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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
AOL acquires VR company RYOT; 25 staffers to form unit under The Huffington Post, working with TechCrunch, Engadget, clients of AOL's branded content division — Verizon's AOL Buys Virtual Reality Video Specialist RYOT — The company will form a new unit under AOL's Huffington Post division
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Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
Google claims YouTube ads generate better return on investment than TV in 77% of cases after analysis of 56 campaigns across eight countries — Google attacks TV, saying YouTube ads generate a better return on investment most of the time — Google is once again directly targeting TV advertising budgets …
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Guardian, The Next Web, Business Insider, BGR, Tech News Today, The Huffington Post and The Drum
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
New York Daily News fires an editor for removing attribution from columns by writer Shaun King, who was accused of plagiarism — Daily News fires editor after Shaun King accused of plagiarism — The New York Daily News has fired one of its editors for removing attribution from columns …
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Reporters Without Borders:
World Press Freedom Index: Europe has freest media, North Africa/Middle East has least free; Finland ranked 1st, Tunisia and Ukraine rose most, Poland fell most — 2016 World Press Freedom Index - leaders paranoid about journalists — Organisation — RSF_en
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Accelerated Mobile Pages launches on Google News — Google on Wednesday announced that it's integrating Google News with Accelerated Mobile Pages, the burgeoning web standard that aims to make the mobile web faster. — Accelerated Mobile Pages, or AMP, launched on Google Search earlier …
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Nieman Lab, Google News Blog, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Marketing Land
David Lieberman / Deadline:
Comcast announces Xfinity TV Partner Program, allowing subscribers to watch without its set-top box, starting with Samsung Smart TVs, Roku boxes later this year — Comcast Introduces Plan To Let TV Subs Watch Without Its Set-Top Box — Comcast is relaxing its grip on the set-top box …
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Comcast, Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News, @briandietz, @shiraovide, Engadget and Business Wire
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
American Press Institute study examining ethics of giving to nonprofit news organizations finds 6 of 10 funders gave grants for specific stories — An ethical quandary for nonprofit journalism — are funders calling the shots? — The American Press Institute — and an axis …
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American Press Institute, @ampress, @poynter, Current and Talking New Media
Tara Conlan / Guardian:
BBC News creates controller role for mobile and online as overhaul begins — James Harding reveals plans to organise news, mobile and online under new controller as part of reshaping of division in face of around £80m cuts by 2022 — BBC News is creating a controller of mobile …
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The Drum and Mobile Industry Review
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Bloomberg launches Middle East edition of website and will open Dubai studio to begin broadcasting in May — Bloomberg to launch Middle East edition — Move - which will include opening a studio in Dubai - is part of expansion that has included sites for Europe and Asia in past year
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Politico, Gulf News, FishbowlNY, Editor & Publisher and Broadband TV News
Tony Semerad / Salt Lake Tribune:
Paul Huntsman, brother of ex-Utah governor and presidential candidate Jon Huntsman Jr., is buying The Salt Lake Tribune from Digital First Media — Huntsman family buying The Salt Lake Tribune, hopes to ensure ‘independent voice for future generations’ — The Salt Lake Tribune is being purchased by the Huntsman family.
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Megan Levy / Sydney Morning Herald:
Reporter Tara Brown and 60 Minutes TV crew released in Lebanon, returning to Australia — 60 Minutes crew freed in Lebanon: Tara Brown says it's ‘great to be going home’ — 60 Minutes: mother and TV crew freed — Channel Nine says mother Sally Faulkner and the 60 Minutes crew …
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Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
Family of journalist Steven Sotloff sues Syria in US court claiming government supported ISIS militants who carried out beheading — Family of journalist slain by Islamic State sues Syria — MIAMI (AP) — The family of slain journalist Steven Sotloff is suing Syria in U.S. court …
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