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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Ousted Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski gets salaried CNN political commentator position — Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is joining CNN as a political commentator, according to a source familiar with the arrangement. — It's a salaried position …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
TV news insiders react with fury and resignation and question CNN credibility after it hires ousted Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski for a rumored $500K — CNN has hired Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's ex-campaign manager, for a rumored $500,000.
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Facebook says Live videos of Congressional protest received 3M views as of 10 a.m. Thursday — The first person to stream the Congressional gun control sit-in used Periscope, Twitter's livestreaming app. — But Facebook wants you to know that its Live Video service played a part in the sit-in …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
How technology and social live feeds freed C-SPAN from control of Congressional leaders and why social platforms are competing for live video domination
How technology and social live feeds freed C-SPAN from control of Congressional leaders and why social platforms are competing for live video domination
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
US House leaders cut off cameras during Democrats' sit-in protest seeking gun legislation; C-SPAN and others turn to Periscope and Twitter
US House leaders cut off cameras during Democrats' sit-in protest seeking gun legislation; C-SPAN and others turn to Periscope and Twitter
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Hollywood Reporter:
Jury clears Led Zeppelin in copyright lawsuit over opening riff of Stairway to Heaven — A jury rules in the band's favor after hearing testimony and arguments that the iconic song was a copyright infringement of Spirit's “Taurus.” — Led Zeppelin has beaten a lawsuit claiming …
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
YouTube Red acquires its first big-budget Hollywood-produced series, based on dance drama Step-Up from Lionsgate — LOS ANGELES — YouTube Red, the Google-owned paid streaming service, has acquired its first big-budget, Hollywood-produced television drama, moving it into more direct competition …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Mark Luckie, Reddit head of journalism and media, on working with publishers, internal and external diversity, and more — To many news organizations, Reddit seems like a black box: It can deliver massive amounts of traffic to a single story, but it's almost impossible to predict …
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Haje Jan Kamps / TechCrunch:
Matter launches media startup accelerator with Google News Lab and New York Times — In a world where Old Media is locked in a perma-battle against New Media, the Matter Ventures accelerator is an interesting play. A startup accelerator targeting the media, Matter has been based in San Francisco to date …
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Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
YouTube announces live streaming is coming to its mobile app, available now for select creators, rolling out more broadly soon — YouTube announced that it is adding the capability to broadcast live video right from its mobile app. This capability is said to be rolling out to select creators first …
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Alexios Mantzarlis / Poynter:
Q&A with UK-based Full Fact on preparing to fact-check Brexit referendum, campaign responses, and impact — London-based fact-checking site Full Fact has had its work cut out in the past couple of months: The intense campaign building up to Thursday's referendum on the United Kingdom's membership …
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Globe and Mail:
Columnist's firing at B.C.-based Chinese paper stirs press-freedom concerns — TORONTO and BEIJING — The Globe and Mail — For more than a decade, the acerbic Gao Bingchen wrote a column for the Global Chinese Press, a Burnaby, B.C.-based, Chinese-language newspaper that is distributed …
William Turvill / City A.M.:
UK magazine publisher Future to acquire Imagine Publishing for £14.2M — Magazine publisher Future has announced a £14.2m takeover deal for Imagine Publishing. — The target company's portfolio includes 19 magazines, including All About History, Digital Photographer and World of Animals …
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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
The Baffler Names Chris Lehmann Editor in Chief — The Baffler has named Chris Lehmann editor in chief. Lehmann most recently served as a senior editor. — Lehman previously worked for Bookforum and Yahoo. He is succeeding John Summers, who is stepping down to spend more time with his family.
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