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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Matt Lauer criticized by journalists and political observers for weak performance moderating Clinton-Trump forum, accused of unfairness, sloppiness, sexism — It was a high-stakes political moment, far from the chummier confines of the “Today” show and, for Matt Lauer, NBC's stalwart of the morning …
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Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
ProPublica launches Electionland, a project that uses data from social media and other sources to help newsrooms cover voter problems on Election Day in the US — Electionland is a project that aims to highlight voting problems such as issues with polling machines or long queues to help reporters cover them on the day
Brendan Nyhan / New York Times:
Study of political news browsing of 1400 people: most read centrist sources, but some partisans, especially Republicans, consume highly polarized media heavily — Anyone who has followed this election carefully would be forgiven for thinking that voters have diverged into two separate realities.
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter update lets users subscribe to live video notifications from individual accounts, alerts them when accounts go live on Periscope — Twitter has been investing in live video lately as it continues to push Periscope and premium deals with professional sports leagues.
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@buzzfeednews and @kantrowitz
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Q&A with Xavier Grangier, Libération's head of digital, on increasing subscribers by changing to a metered paywall based on visits rather than articles — French daily newspaper Libération has shifted its approach to its paywall, loosening it up for its most loyal readers …
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@businessofnews, @digiday and @journalismnews
The Information:
Sources: Snapchat talking to investment bankers about filing for an IPO later this year or early 2017 but hasn't yet settled on a bank — Snapchat has been talking to investment bankers about filing for an IPO towards the end of this year or early in 2017, according to people the company has spoken to.
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André Natta / Poynter:
Q&A with Chicago's City Bureau editorial director Darryl Holliday on civic journalism — I often wonder if the work of making coverage more diverse is falling to the same underserved people newsrooms are trying to give a voice to. — Can these communities gently nudge or forcefully push …
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Inside The New Yorker video strategy: slow, deliberate, focused on story, and protective of the brand works better than high output and speed — Comma Queen, The New Yorker's grammar-focused video series, might not seem that promising a concept on paper. In it, longtime magazine copy …
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
Entrepreneur Media launches Entrepreneur Lending, for an industry it covers, as publishers increasingly blur lines between editorial and business to make money — When Judy Balint, the chief marketing officer at SmartBiz Loans, read a freelance article that her company's president contributed …
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@ennisnyt and @financeguy74
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How The New York Times used “Maker Week”, an event for developers, designers, product managers, and other staffers to focus on special projects — News organization stylebooks had a good long run living only as spiral-ring notebooks. But they've all gone online in some way or another.
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@niemanlab, @poynter and @niemanlab
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Liberty Media agrees to acquire Formula Racing for $4.4B; former DirecTV CEO Chase Carey to serve as chairman, and CEO Bernie Ecclestone will remain — Chase Carey named chairman of Formula One — Liberty Media has agreed to acquire global motorsports business Formula One from a consortium …
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Guardian, Featured Articles, Guardian, Bloomberg, @danroan, @andrewbensonf1, Bloomberg, Fortune, The Wrap and Deadline
Liz Spayd / New York Times:
The New York Times reminds staffers about policies for personal social media: avoid editorializing, endorsing candidates, or promoting political views — For the second time in three months, The Times's associate managing editor for standards sent a note out to the newsroom Wednesday morning …
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