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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Mutual Dependence of Donald Trump and the News Media — Did you catch the Trump-Kelly bout Friday night? What a show. — It had Donald J. Trump, The Likely Republican Presidential Nominee, throwing the first punch (of that day) at the star Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly by composing …
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Bloomberg Business:
On Twitter's 10th anniversary, Jack Dorsey talks about its past, current changes, and future — The Future of Twitter: Q&A with Jack Dorsey — An in-depth conversation on 10 years of tweeting, the importance of live media, and “the puddle.” — Last year, amid a cratering stock price …
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Medium spins off longform publication Matter as separate company, Matter Studios, owned and funded by Ev Williams, aims to be incubator for digital storytellers — Medium spins off Matter into new company owned by Ev Williams — The self-publishing service and social network Medium …
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Matter — Medium, @ev, @jayrosen_nyu, @alexweprin, FishbowlNY, @lauraolin, @vivian, @pkafka, @kimbost, @lauraolin, @bobbie, @joepompeo, @sfiegerman, @jasonabbruzzese and @mathewi
Sébastien Cevey / inso:
Software engineer Sébastien Cevey leaves the Guardian to join Google for a “publishing-related product” — On leaving the Guardian: dreams of digital journalism — After I joined the Guardian 4 years ago, and as I gradually learned how journalism was done …
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@patrickhamann and @moorehn
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Alphabet's Jigsaw launches Unfiltered.News, a data visualization tool using Google News data to show undercovered and popular stories by region — A new data viz tool shows what stories are being undercovered in countries around the world — It's a common lament: Though the Internet provides us access …
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@tombetts and Joho the Blog
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Best-selling author James Patterson to launch Bookshots, short novels that can be read in a single sitting — James Patterson Has a Big Plan for Small Books — People already read James Patterson's books — and in staggering numbers. Last year, he and his team of writers had 36 books land on the New York Times best-seller list.
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Legal experts see damages award for Hulk Hogan likely to be reduced, and say verdict will have limited effect on press freedoms even if it survives appeal — Legal Experts See Little Effect on News Media From Hulk Hogan Verdict — Legal scholars were as startled as anyone by the scale …
Beau Yarbrough / L.A. Daily News:
Orange County Register owner will ask bankruptcy judge to OK sale to Digital First Media for $52.3M after Tribune was blocked from bid — Attorney: Freedom Communications to sell to Digital First Media — Freedom Communications, the owner of the Orange County Register and Riverside Press-Enterprise …
Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Conservative Illinois PAC publishing byline-less local newspaper in western Cook County — An Illinois PAC decides to get into local news—just in time for the primary — When reports first surfaced that a Republican PAC was spending money on his behalf, Chris Harris wasn't happy.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Report forecasts U.S ad spending to grow 3.7% this year, digital to overtake TV as biggest category in 2017 — U.S., Global Ad Forecasts Cut Slightly, Digital Poised to Overtake TV Spending in 2017 — EMAIL ME — “Digital continues to grow at the expense of print media as consumers shift …
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Andy / TorrentFreak:
EU Commission inquiry reveals 68% of digital content providers geo-block in EU, content supplier contracts forcing it may be investigated — 68% of Digital Content Providers Geo-Block in the EU — The European Union wants companies selling digital content to citizens in EU Member States to do so across the entire region.
Tom Risen / US News:
The unpredictable primary season has brought ratings and revenue to cable TV networks, who have helped turn the election into a reality show — Forget Trump and Clinton, Cable News Networks Are Winning the 2016 Election — Who's Winning the Election? Networks