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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Behind BuzzFeed reorganization: clarify reporting lines, lessen tension between Ze Frank's video division and Ben Smith's unit by giving news its own video team — Staff meetings at BuzzFeed are not uncommon. Jonah H. Peretti, the site's founder and chief executive, who is based in Los Angeles …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
After Chris Wallace says it's not his job to “truth squad” during presidential debate, questions are raised over whether moderators should fact-check candidates — Chris Wallace says it isn't his job to “truth squad,” though some journalists strongly disagree.
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Ailes hires Hollywood libel lawyer Charles Harder, who represented Hulk Hogan in Gawker case, to take on New York Magazine after exposé of his Fox News tenure — Roger Ailes has hired the Hollywood libel lawyer who recently represented former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan …
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Sources: Twitter's board of directors will meet this Thursday and discuss the company's options, including potential sale, trimming or selling off MoPub, Vine — Talk of a sale continues to rumble, but finding a buyer won't be easy. — Twitter's quiet summer may soon be coming to an end.
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Ian Parker / New Yorker:
A profile of Pete Wells, the New York Times restaurant critic and author of the infamous Guy Fieri review, on how he writes his columns — Pete Wells, the restaurant critic of the Times, who writes a review every week—and who occasionally writes one that creates a national hubbub about class …
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Johanna Dunaway / Shorenstein Center:
Study: limitations of mobile devices including slow connections, small screens, and variable data costs are contributing to a digital divide in news consumption — A new paper by Johanna Dunaway, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2016) and associate professor of communication at Texas A&M University …
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Ex-BBC digital chief Ralph Rivera appointed MD of Discovery-owned Eurosport's digital operation, tasked with strengthening its subscription streaming service — Ralph Rivera, who joined the BBC in October 2010, was made redundant by the corporation earlier this year
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
In DMCA notice, Warner Bros. asked Google to remove links to its own sites from the search engine, listing them among 4M+ allegedly copyright-infringing URLs — The movie industry has gone head to head with Google in recent years, demanding tougher anti-piracy measures from the search engine.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
With Knight Foundation funding, University of Nebraska professor and BuzzFeed Open Lab fellow release open-source guide to drone journalism — For years, a few early adopters have been waiting for the moment drone journalism would become widely available to newsrooms that didn't have a licensed pilot on staff.
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Jake Kanter / Business Insider:
Ex-Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger says Facebook sucked up nearly £20M of newspaper's digital advertising revenue last year — Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger believes that Facebook sucked up nearly £20 million ($27 million) of the newspaper's digital advertising revenue last year.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
News organizations should fix comments, not abandon them; social media is an inadequate replacement as it is an echo chamber, insulating us from different views — When NPR announced last month that it would no longer feature comments from readers on its website, general rejoicing followed.
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Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
The Financial Times expands into VR with 360-degree video of Rio's favelas, with Google providing 35K Cardboard headsets to readers — Natalie Whittle, associate editor for FT Weekend Magazine, explains why the outlet chose an ongoing project as the grounds for its first foray into virtual reality
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