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Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Guardian Media Group to cut 250 jobs in bid to break even within three years — Publisher of the Guardian and Observer says it hopes cuts, which include target of 100 editorial roles, will all be voluntary — Guardian Media Group is planning to cut 250 jobs - including 100 in editorial …
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Politico, @alexweprin and @margarita
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
The Independent's hiring writers to do both native ads and edit content — With its print papers ceasing production in the next two weeks, The Independent is being forced to quickly re-fashion itself as a pure digital-only business. — That means native ads, naturally.
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@caseyjohnston, @sarahkendzior, @mathewi and @digiday
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
The Independent launches £12.99 a month subscription app in advance of print closure, includes news, business, comment, sports, and columns — Independent launches paid-for digital edition — Independent Daily Edition subscription app contains news, business, comment and sport sections, offered in free trial
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@broderick, @mattietk, @shonaghosh, Mediatel, Press Gazette and The Drum
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Tribune Publishing wins $56 million auction to acquire OC Register — One of the largest newspapers in California may soon have a new owner. — Tribune Publishing, the newspaper chain whose holdings include the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, has agreed to purchase …
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Amanda Meade / Guardian:
Fairfax Media to cut 120 full-time jobs at Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review, and The Age — Fairfax Media journalists on strike until Monday after 120 jobs axed — Staff at Sydney Morning Herald, Age and Australian Financial Review respond after editorial director announces major redundancy program
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Owen Williams / The Next Web:
Twitter quietly turned on its new algorithmic timeline for everyone — Twitter's new algorithmic timeline was heralded as the end of the service by many, but when it launched, it amounted to nothing more than the natural evolution of the prior ‘while you were away’ feature.
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Mashable, VentureBeat, @seth_kaplan, The Verge, Wired.co.uk and Gizmodo
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
The New York Times should have alerted readers and explained post-publication changes to Bernie Sanders article — Were Changes to Sanders Article ‘Stealth Editing’? — Bernie Sanders supporters have been unhappy with The Times in recent months, but it looked as if they were beginning …
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@ryanchittum, @ggreenwald, @jackshafer, @ryanchittum, @johnmcquaid, @bbabbo1, @ryanchittum, Poynter, @felixsalmon and Fortune
Reuters:
German court rules Apple violated OpenTV streaming video patents, orders company to stop selling infringing products in Germany — German court rules against Apple in video streaming patent case — A German court has ruled against Apple Inc in a case over video streaming patents …
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TechCrunch, Fast Company, AppleInsider, TechEye, Geeky Gadgets, Telecompaper, StreetWise Journal, Patently Apple, SlashGear, Engadget, 9to5Mac and MacRumors
Karen Cheung / Hong Kong Free Press:
Chinese journalist Jia Jia reported to be missing en route to Hong Kong — Mainland Chinese journalist Jia Jia was taken away by the authorities at Beijing airport on Tuesday as he was about to board a flight to Hong Kong. His disappearance is believed to be connected to an open letter published …
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Quartz, Reuters, Guardian, Shanghaiist, Sri Lanka Guardian, @comradewong and @wang_pablo
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Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Producers of Spotlight movie, Open Road Films, acknowledge fictionalized dialog after Boston College High School worker Jack Dunn asks for scene to be removed — ‘Spotlight’ Distributor Absolves Boston Man of Complicity in the Church Cover-Up — Open Road, which distributed the Oscar-winning movie …
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Media Nation, Boston Herald, BostonGlobe.com, EW.com, WCVB, New York Times, Contactmusic.com, Boston Globe, WHDH-TV, BBC, Lawyer Herald, Boston College, CBS Boston, Associated Press, Guardian, The Wrap and Boston Herald
New York Times:
Analytics firm Jellybooks shares ebook data: most ebooks not read in full by majority of readers, and just 5% of ebooks finished by more than 75% of readers — Moneyball for Book Publishers: A Detailed Look at How We Read — Andrew Rhomberg wants to be the Billy Beane of the book world.
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Digital Book World, @randfish, @qntm, BOOK RIOT and Melville House Books
Patrick Foster / Telegraph:
UKTV executive sacked after stealing huge cache of confidential TV data from media regulator — Former Ofcom employee offered bosses six years' worth of revenue and spending data, submitted to the regulator by rival broadcasters — A television company that is part-owned by the BBC …
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