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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
New York Times plans to close Paris editing and press operations, eliminating or relocating up to 70 jobs — New York Times Co. Plans to Close Editing and Press Operations in Paris — The New York Times Company said on Tuesday that it was planning to close its editing …
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith resigns after paper prevented him from writing about Sheldon Adelson and another casino owner, Steve Wynn — Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist resigns — Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith resigned from the paper on Tuesday …
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Ralston Reports, Talking Points Memo, The Wrap, Mediaite, @holdemradiodan, @ralstonreports, @kelseymsutton and @jayrosen_nyu
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Pamela Wasserstein takes over as CEO at New York Media as it grows its digital properties and launches Select All, a new tech and culture site led by Max Read — An Heir Who's Ready to Take the Reins at New York Magazine — Adam Moss, the editor in chief of New York magazine …
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Folio, WWD, Variety, @taylorlorenz, @kevinroose, @nymagpr, @mathewi, @melbournecoal and FishbowlNY
Mike Farrell / Multichannel News:
AT&T Loses 54K Video Customers in Q1 — 328K DirecTV additions can't offset U-Verse TV declines — AT&T lost a total of 54,000 video subscribers in the first quarter, as increases at its DirecTV satellite TV service couldn't overcome continued declines at its U-Verse TV offering.
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Deadline, Wall Street Journal, Variety, Re/code and DSLreports
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Turner Broadcasting to launch ad-free subscription streaming video service, FilmStruck, aimed at film nerds this fall; price still being determined — Time Warner's Turner Appeals to Film Nerds With Web-Only Service — Ad-free FilmStruck will be managed by Turner Classic Movies
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New York Times, /Film, Fortune, Ad Age, Wall Street Journal, Home Media Magazine, @ericdsnider, CNNMoney, Tubefilter, Variety, TechCrunch, The Wrap, Re/code, Broadcasting & Cable, Engadget and Guardian
Nieman Foundation News:
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces the 79th class of Nieman Fellows — The Nieman Foundation for Journalism, a leading global voice in professional journalism education and journalistic innovation for 79 years, has selected 24 journalists as members of the Nieman class of 2017.
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@amlwhere, @joewsj, @dataeditor, @russcontreras, @carloslozadawp, @mtdukes, @juliemaklat, @jassima, @jaweedkaleem, @fonsecaap, @hamishnews, @filloux, @laura_nelson, @dhinkel, @niemanfdn, @niemanfdn and @niemanfdn
Joshua Topolsky:
Next age of media must include compelling stories for specific audiences, not just quantity aimed at digital scale — Your Media Business Will Not Be Saved — Video will not save your media business. Nor will bots, newsletters, a “morning briefing” app, a “lean back” iPad experience …
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Mario Le Content, @moorehn, @heyfeifer, Online Journalism Blog, @gideongil, @martinbelam, @rcolvile, @247ls, @billvoth, @davemcclure, @blenderhd, @elanazak, @jayrosen_nyu, @chrismessina, @davemilbo, @brianstorm, @janjlab, @joshuatopolsky, @danilic, @joshuatopolsky, @elianpeltier, @chmeredith and @christianward
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Twitter reports mixed Q1 on sales of $595M revenue, up 36% YoY but less than $608M expected, 310M MAUs, up 3% YoY; stock drops 12%+ after hours — Twitter's woes continue on Q1 sales of $595M, a sluggish 310M MAUs and weak guidance — Twitter reported its Q1 earnings today, and they're not great.
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Re/code, Re/code, Variety, Adweek, VentureBeat, Forbes, ZDNet, USA Today, CNBC, Reuters, @kurtwagner8, AdExchanger and Twitter
Stanford:
Times-Picayune managing editor for print, Adriana Garcia, amongst 2016-17 JSK fellows — U.S. JSK Journalism Fellows named for 2016-17 — Twelve U.S. journalists and journalism innovators have won John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University for the 2016-17 academic year.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix's Making a Murderer creators and The Onion among winners at the 20th annual Webby Awards — Webby Awards 2016 Winners: Netflix, HBO, the Onion, Tyler Oakley, Michelle Obama Pick Up Awards … The creators of Netflix's crime documentary series “Making a Murderer” …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
About.com starts unbundling its portal into verticals, starting with health site Verywell — ‘Burn the boats’: About.com begins unbundling, starting with health — About.com came of age — and thrived — in the time of portals. But as big one-stop-shop sites lose relevance …
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Forbes, @digiday, TechCrunch and Re/code
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
How Tribune's non-executive chairman, Michael Ferro, who has virtually no media experience, is expanding his control of the company's board — Tribune Plays Coy as Gannett Makes a Bid — A recent history of mistakes, slip-ups and management blunders is woven into the fabric of Tribune Publishing …
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MediaPost, @kellymcb, @activistinsight, @raju, @jimrutenberg, @stephenreiss, @charlesornstein, @brianstelter and Editor & Publisher
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Roger Yu / USA Today:
Gannett Co. offers to buy Tribune Publishing, owner of LA Times, for $815M, at $12.25 a share, will assume $390M of Tribune's outstanding debt
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Re/code, LA Observed, New York Times, bookforum.com, Wall Street Journal, @fvogelstein, CNNMoney, Business Insider, Editor & Publisher, Quartz, Poynter, CNNMoney, @markrussell44 and Hollywood Reporter, Thanks:@ravichandrans25
Alex Spence / Politico:
Alan Rusbridger appointed chair of Oxford University's Reuters Institute for Study of Journalism — The former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger has been appointed chair of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University, the research center said in a statement.
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