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Wall Street Journal:
U.K.'s Daily Mail Explores Bid for Yahoo Backed by Private Equity — Potential bid could take one of two forms, sources say — The parent company of the Daily Mail, the British newspaper and global tabloid website, is in talks with several private-equity firms about a possible bid for Yahoo Inc. …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
NBC-owned Breaking News launches news alerts in Slack, personalized by topic, plans to offer a chat bot in Facebook Messenger — You can now get personalized Breaking News alerts on Slack — Personalization is one of the central features of the Breaking News app.
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Digiday, medium.com, @jaredbkeller, @scottnover, Re/code, @sclary, @ylichterman and TechCrunch
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Spirited Media, owner of Philadelphia-based local news site Billy Penn, is considering Baltimore, Chicago, or Pittsburgh for its expansion — Billy Penn owner Spirited Media narrows search for second city — Spirited Media, which owns and operates the Philadelphia-based local news site Billy Penn …
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Poynter, @benmullin, @ckrewson and @raju
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Panama Papers show WikiLeaks-ization of mainstream journalism: restrained conventional journalism merging with blogger, hacker, and activist journalism — Panama Papers Leak Signals a Shift in Mainstream Journalism — WASHINGTON — Four years passed between The New York Times's …
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Guardian, Forbes, @thatmightbepaul, @froomkin, @biellacoleman, @samarajiva, @thatmightbepaul, @jayrosen_nyu, Nieman Reports, MediaShift, www.wnyc.org and Reuters
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
Deodorant brand AXE is being accused of stealing content from Reddit for an ad — Reddit users are accusing Unilever male deodorant brand AXE of “stealing” their content in a recently-launched advertising campaign, without giving them credit. — Last month, AXE launched a new online video series called …
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Digiday, CraveOnline, Washington Post, Consumerist and AgencySpy
James Cusick / Byline:
Sources at five media organizations say story about UK culture secretary charged with overseeing media was covered up over fears of retribution — The Real Whittingdale Scandal: Cover up by the Press — David Cameron, under siege for his shifting account of the Panama Papers …
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@peterjukes, @briancathcart, @gregom10, @trevormlambert, @jerometaylor, @therealpbarry, @jamesak47, @indy_slug, @peterjukes, @neilhimself and @socioblah
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Guardian series The Web We Want analyzes online abuse, including at its own site, as the news organization reviews its policies and community standards — The Guardian's “Web We Want” series will analyze abuse on the paper's own site — As most people — and most women on Twitter …
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Guardian, @jesslynnrose, Guardian and @niemanlab
Nieman Lab:
Reuters Institute report: TV news must experiment and innovate to confront challenges of digital disruption — Digital disruption is coming quickly to TV news; how can broadcasters adapt and respond? — Television was supposed to be different, more resilient to digital disruption than print.
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@hayify and @glenbmulcahy
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
How tech companies are using poets, novelists, playwrights, and TV writers to engineer the personalities of AI virtual assistants — SAN FRANCISCO — Until recently, Robyn Ewing was a writer in Hollywood, developing TV scripts and pitching pilots to film studios.
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@swiftonsecurity, @peterwsinger, @kumullus, @anjalimullany and The Billfold
John Geraci / Harvard Business Review:
Inside The New York Times' struggle to innovate: products were repositioned, executing innovation and entrepreneurship didn't work in corporate atmosphere — What I Learned from Trying to Innovate at the New York Times — When I worked at the New York Times, from 2013 to 2015 …
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AdExchanger, @jandersonqz and @lauramholson
Associated Press:
Syrian journalist Mohammed Zahir al Sherqat in a coma after being shot in Turkey; Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack — IS claims attack that wounded Syrian journalist in Turkey — ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Islamic State group on Monday claimed responsibility …
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Associated Press and @glcarlstrom
Matt Young / NEWS.com.au:
Hearing postponed for Australian reporter Tara Brown and 60 Minutes TV crew detained in Beirut — 60 Minutes hearing ‘postponed’, says Nine Network — THE HEARING for the 60 Minutes crew detained in Lebanon has been postponed, according to the network, as the team have expressed gratitude for their treatment in custody.
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