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Tim Peterson / Marketing Land:
Facebook updates policy to let publishers post and tag paid-for content on verified pages — Facebook drops branded content restrictions for publishers — Facebook is letting publishers and other verified pages distribute branded-content for free, but it's unclear whether its labeling system is...
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Adam Goldman / Washington Post:
Syria releases American freelance photographer Kevin Patrick Dawes — The Syrian regime has freed an American freelance photographer who was abducted after traveling to the country in 2012, according to two U.S. officials. — Kevin Patrick Dawes, 33, from San Diego, was released following …
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Bob Christie / Associated Press:
Arizona lawmakers impose last-minute background check rules for reporters on the House floor following media investigation into lawmakers' spending — Arizona rule restricts reporters who reject background check — PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House of Representatives has imposed …
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Barry Abrahamson / WordPress.com News:
WordPress.com enables HTTPS with Let's Encrypt for new hosted sites with custom domains, will soon expand support to 1M+ sites currently using custom domains — HTTPS Everywhere: Encryption for All WordPress.com Sites — Today we are excited to announce free HTTPS for all custom domains hosted on WordPress.com.
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Reuters:
RadarOnline and National Enquirer refuse to turn over material sought in search warrant in Charlie Sheen case — Publications refuse to hand over audio in Charlie Sheen case — Celebrity website RadarOnline.com and the National Enquirer on Thursday refused to hand over material sought …
James B. Stewart / New York Times:
Inside Disney's boardroom politics during the run-up to presumed successor to CEO Robert Iger, Thomas Stagg's abrupt departure — Behind the Scenes at Disney as It Purged a Favorite Son — Thomas O. Staggs, then the chief financial officer of the Walt Disney Company …
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Josh Horwitz / Quartz:
China blocks The Economist's website over satirical cover depicting President Xi in Mao-era propaganda style — The Economist's website is now censored in China—and all it took was one satirical cover — A bold denouncement of Xi Jinping will typically get censored very quickly in China.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Cablevision Launches Hulu as Cable TV Channel — Cablevision Systems is now delivering Hulu to cable TV customers through their set-top boxes — the first time the Internet-video service is available directly through a pay-TV platform. — The New York-area cable operator has integrated Hulu …
The Canadian Press:
Postmedia posts $225.1M loss, creates committee for strategic options review — Despite the quarterly loss and the ‘unrelentingly challenging environment,’ the company says its revenue was up $63.6 million from a year earlier. — Postmedia, which owns newspapers such as the National Post …
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Newspaper Association of America:
Publishers of 1,200+ newspapers send cease and desist letter to makers of Brave browser, claiming its plan to block and replace ads is illegal — Digital publishers put Brave software on notice that substituting publishers' ads is illegal — Arlington, Va. - Today, 17 member companies …
Associated Press:
Feds approve Gannett $280M purchase of Journal Media Group — MILWAUKEE (AP) — Federal regulators have approved media company Gannett's purchase of newspaper company Journal Media Group for $280 million. — The two companies said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice has approved the purchase.
Caterina Visco / Global Editors Network:
Interview with Mic Chief Strategy Officer Cory Haik on the publication's strategy to reach millennials — Inside Mic's strategy to reach millennials — New Chief Strategy Officer Cory Haik talks engagement, videos and more — Relevancy and engagement are at the core of what Cory Haik does …
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