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John Herrman / New York Times:
Apple met with top podcasters as concerns have grown about its commitment to the medium; lack of sharing tools, analytics, paid subs remain industry sore points — Steven P. Jobs put his talent as a master salesman to the test when, in 2005, he introduced new Apple software for downloading digital audio shows.
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Marco Arment / Marco.org:
Despite Apple's dominant role in podcasting, the medium has remained decentralized and open; individual podcasters would suffer if Apple asserted more control — This New York Times article gets a lot wrong, and both podcast listeners and podcast producers should be clear on Apple's actual role …
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@zakmensah, @jwherrman, @jarbochov, @davewiner, @davewiner, @aleen, @davewiner, @rands, @jessethorn, MacStories, @xavez, @profcarroll and @jwherrman
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Business news streaming startup Cheddar launching premium $6.99/mo service powered by Vimeo — Streaming video site from former BuzzFeed executive Jon Steinberg will start charging $6.99 a month — Former BuzzFeed executive Jon Steinberg's effort to create a Web-based “CNBC for millennials” is going behind a paywall.
David Riordan:
Eulogy for The New York Times R&D Lab, which launched companies, built prototypes, inspired others, and imagined the future — The New York Times R&D Lab, a groundbreaking department of applied creative technology that helped one of the great institutions of journalism see how it could thrive amidst …
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@taylorbaldwin, @naypinya, @golan, @naveen, @curiousoctopus, @gquaggiotto, @rafat, @riordan, @rich_harris and @pbump
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Ben Rhodes, an Obama national security adviser, says he pushed a “narrative” of the Iran nuclear deal, relied on “know nothing” reporters to accept it — One of President Obama's top national security advisers led journalists to believe a misleading timeline …
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@mattdpearce, Politico, @froomkin, New York Times, @rosiegray, @mlcalderone, Daily Mail, @rodrikdani, @maloneysuzanne, @rabiasquared, Mother Jones, @maloneysuzanne, Fox News, The Daily Caller, New York Post, @0xabad1dea, Foreign Policy, @jayrosen_nyu, The Inquisitr News, Breitbart, @walkermarcus, @ggreenwald, @stephenswsj, @tymccormick, @edgeofsports, @davidsirota, Mother Jones, Business Insider, Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, RedState and Rush Limbaugh
Devin Leonard / Bloomberg:
Profile of Jared Kushner, owner and publisher of New York Observer and Donald Trump's son-in-law — As the fuzzy strains of the Beatles' Revolution filled the room, Donald Trump took the stage on Feb. 9 in Manchester, N.H., to celebrate his victory in the state's Republican presidential primary.
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New York Times, @felixgillette, @mattkatz00 and @davidwright_cnn
BBC:
Khurram Zaki, editor of website Let us Build Pakistan, shot dead in Karachi — A prominent Pakistani journalist and human rights activist, Khurram Zaki, has been shot dead in Karachi. — Reports say Mr Zaki was dining in a restaurant in the north of the city when four suspects opened fire from two motorbikes.
Al Jazeera English:
Egyptian court recommends death sentences for two Al Jazeera journalists, plus reporter for Rassd and three others accused of leaking state secrets to Qatar — The defendants, including two Al Jazeera journalists, punished to death for leaking state secrets to Qatar.
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Reuters, english.ahram.org.eg, Middle East Eye, VICE News, International Business Times and DW.COM
Wall Street Journal:
Unauthorized Prince Videos Pour onto YouTube, a Practice He Opposed — More than most artists, Prince fiercely protected his music — The day after Prince died two weeks ago, Peter Stroud, a guitarist for Sheryl Crow, went digging in his video archives for footage of a 1999 performance …
Telegraph:
Three Spanish journalists released in Syria by al-Qaeda group after almost a year in captivity — Three Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria some 10 months ago have been freed, the Spanish Press Federation (FAPE) and government said on Saturday. — “All three have been released …
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Agence France-Presse, Associated Press and Agence France-Presse
New York Times:
Deposition of Sumner M. Redstone — A transcript of videotaped testimony of Mr. Redstone, taken Thursday at his Los Angeles mansion. The document includes some vulgar language.
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@dkthomp
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
In videotaped deposition, Sumner Redstone denigrates former housemate and says he wants his daughter, Shari Redstone, to be his health-care agent
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Fortune, Variety, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, @petersterne, @emilysteel, @mathewi, CNNMoney, @dylanbyers and @srabil
Patrick Foster / Telegraph:
UK culture secretary to propose that BBC disclose salaries of top earners, in draft white paper next week — The BBC will be told to disclose the salaries of more than 100 of its top stars, under government proposals to force the corporation to provide greater transparency over how it spends …
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Daily Mail, The Times & The Sunday Times, The Drum, Guardian and Daily Mail
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Inside YouTube's NextUp program, which aims to grow the next generation of video stars — What is it like to be a NextUp contest winner, one of 16 hopefuls chosen as emerging stars by YouTube and trained to be the next PewDiePie or Zoella — f people are learning about John Stuart Mill …
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