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Shannon McLaughlin Rooney / Temple University:
Aron Pilhofer, executive editor of digital for The Guardian, will take new endowed professorship at Temple University, funded in part by Wyncote Foundation — Aron Pilhofer, one of the world's most respected experts in the use of digital tools for journalism, is joining the faculty …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Apple Music buys 16 half-hour episodes of unscripted TV series Carpool Karaoke from CBS, which keeps option of licensing second window of show to traditional TV — Apple has emerged as the surprise buyer of the unscripted TV series based on the “Carpool Karaoke” segment of CBS' “The Late Late Show with James Corden.”
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Nate Swanner / The Next Web:
Facebook admits blocking WikiLeaks' DNC email links, but won't say why — Facebook has acknowledged it blocked links to WikiLeaks' DNC email dump, though (again) hasn't explained why. — On Twitter, WikiLeaks noted that there was a workaround for posting links.
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The Drum, New York Post, Gizmodo and The Daily Caller
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Patrick Tucker / Defense One:
WikiLeaks DNC dump may have been sent to site by Russian government-sponsored hackers
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Zeynep Tufekci / The Huffington Post:
WikiLeaks dump of 300K “Erdogan emails” after coup exposed private info of nearly every female voter in Turkey; most Western journalists failed to check data
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Glomar Disclosure, Techdirt, @andykhouri, @maxcroser, @acorn, @naz_erkan, The Daily Caller, Defense One and @razhael
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
How New York Times' reporters use Stela, its in-house analytics dashboard — Over the course of the morning of July 8, a New York Times story about the shooting of police officers in Dallas changed headlines more than a dozen times — introducing the name of the suspected shooter …
Rene Rodriguez / Miami Herald:
How Fusion more than doubled revenues from 2014 to 2015, trimmed losses and changed focus to social issues as parent company Univision prepares for an IPO — Fusion Media Group launched in April 2016 — Its multi-platform endeavor now includes The Onion, The Root, The AV Club,The Flama and other popular sites
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@journalisthackr, @crainsmiami, @raju, @marisakabas and @felixgillette
Dave McNary / Variety:
Netflix, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists to collaborate on film about Panama Papers, based on book by two German investigative journalists — Netflix is developing a movie about the Panama Papers scandal with John Wells and Claire Rudnick Polstein producing.
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The Wrap, FishbowlDC and Broadcasting & Cable
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Twitter reports Q2 revenue of $602M, an increase of 20% YoY, 313M MAUs, up from 310M last quarter; stock drops 9%+ on low Q3 guidance of $590M-610M in revenue — Twitter today reported Q2 earnings, and the woe that is its poor user growth continues, with its 313 million monthly active users …
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Alexei Oreskovic / Business Insider:
Tim Cook's comments during earnings call about TV could reignite speculation about Apple's longterm TV plans — Investors and Apple fans have long been waiting for Apple to do something big with TVs. — Sure, Apple has sold the Apple TV box for years. But that box is really just a streaming box …
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VentureBeat, Apple and @obrien
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Rep. Alan Grayson threatened Politico reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere with arrest at Politico event, accused Dovere of assault after an attempted interview — The congressman was asked about accusations of domestic abuse. — Rep. Alan Grayson threatened to have a POLITICO reporter arrested Tuesday …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Yahoo's writers, producers and other media staffers, including stars like Katie Couric and David Pogue, face uncertainty after Verizon deal — Yahoo spent millions of dollars to hire media all-stars like Katie Couric, Joe Zee and David Pogue. So what's going to happen with them now that Yahoo is being swallowed up by Verizon?
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FishbowlNY, New York Times, Variety, Bloomberg, Mashable, ClickZ, Heat Street, Gizmodo and VatorNews
Diana Marszalek / Broadcasting & Cable:
Tegna reports media division Q2 revenues up 10% YoY to $458.9M, boosted by political dollars — Political and retransmission money fueled the growth … Boosted by political ads and retransmission revenue, Tegna's media segment revenues rose 10% in the second quarter of 2016, the company said Tuesday morning.
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
The Washington Post is adapting some of its stories for Medium (but leaving the straight news behind) — Here's a simple tip for publishers looking looking to attract readers on Medium: Start with what already works on the platform (first-person stories), and avoid what doesn't (straight news).
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