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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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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How BuzzFeed got 800K concurrent Facebook Live viewers by exploding a watermelon using rubber bands — With 690 rubber bands and a watermelon, BuzzFeed creates Facebook Live's first driveway moment — It started innocuously enough. — Two BuzzFeed staffers sat around a small, circular table, wearing smocks and safety glasses.
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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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Adam Davidson:
On the future of serious audio news, and what NPR leadership must do to avoid diminishing — On News, Mission, and Digital transformation in public radio — One of the strongest critiques of digital audio is that it is not newsy. It's fun, it's sometimes deep, often silly …
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Q&A with CNN war correspondent Clarissa Ward on Syria, female war reporters, and freelancers — CNN War Correspondent Clarissa Ward Talks Reporting in the Middle East as a Woman — Clarissa Ward is in New York from her base in London to talk to her U.S. colleagues about her recent six …
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Nick Kostov / Wall Street Journal:
Vivendi acquires pay-TV business of Italy's Mediaset in bid to create European rival to Netflix — Vivendi Acquires Pay TV Business of Italy's Mediaset — Move is part of French media firm's bid to create a European rival to U.S. streaming-video giant Netflix
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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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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
How The Marshall Project built a searchable encyclopedia for criminal justice journalism — Since it launched, The Marshall Project has collected a record of curated and original work. Thanks in part to everyone on staff, none of that work is going to waste.
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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 …
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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 the abrupt departure of Thomas Staggs, CEO Robert Iger's presumed successor — 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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