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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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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
NFL writer Peter King extends contract with Sports Illustrated, will continue to write Monday Morning Quarterback column and lead The MMQB — Peter King signs multi-year contract extension — With his contract coming due at the end of the month, Peter King flirted with leaving Sports Illustrated, his writing home since 1989.
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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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Politico, Mediaite, @kimberly124, @jayrosen_nyu, Variety, Talking Points Memo, Deadline, TVNewser and FishbowlDC
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
SoundCloud launches SoundCloud Go music subscription service for $9.99/month in US — It's Go time for SoundCloud: $9.99 tier aims to rival Spotify with millions of premium music tracks — SoundCloud is often billed as the “YouTube for audio” because of its huge trove of user-generated music …
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Re/code, The Next Web and Forbes
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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@billadairduke, @helaineolen, @penenberg, Poynter and FishbowlNY
Ali Jaafar / Deadline:
Vice Media acquires majority stake in UK production company Pulse Films; financials not disclosed — Vice Media Acquires Majority Stake In UK Production Company Pulse Films — Shane Smith's burgeoning digital media empire just got a little bigger with the news that Vice Media has acquired …
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FishbowlNY, Broadcasting & Cable, Hollywood Reporter, TBI Vision and campaignlive.co.uk
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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FishbowlNY, @raju, @markzastrow, @kvox and @moorehn, Thanks:@steverubel
Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
Yu Shaolei, editor at Chinese newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily, resigns over increasing media control from government — Editor Says He Is Resigning Over Media Controls in China — HONG KONG — An editor at a prominent Chinese newspaper said he was stepping down from his job …
Li Zhou / The Atlantic:
Glamour and Facebook's new partnership shows danger of letting audience data shape content — The Slippery Slope of a New Facebook Partnership — This past Thursday, Glamour magazine and Facebook announced that they were partnering to host a series of town halls for women about the 2016 election.
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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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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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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