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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 …
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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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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Patrick Tucker / Defense One:
WikiLeaks DNC dump may have been sent to site by Russian government-sponsored hackers
WikiLeaks DNC dump may have been sent to site by Russian government-sponsored hackers
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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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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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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).
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Continuing its restructure of its editorial operations, Time Inc says it will appoint four Group General Managers to oversee its magazine brands — Time Inc., which last week revealed plans for a “new editorial structure” in which magazine brands are divided into four groups …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Sources: Taboola buys video recommendation engine ConvertMedia for nearly $100M — Taboola, the startup behind the publishing widget that recommends more content at the end of articles online, has made an acquisition to expand its horizons beyond the written word: it has bought ConvertMedia …
Tom Phillips / Guardian:
SCMP readers and insiders question editorial independence, fear publisher has buckled to political pressure from Communist party after acquisition by Alibaba — The South China Morning Post is being asked to explain how it obtained an interview with a young activist who was detained by Chinese authorities
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Robert Faturechi / ProPublica:
Federal district judge in Phoenix throws out libel case against ProPublica and the Center for Investigative Reporting, over 2014 story about govt contractor — A federal district judge ruled that an Arizona businessman failed to provide evidence to back up his claim that he was defamed in an August 2014 story
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Verizon lost 41K pay TV subs for FiOS video service in Q2, down to 4.64M, Yahoo deal makes it major competitor in mobile media, says CEO Lowell McAdam — EMAIL ME — Lowell McAdam says the $4.83 billion deal for the internet company will make the telecom giant a “major competitor in mobile media.”