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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
Discussion:
Awful Announcing, @adamduerson, @slmandel, @srabil, @alexweprin, @claytravis and @aaronnagler
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?
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?
Discussion:
@adamcommentism, @adamcommentism and @niemanlab
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 …
Discussion:
Music Business Worldwide, RAIN News, Variety, Fortune, ValueWalk, Plagiarism Today, @miriamgottfried, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, @trengriffin, Ubergizmo, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Fast Company 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.
Discussion:
@basche42
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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.
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.
Discussion:
Vox, Associated Press, The Definitive Source, Mother Jones, @normornstein, USA Today, Washington Monthly, @brianefallon and @ap
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.
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Vanity Fair, Reuters, emptywheel, Talking Points Memo, Techdirt, @andrewkramernyt, New York Magazine, Fortune, FishbowlNY, The Verge, Financial Times, Gizmodo, BBC, @jysexton, @utliberal, Softpedia News, The Daily Caller, @cliffordlevy, Washington Post, @nicoleperlroth, TechCrunch, @dangillmor, Nieman Lab, @nicoleperlroth, Boing Boing, Hot Air, CNN and Politico
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Tegna, a year after Gannett spinoff, says digital storytelling must be an all day experience from social engagement to digital updates, to broadcast for context — 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 …
Jim Brady / ESPN:
ESPN loosens editorial standards with treatment of its annual Body Issue, particularly nude photo of UFC fighter Conor McGregor on homepage — One of the limitations of any public editor or ombudsman position is that, to an extent, it reflects one person's opinion.
Discussion:
FishbowlNY, @stefgunning, @cosettepaneque, @anneejohnson9 and @amyresnick
Campaign:
Twitter's Japan operation generated 10% of global revenues for first time in Q2, doubling sales YoY to $61.2M; site reportedly has more users than FB in Japan — Japan has overtaken the UK to become Twitter's largest market outside the US. — Twitter's booming Japanese operation generated 10% …
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Report: UK news industry could lose up to £500M to Twitter, Facebook, Google News, others, in next decade, representing 10-15% of its revenues — The UK news industry could lose up to £500m in revenue to online platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Google News and Apple News in the next decade, new research warns.
Discussion:
@_paulhayward
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
The Tantaros lawsuit highlights shady tactics of the Fox News PR unit, like leaks to embarrass Fox staffers and denial of interviews — This week's lawsuit by Andrea Tantaros against Fox News depicts the network's public relations department as a dirty tricks operation …
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@escarry, Variety, @tomrtweets, @brianstelter, @hadas_gold, The Wrap, TVNewser, Mediaite, New York Times and KTLA