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Brady Dale / The New York Observer:
Blogger sparks debate with demand that Genius Web Annotator allow opt-outs and abuse reporting feature — Genius Web Annotator vs. One Young Woman With a Blog — Can annotating text online straighten out our collective reasoning, or will it just be a new vector for trolls?
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Oculus Rift release to have a limited impact on journalism, as reviews say its adoption will be limited, given necessary PC requirements and prohibitive price — Oculus Rift for news? Not quite yet — After years of anticipation and waiting, the Oculus Rift VR headset is finally here.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN Hires David Gregory as Political Analyst as 2016 Campaign Heats Up — David Gregory, who endured a long and difficult exit from his perch as the host of NBC's “Meet the Press,” is returning to a regular role on television as a political analyst on CNN, the network announced on Monday.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Jill Abramson's longform journalism venture with Steve Brill is on hold, for now — A few months after she was fired from her job as The New York Times' top editor, Jill Abramson announced she was working with media mogul Steven Brill on a longform journalism startup.
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Amrith Ramkumar / The Chronicle:
Stephen Glass has repaid $200K to four magazines he wrote for, including The New Republic; 40 articles in total — Discredited journalist Stephen Glass reveals $200,000 repayments to 4 magazines — Glass spoke to a journalism ethics class at Duke Wednesday
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
New York Times May Limit Free Access From Facebook, Twitter — The New York Times has one million digital subscribers, but it wants more. Now it looks like it's trying to get them by plugging holes in its paywall. — The Times is experimenting with limiting the number of stories …
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Publishers say ad agencies to blame for increase in ad-blocking, by creating large ads which increase page load — Here's How Oversized Web Ads Are Encouraging Ad Blocking — Publishers say ad agencies consistently crank out large, tracking-laden digital ads, which are slowing down the Internet
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Periscope Has Been Used for 200 Million Broadcasts, 100 Million Since January Alone — Twitter-owned social live streaming service Periscope celebrated its first birthday Monday by revealing a major usage milestone: Periscope has been used for more that 200 million broadcasts since its launch in March of 2015.
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Revolving door from campaign staffers to cable TV becomes more visible in election year — Cable news, a welcoming home for the weary ex-campaign staffer — As a general rule, what's bad for a campaign is good for cable news. Consider the case of Rick Tyler.
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@lucia_graves and @bterris
John Eggerton / Multichannel News:
FCC is asked to investigate Comcast over failure to add majority-controlled African-American media networks, a condition of its merger with NBC Universal — Byron Allen Asks FCC to Vet Comcast/NBCU Condition — Says his net should have been chosen over Aspire, Revolt
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Variety and Broadcasting & Cable
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Pandora cofounder Tim Westergren becomes the new CEO as part of management makeover — Pandora has appointed cofounder Tim Westergren its new CEO as part of a broader management makeover, the company announced today, — Stating that it “remains 100 percent committed to growth strategy,” …
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Oriana Schwindt / International Business Times:
Rentrak: Viceland averaged just 55K+ viewers a day in first three weeks after Feb. 29 launch, compared to 241K for last three weeks of H2, a channel it replaced — Viceland Ratings: Here's How Many People Are Watching Vice Media's New Cable TV Network — What happens when you make TV for people who don't watch TV?
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