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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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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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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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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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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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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


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.


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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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.


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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Profile of Appalshop's WMMT, a community radio station run largely by 50 volunteer DJs in Appalachia — How a unique community radio station serves listeners in Appalachia — Mimi Pickering, an award-winning filmmaker and the director of Appalshop's Community Media Initiative. (Photo courtesy of WMMT)
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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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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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