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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Clinton campaign seeks correction of AP tweet about State Department meetings; AP declines — The Clinton campaign has asked the Associated Press to amend or remove a tweet promoting an investigative story on the meetings of Hillary Clinton when she served as secretary of state.
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John Herrman / New York Times:
On Facebook, activist-run pages rival the reach of established, traditional media brands like MSNBC and NYT, but aren't beholden to any journalistic standard — How a strange new class of media outlet has arisen to take over our news feeds. — Open your Facebook feed. What do you see?
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@twdonovan, @awl, @chrislhayes, @caseyjohnston, @jakesilverstein, @margarita, @mikeisaac, @zachtoombs, @alexjamesfitz, @jwherrman, @juddlegum, @jwherrman, @jarroddicker, @max_read, @alexbalk, @adamweinstein, @benjysarlin, @erhardt, @jwherrman, @pbump, @willystaley, @lpolgreen, @oliverdarcy and @mathewi
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
To challenge ESPN, Sports Illustrated and Fox Sports sign multiyear deal to share “significant” content and sell ads across both entities, sharing revenue — Sites will share editorial content and sell advertising across both entities to better compete with ESPN
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Awful Announcing, @erikmal, @adamduerson, @slmandel, @srabil, @alexweprin, @claytravis and @aaronnagler
Jim Weber / LinkedIn Pulse:
Sports writer says Twitter permanently banned his account with nearly 100K followers after he tweeted three Olympics GIFs — I thought the only people to get permanently banned from Twitter were Leslie Jones' online bully and terrorists. — Apparently those who post a GIF …
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@roybelly, @vid_icarus, @colvinius, Gizmodo, @fmanjoo, @scottmcclellan, @mikeisaac, @xor, @kantrowitz, @ghostofjimweber, New York Magazine, Engadget, Vanity Fair and The Big Lead
Adam Smith / Severe Contest:
How The Economist, which has avoided bylines for 173 years to offer a single voice, is adapting in the age of social media — Publishing without author names in the age of social media — Most of our articles don't carry a byline to identify the author. Why is that?
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@adamcommentism, @adamcommentism and @niemanlab
Harrison Weber / VentureBeat:
Sources: YouTube building Backstage feature that allows creators to share photos, polls, links, and more that will appear in subscribers' feeds, slated for fall — EXCLUSIVE: — YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing service, is looking beyond video to keep its homegrown stars …
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The Next Web and @harrisonweber
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Sources: SpinMedia, with websites including Spin, Vibe, The Frisky, and Death & Taxes, retains bankers as it seeks buyers — MORE FROM: — Perpetually struggling SpinMedia, the collection of music and pop culture Web sites once known as Buzz Media, is officially on the block, sources tell Media Ink.
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FishbowlNY, Billboard and hypebot
Jake Kanter / Business Insider:
Shane Smith says Vice Media plans acquisitions to increase market share in 2017 and predicts more digital media consolidation — Vice Media will go on an acquisition spree next year as Shane Smith's company looks to take advantage of a “bloodbath” of consolidation in the digital-media industry.
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Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Spotify tries to get long-term deals with labels wanting higher cuts and other rights while operating on short-term extensions of old contracts — Streaming service is in talks with record labels to negotiate new contracts — As Spotify AB gears up for a potential initial public …
Lauren Easton / Associated Press:
Associated Press launches iOS app, AP News, allowing users to customize newsfeed, follow specific topics and newsmakers, set news alerts — There's a new offering from The Associated Press available in the App Store: AP News.
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Tegna, with 46 TV stations and profits up sharply in an election year, works on deepening digital content a year after its split from Gannett — Television isn't dead; it isn't even TV, as we've known it. Broadcast companies may be weathering for now the rise of platforms …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon aims to make digital books widely accessible globally by launching the Kindle Reading Fund in partnership with Worldreader — Amazon today announced a new program called the Kindle Reading Fundwhich is aimed at making digital books more easily available worldwide.
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Engadget, BetaNews and Amazon.com
New York Times:
Moscow bureau of The New York Times was target of attempted cyberattack, but no evidence of a breach to internal systems, spokeswoman says — The New York Times's Moscow bureau was the target of an attempted cyberattack this month. But so far, there is no evidence that the hackers, believed to be Russian, were successful.