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Luke Mullins / Washingtonian:
Inside the conflict that led to the departures of CEO Jim VandeHei, COO Kim Kingsley, and others at Politico this year — It was early evening in Politico's newsroom, four days before the Iowa caucuses. — Reporters were working sources and checking TV screens as a presidential debate was about to get under way.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
ABC News Teams With Facebook for 24-Hour Live Political Convention Coverage — ABC News plans to deliver around-the-clock live coverage on Facebook for the 2016 Republican and Democratic national conventions under a partnership with the social giant. — ABC News, which has 8.6 million followers …
Brooke Fox / Bloomberg:
SB Nation expands into radio, partners with Gow Media LLC for distribution; SB Nation Radio will be available on website, 500 terrestrial and satellite stations — Vox online sports brand to develop podcasts, talk-style shows — Gow's Yahoo Sports Radio to be renamed as part of arrangement
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@brookefox91 and @voxmediainc
David Mindich / Columbia Journalism Review:
Why the US media and journalists began pushing back against Donald Trump after months of holding back — Donald Trump and Joseph McCarthy photo illustration by Christie Chisholm — As Edward R. Murrow wrapped up his now-famous special report condemning Joseph McCarthy in 1954 …
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New Yorker, @leonidragozin, @newyorker and @simon_schama
the grugq:
Attempted coup's failure to block internet in Turkey allowed President Erdogan and civilians to organize resistance through FaceTime, Periscope, Facebook Live — Rewriting the rulebook on coups, time to add cyberpower — Mere hours after the putsch in Turkey has failed, it is still too early to understand exactly what went on.
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Jordan Golson / The Verge:
CNN Türk studios taken over by soldiers, broadcast temporarily halted
CNN Türk studios taken over by soldiers, broadcast temporarily halted
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube were temporarily blocked or slowed in Turkey during military coup attempt
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube were temporarily blocked or slowed in Turkey during military coup attempt
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Vertical Networks, a UK-based media company run by Elisabeth Murdoch, launches new lifestyle brand for millennial men exclusively on Snapchat — The new channel, called “Brother,” is tailored toward millennial men. — Snapchat has collected another new publisher: Vertical Networks …
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Miranda Ward / Mumbrella:
Mashable Australia appoints SBS' Jerico Mandybur as country editor — Mashable Australia has appointed Jerico Mandybur as its new Australia editor, replacing Jen Ryall who has relocated to New York to take on the role of real-time editor with the publication.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Time chief content officer Alan Murray on the future of Time Inc: shared beats, more digital verticals, and some paid content — Alan Murray was moderating a panel with the CEO of AOL earlier this year and wanted to know: What do legacy media companies have that digitally minded startups don't?
Sam Thielman / Guardian:
New suit claims DOJ intentionally conducts inadequate searches of its records for FOIAs by using decades-old computer system, refuses to use new $425M software — A new lawsuit alleges that the US Department of Justice (DoJ) intentionally conducts inadequate searches of its records using …
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@joeyerardi and @grady_booch
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Clinton has assembled a tech team of over 50 engineers and developers for her presidential campaign, while Trump just focuses on using social media — Giving up Google wasn't easy for Stephanie Hannon, if it's easy for anyone. A person can get used to the big salary, cushy perks …
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@jayrosen_nyu and Fortune
Reggie Ugwu / BuzzFeed:
Inside the small teams at Spotify, Google, and Apple that make tens of thousands of playlists listened to by tens of millions of people around the world — When he's choosing — your music for you, Carl Chery, 37, is in Culver City, California, sitting at his desk in an office with no signage …
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Simran Singh / CBC News:
Journalist in India uses face-mapping Snapchat filters to conceal identities of young survivors of sexual assault — Journalist in India masks women's identities through Snapchat filters — Simran Singh · CBC News — While most people who use Snapchat use it to exchange selfies …
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Toufiq Rashid / Hindustan Times:
India bans newspaper publication for 3 days in Kashmir, raids media houses, shuts down printing presses, and seizes already printed copies amid civil unrest — Authorities on Saturday banned newspaper publication in Kashmir for three days after police raided media houses and shut …
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