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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Recent events show how Facebook and Twitter serve complementary roles during breaking news, strengthening each other — Twitter and Facebook can stand alone, but each is weaker on its own. — For years, Facebook and Twitter have been at odds over news. But if we've learned anything …
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Washington Post, @sulliview, MIT Technology Review, @cwarzel, @matthewkeyslive, @kerrymflynn, @jonfriedman and @jayrosen_nyu
Farai Chideya / FiveThirtyEight:
Shorenstein Center study: Trump dominated political coverage in eight major news outlets in the first half of 2016 — Donald Trump and the race to be the Republican presidential nominee dominated political coverage in the first half of 2016, according to a study released Monday …
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Shorenstein Center, @jayrosen_nyu and @wfrick
Politico:
Analysis of the tensions within 21st Century Fox amid the accusations against Ailes — It's almost impossible to imagine Fox News without its creator and guardian, Roger Ailes. Almost. — “One man has established a culture for 1,700 people who believe in it, who follow it, who execute it …
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Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Twitter partners with CBS, CBSN, to livestream Republican and Democratic Conventions — Twitter has been perhaps the most talked about platform this election cycle. (Thanks, Donald Trump.) Now, in hopes of capturing even more of the political conversation, the company is announcing …
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Recode, CBS News, Variety, Politico, Engadget, The Wrap, MediaPost, TVNewser, New York Magazine, The New York Observer, Broadcasting & Cable, SocialTimes, @marklittlenews, Business Insider, Mashable, TechCrunch and Deadline
Hollywood Reporter:
BuzzFeed partners with Warner Bros. on film about internet phenomenon Brother Orange; Ellen DeGeneres will act as executive producer — EMAIL ME — Ellen DeGeneres will executive produce along with Broad City co-creator Ilana Glazer. — The story of Internet phenomenon Brother Orange is getting the movie treatment.
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IndieWire and Fast Company
John Herrman / New York Times:
As Tronc embraces automated video production, CBS, Time, HuffPo, others experiment with it — In a television appearance in early June, Michael W. Ferro Jr., the chairman of the newspaper and magazine publishing company Tronc — formerly known as Tribune Publishing — made an astonishing claim.
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@jayrosen_nyu, @jayrosen_nyu, @alexweprin, @erickschonfeld, @michaelroston, @jwherrman, @learmonth, @yotamc, @whatthebit, @dangillmor and @mathewi
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
The Miami-Herald reorganized its beat coverage by topic instead of geography, with each team responsible for a beat functioning like an independent startup — MIAMI — On the outside, the headquarters of the Miami Herald looks like any building in any part of town filled with wide warehouses, beige office plazas and chain restaurants.
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@poynter, @kristenhare, @poynter and @poynter
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Warner Bros. settles FTC charges over payments to PewDiePie, other influencers to promote game — Warner Bros. paid PewDiePie and other social stars upwards tens of thousands of dollars each to promote a 2014 game based on the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's “Lord of the Rings” …
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Federal Trade Commission, AdExchanger, @flattuss, Recode and VentureBeat
Greg Dool / Folio:
Sources: Time Inc. laid off New York-based editors for HelloGiggles, a women's lifestyle and entertainment site it purchased last year, maintains sales team — HelloGiggles, the women's lifestyle and entertainment site purchased by Time Inc. last year, has laid off several editors in its New York office, according to multiple sources.
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Wall Street Journal, @bristei, MinOnline, @eleshepp, @rosadona, @sammynickalls and @jessicawakeman
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
TV networks sharply increase prices for pool footage of government and political events; Washington Post proposes alternative pool for digital publishers — The nation's major television networks have sharply raised the prices they charge for live “pool” footage of important government and political events …
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Thomson Reuters to Sell Intellectual Property and Science Business for $3.55 Billion — Sale is part of the news and information service provider's attempt to stabilize its core businesses — Thomson Reuters Corp. on Monday said it agreed to sell its intellectual property and science business …
Discussion:
Press Association, PR Newswire, Reuters and Bloomberg
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Some creators accuse Buzzfeed Motion Pictures of stealing their ideas on YouTube, where remix culture has always thrived — “The Perfect Weekend for an Introvert” is far from perfect, technically. The two-minute video, hot out of Buzzfeed's L.A. content mill, feels like a five-second joke stretched into 120.
D.B. Hebbard / Talking New Media:
Texture, the digital newsstand for magazines, is offering a free 7-inch Amazon Fire tablet with a six-month subscription — The digital newsstand Texture is getting a promotional boost from Amazon as the online retailer let the company's customer base know that they can now get a free tablet …