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Kwame Opam / The Verge:
Twitter partners with finance news startup Cheddar for its first daily streaming show, “Closing Bell”, which is a Twitter exclusive focusing on market analysis — Twitter is doubling down on live-streaming content, this time focusing on business news.
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Cheddar
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Lack of “protective pool” of reporters for Clinton and Trump leads to flawed, incomplete coverage during incidents like Clinton's stumble at 9/11 service — Hillary Clinton's wobbly, stumbling exit from Sunday's September 11 commemoration set off a flurry of questions and concerns …
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Jaunt, a virtual reality startup that has raised $100M from investors including Disney and Sky, hires Hearst exec George Kliavkoff as its new CEO — Jaunt has raised more than $100 million from Disney, Sky and other media backers — You don't need more signs that virtual reality has captured …
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Variety
Patrick Foster / Telegraph:
Sources: draft plan of BBC's Royal Charter, set to be published Thursday, contains plans to reveal salaries of staff paid £150K+, reduced from £450K+ threshold — The BBC will be forced to disclose the names of more than 100 stars paid more than £150,000 a year …
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Business Insider
Kevin Draper / Deadspin:
Jason Pierre-Paul's lawsuit against ESPN for publishing photos of his medical records bears similarities to Hulk Hogan invasion-of-privacy case against Gawker — New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is scheduled to face off against ESPN and reporter Adam Schefter in a Florida federal court next August.
Discussion:
@alfiebcc and @mattzeitlin
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
Behind Twitter's efforts to move away from being known as a social network, rebranding itself as a central destination for news and live events instead — Can the company's move to stream major events right inside its app, including Thursday night NFL games, woo the masses?
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Brad Scriber / Poynter:
Q&A with professor and journalist Lucas Graves, on the history of political fact-checking and how the 2016 election is changing the fact-checking landscape — Fact-checking may have gone mainstream in recent years, but it's still controversial. — That's according to Lucas Graves …
Discussion:
Business Insider and The Huffington Post
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Some UK publishers seeing additional revenue of tens of thousands of pounds per month by using Facebook's Instant Articles, others see page views drop — While still early, publishers are starting to gauge how beneficial posting fast-loading content directly to Facebook via Instant Articles can be to them …
Discussion:
@digiday and @mattnavarra
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Profile of Fox anchor Sean Hannity, an object of fascination, rage, and mockery in political media who has become a polarizing figure for his loyalty to Trump — On Tuesday evening, Sean Hannity had a special guest. It was someone who has played an important role in highlighting Hillary Clinton's email …
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@rosiegray, @olivianuzzi, @buzzfeedandrew, @jackpmoore and @rosiegray
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. launching free ad-supported video streaming service, People/Entertainment Weekly Network, on Sept. 13 covering human interest stories — Magazine publisher looks to counter print decline by pursuing a share of digital video advertising spending — The upcoming special …
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Media Wire Daily
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Interview with Turner CEO John Martin on building his own consumer streaming technology, CNN's growth, overhauling TBS and TNT, digital investments, and more — CEO John Martin talks about selling his channels directly to his viewers, tangling with Vice and standing up to Donald Trump.
Tom Grubisich / Street Fight:
Tracy Record, publisher of 10-year-old independent local news site West Seattle Blog, on social media, sticking with display ads, and outlasting the competition — In December 2005, West Seattle Blog was just what the name suggested — a new blog, a “personal project,” …