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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
CNN's Brian Stelter Looks Back at How the Media Got It So Wrong on Trump — How exactly did the media get Donald Trump so wrong? Well, today, CNN's Brian Stelter devoted the entirety of Reliable Sources to answering that very question. — And what better way to illustrate the collective failure …
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Adam Schreck / Associated Press:
Al-Jazeera to slash 500 jobs, many in its home of Qatar — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Qatar-based news broadcaster Al-Jazeera says it is slashing around 500 jobs as part of a worldwide workforce reduction. — The network announced the cuts Sunday, saying they are part of a …
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CNNMoney, New York Times, Mediaite, Reynolds Center, Al Jazeera English, Variety, Fortune, The Huffington Post, @nycjim, Doha News, Guardian and BBC
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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@mlcalderone, @learmonth, @crupicrupicrupi and @schwindter
Tatiana Walk-Morris / Nieman Reports:
New fact-checking projects use automation tools like ClaimBuster to speed the process — The Future of Political Fact-Checking — New fact-checking projects use advanced technologies to automate and accelerate the process — In awarding its Lie of the Year title to Donald Trump last December …
Willy Staley / The California Sunday Magazine:
Profile of Jake Phelps, editor of Thrasher Magazine, which focuses on skateboarding culture and is referred to as “the bible” by skaters — Thrashed — Jake Phelps has run the bible for skaters for more than two decades. He's nearly died a few times in the process.
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@geetadayal, @calsunday, @huckberry, @silviakillings, @willystaley, @justinbolois and The FADER
Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Spotify CEO confirms the service now has 30M paying subscribers, up from 20M in June 2015 — Spotify hits 30 million subscribers — The streaming service isn't slowing down — Spotify has 30 million paid subscribers, CEO Daniel Ek announced today in a tweet.
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Tech Times, @trengriffin, @eldsjal, Billboard, SiliconANGLE, Music Times, TrustedReviews, The Source and Pocketnow
Poynter:
How Argentinian fact-checking website Chequeado created a fact-checking TV show — Moving fact-checking from the Web to TV is tough but important — At Chequeado, Argentina's foremost fact-checking website, we have wanted to bring our work to TV for a long time. A really long time.
Heidi Gaiser / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of the Flathead Beacon, a weekly newspaper in Kalispell, MT owned by Maury Povich — Why a weekly tabloid owned by Maury Povich might have ‘the best newsroom in Montana’ — Beacon reporter Justin Franz holds a marker as Dan Fagre, climate change research coordinator …
Meredith Blake / Los Angeles Times:
WGA West report finds that progress for female and minority writers remains slow ‘at best’ — Screenwriter John McNamara accepts the Paul Selvin Award during the 2016 Writers Guild Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on Feb. 13, 2016, in Los Angeles. — Amid an ongoing debate …
Stephen Lovely / AllFlicks:
Netflix's US Catalog Has Shrunk by More Than 2,500 Titles in Less Than 2.5 Years — It's not your imagination - Netflix's catalog is getting smaller. As competition in the OTT streaming space has increased, Netflix's once-massive selection has decreased. In fact, it has shrunk by a third in less than two and a half years.
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Wired, @jenneville72, Business Insider, @john_bailey, Gizmodo, @marcchambers, Fortune, @whatthebit, @ericjackson and Refinery29
Juliet Eilperin / Nieman Reports:
To Stay Relevant, Newsrooms Rethink Campaign Coverage — Public disaffection and candidates' social media strategies force journalists to innovate beyond the horse race — Even in his first big presidential campaign, in a milieu where few people were short on confidence …
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@mgcleve and @niemanfdn
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Publishers hire platform relationship specialists to coordinate with Facebook, Snapchat — The Rise of the Publishing Platform Specialist — Publications are hiring a point person to coordinate with new platforms like Facebook Instant Articles and Snapchat Discover
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Street Fight, @bendreyfuss, @jeffjarvis, @scottkarp, @lauraelizdavis and @jayrosen_nyu
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