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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook adjusts News Feed to favor friends and family over publishers — Facebook is adjusting the algorithm that runs the News Feed to promote posts from friends and family members over posts from publishers, the company said today. This marks the second time in recent years that Facebook …
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Julie Gordon / Reuters:
BuzzFeed closing Ottawa bureau, shifting Canada editorial focus — Online media outlet BuzzFeed said on Tuesday that it is closing its Ottawa bureau as it moves away from covering Canadian political news, in a broader editorial revamp that will also see its Toronto team work more closely with editors in New York.
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Efe Kerem Sözeri / Vocativ:
Turkish government bans publication of news, interviews, visuals about Istanbul bombing — Once again, Turkey's government has cracked down on media after a terror attack — Less than an hour after a coordinated suicide attack on Istanbul's Ataturk Airport that left dozens dead and many more wounded …
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Sources: HarperCollins backed away from $1.2M book deal with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski over concerns about non-disclosure agreement — Trump's ousted campaign manager had a big offer from HarperCollins, but declined to provide a copy of his non-disclosure agreement.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
CNN's hiring of Corey Lewandowski insults the press — and women
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Josh Beckerman / Wall Street Journal:
Gannett to acquire digital marketing services company ReachLocal for $156M, says deal will expand digital revenue by 50% — Deal worth $4.60 per share and has an enterprise value of $156 million — Gannett Co. agreed to buy digital marketing services company ReachLocal Inc. for about $156 million …
Alex Pham / Billboard:
Google signs multi-year licensing deal with Toronto's LyricFind to expand the display of lyrics in search, increasing revenue for publishers and songwriters — Starting today, music publishers and songwriters will have a brand new source of revenue. — Google has signed a multi-year licensing deal …
Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Lions Gate in advanced talks to acquire Starz for cash and stock, valuing Starz at more than $30/share — Lions Gate near deal to buy premium movie cable channel — Deal could still fall apart as Rachesky, Malone push for terms — Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. …
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Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Snapchat opens Paris office and is in talks with Le Monde and other French newspapers for Discover channels — PARIS — Snapchat, the hot social media app, is launching in France and has hired an industry vet, Emmanuel Durand, who is the well-regarded senior VP of marketing …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBCUniversal to provide 6,755 hours of TV coverage and 4,500 hours of live-streaming from Rio Olympics, also plans on distributing 4K UHD and VR content — For 16 days, people who tune to NBC expecting to see a repeat of “The Blacklist” or a fresh episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” will be out of luck.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Trinity Mirror begins consultations on editorial job cuts, which could affect as few as 15 staffers — Trinity Mirror's shares have fallen 40% in the last six months - 20% since Brexit vote - with number of job cuts to be decided — Trinity Mirror has started a round of targeted cuts …
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Sara Ashley O'Brien / CNNMoney:
Nearly 80 media organizations unite to focus on homelessness in San Francisco, spearheaded by Audrey Cooper, editor in chief of The San Francisco Chronicle — “Could supervised injections help San Francisco's homeless drug users?” — “Could this Silicon Valley algorithm pick which homeless people get housing?”
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
Amazon's New Page-Flip Feature Makes Kindle Books More Skimmable — Skip ahead. Skip backward. Roam as you please. Then go back to where you were in a jiffy. — The advantages that e-books have over their dead-tree forebears are so many and varied that I'm not going to bother detailing them here.
Tyler Falk / Current:
Pacifica Radio Archives Director Brian DeShazor resigns after 25% pay cut weeks after archive staff cut to 3/4 time, raising concerns about archive preservation — More on Pacifica Foundation Subscribe to Pacifica Foundation — The director of the Pacifica Radio Archives …
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