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Matthew Jaffe / CNN:
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says Edward Snowden performed a public service by whistleblowing but what he did was illegal and harmed U.S. interests — The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.
Liam Corcoran / NewsWhip:
Facebook likes for web content fell 55%, shares declined 57%, comments down 63% between July 2015 and April 2016, NewsWhip analysis of top 10 publishers shows — We look at the decline in Facebook engagements for major Facebook publishers over the last 12 months, and compare it to the rise of Facebook video.
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MediaShift, @zimbalist and Recode, Thanks:@steverubel
Frederic Filloux / Monday Note:
The top 5 things news publishers can learn from game publishers: monetization, design process, testing, metrics, introduction of one-click payment for content — News publishers have a lot to learn from the gaming industry. Especially when it comes to testing and promoting apps.
Discussion:
@afit and @whatthebit
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist's first female editor, on increasing the magazine's reach on social media, transitioning to digital, and advertising — Zanny Minton Beddoes on new owners, battling Brexit, and making a 173-year-old title work online — anny Minton Beddoes' office …
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@giner and @janebsinger
Agence France-Presse:
New photo emerges of Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda, missing in Syria, with sign saying “last chance” — Tokyo (AFP) - A fresh photo of a Japanese journalist who went missing in Syria last year has emerged online, showing the heavily bearded man holding a sign saying this is his “last chance”.
Discussion:
Japan Times, Reuters, Newser and Mashable
Ainsley O'Connell / Fast Company:
Inside Verizon's efforts to build a multi-billion dollar media business that can challenge new media giants like Netflix, and why it is vying to buy Yahoo — The telecom giant, which is in talks to acquire Yahoo, wants a piece of the digital content revolution.
Discussion:
@dangillmor
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Finnish journalist Jessikka Aro faces retaliatory campaign online after reporting about Russia's “troll army” — HELSINKI, Finland — Seeking to shine some light into the dark world of Internet trolls, a journalist with Finland's national broadcaster asked members of her audience …
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@heidikahkonen, @jessikkaaro, link.springer.com, @heikki_hakala and @ilvestoomas
Cleo Stiller / Fusion:
How Playgirl, '70s feminist response to Playboy that reached 1.1M circulation, became a biannual or quarterly publication targeting gay men with 3K subscribers — If the success of the Magic Mike and Fifty Shades of Grey franchises have taught us anything, it's that women ~love~ spending …
Discussion:
@raju
Nicholas Sabloff / The Huffington Post:
On fifth anniversary of Huffington Post International's launch, 55% of 200M readers are outside the US, 1500 pieces a day published in 10 languages — Today in Toronto we are celebrating two important Huffington Post milestones: the fifth birthday of HuffPost Canada and the fifth anniversary of launching HuffPost internationally.
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@raju
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump's inconsistency seems almost calculated to destroy the accountability that comes with being interviewed — A century-old political institution may have met its match. — The interview is the Niagara that fills the news ocean. A quick check of the front page of the New York Times …
Discussion:
@davidcorndc, @penenberg and NPR
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
The Washington Post produces about 500 stories per day, more than twice the number produced by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, or BuzzFeed — A report from mascot boot camp. Michael Phelps's diet. Why trees droop at night. Clinton-Trump poll results.
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@derekwillis, @irecruitdc, @jcstearns and @glennkesslerwp
Howard W French / Guardian:
Former New York Times reporter recounts his experience as black journalist and the racial inequality in media coverage, the newsroom during his 30 years — What three decades in journalism has taught me about the persistence of racism in the US — ver the course of 2014 …
Discussion:
@africasacountry, @africasacountry, @guardian, @nickkristof, @brentnyt and @bhakti_shringa
New York Times:
Some Silicon Valley luminaries, including Vinod Khosla and Jessica Livingston, express approval for Peter Thiel's tactics against Gawker — SAN FRANCISCO — After the news that one of Silicon Valley's stars secretly funded a lawsuit to bring down a gossip site, the overwhelming response …
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Observer, @jaycaruso, @glomarresponder, @profbainbridge, @derekwillis, @robprovince, @neontaster, @harrysiegel, @prashantrao, @crampell, @nitinkapoor2020, @olivianuzzi, @wexler, @radomysisky, Newser, @davidbix, New York Post, iMediaEthics, @bcappelbaum, The Wrap, @mdudas, @ggreenwald, @dangillmor, @mattocko, @fmbutt, @karaswisher, CNNMoney, @melissakchan, @alexia, @pt, @pt, Talking Points Memo, @gabrielroth, @katierogers and @jessepesta
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Thiel's funding of Hogan's Gawker lawsuit is just one of several sometimes-secret attempts by wealthy to control weakened US media
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Bloomberg, Forbes, The Daily Beast, @bigmeaninternet, @falamb3, @dorcarvajal, @blakehounshell, The Week, @johndurant, @johndurant, @adamjohnsonnyc, @kickme444, @carwinb, @sama, @johndurant, @harrysiegel, The Age, The Hill, Slate and The Wrap
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