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Melania Trump sues Mail Media, parent of Daily Mail, and Maryland blogger for defamation over articles about visas and naked photos; Mail retracts its story — Donald Trump's wife fires a shot at a “false” article about her journey to America. — Melania Trump, wife of the Republican nominee …
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The main Trump story by The New York Times on Wednesday was slow to update, in contrast with reporting team's other minute-by-minute updates — It was a fast-paced day for the team covering politics at The New York Times on Wednesday. — In the late afternoon, Donald J. Trump was playing …
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Vice Head of Content Ciel Hunter sends memo pledging better management of freelancers after Columbia Journalism Review article about mistreatment — Vice's head of content outlined a series of steps to improve working relationships with freelance journalists in a memo Thursday responding …


Some YouTubers fret after being notified that some videos are not “advertiser friendly” and can't be monetized; YouTube says policy hasn't changed — Yesterday, popular YouTuber Philip DeFranco uploaded a video where he claimed that YouTube was ‘shutting down’ his channel due …
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Twitter launches ad program for Periscope, starting with two sponsors for Andy Roddick's US Open coverage; live video won't have pre-roll or midstream ads — Twitter is opening up its live video app Periscope to more advertising. — Through Twitter's Amplify program …
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American freelance journalist Lindsey Snell has been held in a prison facility by Turkish authorities since August 7 for violating a military zone — A U.S. citizen and freelance journalist, Lindsey Snell, has been detained by Turkish authorities since August 7th, the State Department confirmed today.
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Google hires Kate Lanphear, former editor of Maxim, to help build out a mobile search and e-commerce product for New York Fashion Week — Google hired Kate Lanphear to help build out its new search product for fashion week, which includes “buy-now” capabilities.
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Brian Williams will debut “The 11th Hour with Brian Williams” on September 6 at 11pm on MSNBC; it's unclear if the show will continue past November — Brian Williams has his own show again. — The former NBC Nightly News anchor will debut “The 11th Hour with Brian Williams” …
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Reported.ly staff says goodbye as it suspends service after losing First Look Media funding; team looking for ways to keep working together in future — Today is officially the last day of reported.ly. Due to a loss of funding from our parent company, First Look Media …
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Sources: Twitter will use MLB spinoff BAMTech to help stream its 10 NFL Thursday Night football games and other sports-related live events — Social network turns to BAMTech to help stream NFL games and other sports content — Twitter Inc. has tapped an industry pro to help stream …
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Reuters partners with semantic technology company Graphiq to make it easier for publishers to use interactive data visualizations in their reporting — Through a partnership with semantic technology company Graphiq, the news agency will produce interactive data visualisations for multiple types of coverage …
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Now that lawsuits can be intended to kill media organizations, pre-publication vitriol of Ailes lawyers aimed at Sherman is a warning for New York Magazine — Lloyd Grove should have no remaining illusions about Roger Ailes being a gutter fighter as he observes the noxious spectacle of Team Ailes going after another reporter.
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Facebook patent filings and curator interviews give a glimpse into the opaque algorithm controlling Trending news — With its human editors out the door, Facebook is letting the inmates run the asylum. — This week, a story about a man violently engaging a McChicken in intercourse lived …
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Washington Post is logging trending stories every hour on Facebook, Google, and Twitter and compiling the results in a limited-run daily email digest
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