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Sarah Jeong / Motherboard:
Matthew Keys sentenced to 24 months under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for his role in 2010 LA Times hack, must surrender to custody June 15, plans appeal — Former Reuters Journalist Matthew Keys Sentenced to Two Years for Hacking — On Wednesday, the infamous former Reuters journalist Matthew Keys …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New York Observer Political Reporter Quits The Morning After Donald Trump Endorsement — NEW YORK — New York Observer national political reporter Ross Barkan resigned Wednesday morning, less than 24 hours after the weekly newspaper owned by Donald Trump's son-in-law endorsed the real estate mogul for president.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
BuzzFeed didn't cut its 2016 forecast in half, says BuzzFeed chair Ken Lerer — BuzzFeed's doing fine. So is the digital media business. Everything's going to be great, as long as you understand that everything is changing. — That's the message from BuzzFeed chairman Ken Lerer …
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Digital media cutbacks signal a recalibration as video ad rates drive content and Google and Facebook stay dominant, taking in 40%+ of US ad revenue — Newsonomics: With new roadblocks for digital news sites, what happens next? — At BuzzFeed, a 32 percent miss in 2015 revenue and a halving …
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Financial Times:
Sources: BuzzFeed missed 2015 revenue target by over $80M with $170M, halves 2016 projection to $250M
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Sling TV debuts $20/month streaming package featuring Fox channels and streaming on up to three devices simultaneously — Sling TV Launches New Multi-Stream Version With Fox Channels — New $20-a-month option won't have the Disney channels that are available in single-stream package
Politico:
Sources: Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski won't be prosecuted on battery charge after incident with ex-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields — Trump campaign manager will not be prosecuted, sources say — Reporter who accused Corey Lewandowski of battery may still pursue defamation case.
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Twitter generates 1.5% of traffic for typical news organizations, 8 tweets per post, 3 clicks per tweet, says Parse.ly report that analyzed data from 200 sites — Twitter has outsized influence, but it doesn't drive much traffic for most news orgs, a new report says
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Michael Wolff / British GQ:
How The Guardian overextended itself under Alan Rusbridger and why that may lead to terminal decline — Alan Rusbridger's Guardian is on a suicide mission — Alan Rusbridger's disciples consider him a visionary, but the former Guardian editor oversaw enormous losses, a huge fall in circulation and a ruinous faith in free content.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The Winnipeg Free Press' bet on micropayments will generate about $100,000 in revenue this year — As print advertising continues to evaporate and online advertising gets gobbled up by Facebook and Google, newspapers are turning to their readers to try and make money.
William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
Staff voice displeasure as Dauman's strategic miscalculations and Viacom's dysfunction trickle down to affect individual businesses, from MTV to Paramount — Inside the Viacom “Brain Drain” — As an ailing Sumner Redstone remains out of sight, Viacom's “creatives” are voicing their displeasure …
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Wall Street Journal:
Twitter struggles to delete ISIS accounts, removing 26K suspected accounts in March while ISIS supporters created 21K — Twitter and Islamic State Deadlock on Social Media Battlefield — The terror group's online footprint has shrunk in crackdown aided by global hackers …
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Angilee Shah / MediaShift:
Public Radio International crowdsources funding for Global Nation Reporting Fund by building on a Facebook discussion group aimed at immigrants — How Crowdfunding Is Empowering Communities to Tell Own Their Stories — The following opinion piece is a guest post and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of this publication.
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
Amazon announces $290 Kindle Oasis, its thinnest Kindle to date, which comes with leather case that extends battery life; pre-orders open today, ships April 27 — Amazon's Kindle Oasis is the funkiest e-reader it's ever made — Amazon's philosophy with the Kindle line has been consistent …
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