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Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Annotation startup Genius hires its first revenue chief, Ronen Shapiro, formerly of Pandora and Vice Media, as it preps to build ad business — Annotation Startup Genius to Launch Advertising Business — Company known for its music lyric database hires first revenue chief
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Analysis of stories on news aggregator Memeorandum shows how Trump dominates media beyond just cable TV — How Trump Hacked The Media — Trump's dominance on cable news isn't the whole story. — Donald Trump took over the news cycle on Feb. 26, as he had so many times before.
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Ev Boyle:
Seven-day content audit of top online news outlets shows Trump's name in headlines 1341 times, with Clinton second at 361 — Yes, the media bears some responsibility for the rise of Donald Trump—here's proof — Since announcing his presidential run last June, Donald Trump has made front page news almost every day.
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Philip Oltermann / Guardian:
Historian shows how AP cooperated with Nazis to retain access, allowed regime to use photos for propaganda; AP rejects idea it “collaborated” — Revealed: how Associated Press cooperated with the Nazis — Exclusive: German historian shows how news agency retained access …
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Inside the launch of Bloomberg's new tech-and-travel series Hello World, and Bloomberg's plans for two more web series to launch within weeks — Bloomberg's Hello World tech-and-travel show trades talking heads for Vice-like filmmaking — For Bloomberg, making video for the web means rethinking everything …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Spotify raises $1B in convertible debt, led by TPG and Dragoneer — Spotify Raises $1 Billion in Debt Financing — TPG and Dragoneer Investment Group lead the Spotify debt deal — Music-streaming site Spotify AB has raised $1 billion in convertible debt from investors …
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Fullscreen to launch streaming service April 26, featuring 800 hours of content, including programming from YouTube stars and older TV series for $5 per month — Fullscreen Enters Crowded Subscription Video Marketplace — Digital media company believes young fans will pay $4.99 a month for Web originals featuring YouTube stars
New York Times:
Facebook Live video entices media outlets as it draws big audiences, but revenue options remain unclear despite Facebook assurances — Facebook's Live Video Effort Entices Media Companies — When severe weather passed through the Atlanta area early this month, Brad Nitz …
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
New York Times won't retract or post a correction to NFL story — The New York Times will not retract a story about the National Football League's research into player concussions that also suggested ties between the NFL and the tobacco industry. — A lawyer for the league demanded …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Female media figures call for Trump to fire Lewandowski — A group of female, mostly conservative members of the media have signed onto a letter calling on Donald Trump to fire his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. — Conservative radio host Dana Loesch, Fox News contributor …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Review of FOIA Mapper, a Knight-backed tool designed to make FOIA requests easier — FOIA Mapper aims to make it easier for journalists to know where to look for public documents — The process of filing a Freedom of Information Act request can be complicated.
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
UK's Times and Sunday Times merge websites, which will be updated four times a day to focus on reporting, opinion, and analysis instead of breaking news — The U.K.'s Times and Sunday Times are structuring their new apps and website around peak traffic times
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