceptable Ads: publishers with over 10M ad impressions per month pay licensing fee for whitelisting — Acceptable Ads explained: monetization — Internally, we talk about Acceptable Ads all the time. Ever since we decided to take the middle way, choosing not to block …
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Guardian, Nieman Lab, MediaPost, AdExchanger, Editor & Publisher, The Drum, @ajohnclark, @jackmarshall, Mobile Marketing, @baekdal, MyBroadband and BetaNews
Rudi Keller / Columbia Daily Tribune:
University of Missouri board votes to fire professor Melissa Click, who called for “muscle” against student reporter — University of Missouri curators vote to fire Melissa Click — Melissa Click, an assistant professor of mass media at the University of Missouri …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Soldier of Fortune Shutters Print Magazine After 40 Years — Magazine, which chronicles the world of mercenaries, will transition to being entirely online — Soldier of Fortune, the notorious magazine chronicling the shadowy world of mercenaries battling it out in hot spots around the globe …
Discussion:
FishbowlNY, Talking New Media and @lalpert1
Prof. Jeff Jarvis / Al Jazeera America:
The New Republic, Pando, Al Jazeera America, Fusion, Mic, and The Dodo get skewered by @profjeffjarvis in satiric piece — Six hot media startups to watch in 2016 — When it comes to innovation in journalism, these companies are the true incubators — As a leading hyperglocal thinkfluencer …
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@robaeprice, Al Jazeera America, @profjeffjarvis, @ibogost, Mediaite, TVNewser, @profjeffjarvis, bookforum.com, @jaredbkeller, @profjeffjarvis, @saramorrison, @profjeffjarvis, @joshsternberg, @ali1m, @chanders, CNNMoney, Gawker, @profjeffjarvis, The Wrap, @mathewi, The New York Observer, @bencjacobs, @mathewi, @jyarow, @brianstelter, @alexrkonrad, @digidave, @profjeffjarvis and @mathewi
Facebook:
Facebook rolling out live video streaming to Android in US, expanding to over 30 countries on iOS — Bringing Facebook Live to Android and More Countries — Facebook Live enables you to share your experiences and perspectives in real time, with the people who matter to you …
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, PCMag India feed, Tubefilter, Mashable, 9to5Mac, Fone Arena, Pocketnow, Business Insider, 9to5Google, The Verge, The Next Web, Engadget, SlashGear and Tech Insider
Metropolitan Police:
Operation Elveden, the probe into leaking of information to journalists, and inappropriate payments by journalists to police and public officials, has ended — Operation Elveden completed — [IMAGE: Infographic on Operation Elveden in numbers] — On Wednesday, 24 February following consultation …
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Guardian, Press Gazette, Guardian, Bloomberg Business, Associated Press, London Evening Standard, Sky News, ITV, BBC, @skynewsbreak, @lisaocarroll and @tomjharper
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Jay Yarow, former Business Insider executive editor, named SVP and executive editor for CNBC Digital, reporting to network President Mark Hoffman — CNBC Digital hires Yarow as executive editor — CNBC chairman Mark Hoffman sent out the following announcement on Thursday:
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FishbowlNY, @brianstelter, @jyarow, @seamusconwell, @morningmoneyben, @nikdeogun, @thestalwart, @brianstelter, @mcwellons, @andrewrsorkin and @brianstelter
Yvonne Villarreal / Los Angeles Times:
Theater chains decline to show Crouching Tiger sequel because Netflix is releasing the film online at the same time — Why so many theater chains are refusing to screen Netflix's ‘Crouching Tiger’ sequel — “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny” will be available for streaming …
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Guardian, Variety and Business Insider
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
RIAA wins $22M in damages from MP3Skull filesharing site and the power to seize domain names, but the site's owner is unknown — Music labels win $22.2m damages from MP3Skull - if they can find its owners — Following a lawsuit coordinated by industry body the RIAA …
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Ars Technica, hypebot, Myce.com, Digital Music News and TorrentFreak
Spiegel Online:
Most Germans Think the Press Is Lying to Them About Refugees — Germans are losing faith in their media. Nowhere is this more apparent than in mistrust of refugee crisis media coverage. Where did journalists go wrong? And how much of this skepticism reflects a preference for rumors over facts?
Discussion:
@realsesmith and @agent_c
Roger Yu / USA Today:
Q&A with The Hill owner Jimmy Finkelstein on plans to increase editorial staff by 25%, video initiatives, and the future of print — ‘The Hill’ to expand as digital traffic grows — Heightened interest for all things political this season — thanks in no small measure …
Discussion:
@jweb
Daily Sabah:
Turkey releases journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül from jail after court rules rights violation, both still face trial March 25 for espionage — Cumhuriyet daily's Can Dündar and Erdem Gül to stand trial without arrest for espionage — Cumhuriyet daily's …
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Guardian, Hurriyet Daily News, Bianet, Reporters Without Borders, Newsweek and Agence France-Presse
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