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Oliver Wright / The Independent:
BBC plans to close Food website, but will keep archive of 11K existing recipes online — Thousands of food recipes the BBC said would be removed from its website will in fact be archived - and still available to look at online.
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BBC plans to close or scale down websites and apps, including Food, News Magazine, Travel, and local news index for £15M savings — The BBC's online activities will focus on six flagship areas after a review to ensure they remain high quality and distinctive.
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Jane Martinson / Guardian:
BBC considers merging BBC News and BBC World News into one 24-hour news channel for UK and overseas viewers in cost-cutting effort — Corporation aims to cut costs by replacing BBC News and BBC World News with new channel for UK and overseas viewers — The BBC is considering a new 24-hour channel …
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Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
Knight Foundation, Columbia University launch First Amendment Institute, a $60M project to help in legal fights over online privacy and free speech — Photo of Columbia University by Flickr user InSapphoWeTrust used under a Creative Commons license — The Knight Foundation …
Tyler Falk / Current:
Indiana station to cut ‘This American Life’ in response to Pandora deal — WBAA in West Lafayette, Ind., will discontinue broadcasts of This American Life in part because of the show's partnership with Pandora, the station's general manager wrote in a LinkedIn post Thursday.
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David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Ukrainian hacker admits stealing 150K press releases from newswire services to help criminal network make $30M from insider trading — Hacker, 28, broke into network after stealing user credentials — First hacker convicted in conspiracy to steal 150,000 releases
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
BitTorrent debuts Live multichannel video streaming app for Apple TV, comes to mobile and OS X in June — BitTorrent today launched BitTorrent Live, a multichannel video streaming app for Apple TV. Think of it as the company's take on live TV, with initial coverage spanning five areas: news, sports, music, tech, and youth culture.
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Monocle's radio station, Monocle 24, now has 1M monthly listeners, 80% of whom listen via downloads — While many print publications are ramping up their podcast output, Monocle magazine went beyond and launched its own 24-hour digital radio station in 2011.
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RAIN News
Itay Hod / The Wrap:
Los Angeles Times music critic Sasha Frere-Jones resigns after less than a year; sources point to expense account bill from strip club, ethics, productivity — Acclaimed music and culture writer Sasha Frere-Jones has abruptly exited the L.A. Times after less than a year amid allegations …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
North Carolina local news and lifestyle startup Charlotte Agenda expanding to Raleigh, starting July 1 — More than a year after launching in North Carolina's largest city, the local news startup Charlotte Agenda said Tuesday that it's expanding into the state's next biggest market — Raleigh.
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@niemanlab, @derrickminor and Charlotte Agenda
Mariah Stewart / The Huffington Post:
Journalists Arrested In Ferguson Barred From Talking About Settlement — Police will undergo training on media access and the right to record police under the agreement. — HuffPost's Ferguson Fellow — ST. LOUIS - Four journalists have settled a lawsuit against the St. Louis County Police Department …
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@wesleylowery and @markamesexiled
Nic Healey / CNET:
YouTube Red and YouTube Music launch today in Australia and New Zealand for AU$11.99 a month, with special offer of AU$9.99 until July 6 — After launching in the US last year, Australia and New Zealand are getting their crack at YouTube's music app and ad-free subscription service.
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