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Steven Levy / Backchannel:
Profile of internet activist Carl Malamud, founder of Public.Resource.Org, who is being sued for publishing building codes, safety rules, more on his website — August 8, Carl Malamud wakes up early. He usually does. Most days, from the moment his eyes open, he is fixated on the mission.
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Terry Collins / CNET:
Twitter streams its first NFL game, part of a 10-game package, as the social network tries to broaden appeal — The social network is counting on livestreamed events, including Thursday Night Football, to broaden its appeal. — Diamond Images/Getty Images — It's third and long for Twitter.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Mode Media, publisher and ad network formerly known as Glam and once valued at $1B, shuts down; company was on track to generate over $100M in revenue this year — The company that used to be called Glam Media generated $90 million last year. Now it's out of business.
Sharon Gaudin / Computerworld:
Facebook and Google to provide search data for presidential debates; Facebook to help source questions from public for candidates during town hall debate — Using social media during debates is a natural evolution of the tech — Facebook and Google will have a role in the upcoming presidential debates.
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Apple News update lets publishers sign-up subscribers through the app; Apple to get 30% cut of revenue from new subscriptions, 15% from renewals — New version allows publishers that offer subscriptions to sign up new customers within the app, with Apple collecting 30% of the revenue from new subscribers, 15% from renewals
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FishbowlNY, The Drum, @srabil and The Next Web
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Interview with Facebook's Dan Rose on changes the company is implementing to help publishers make more money: new ad formats, mid-video ads, and analytics — For the last couple of years, Facebook has presented news organizations with difficult choices about how to publish their journalism.
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@ollyosborne, @kjmcginty, @markfrankel29, @porter_anderson and @benmullin, Thanks:@steverubel
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
The Huffington Post has partnered with South African media company Media24 to launch HuffPost South Africa, expected to go live in November — The Huffington Post has partnered with South Africa media company Media24 to launch HuffPost South Africa. — The site—expected to launch in November …
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Forbes, Media24.com, @kelseymsutton and @fishbowlny
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
NYT revives managing editor role, naming international editor Joseph Kahn to the position, making him a leading candidate to succeed top editor Dean Baquet — The New York Times announced on Friday that it was reviving the title of managing editor and naming Joseph Kahn, an assistant editor for International, to the position.
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Bloodline's cancellation hints at a new phase for Netflix, as subscriptions wane and it begins to balance its big spending with strategic retreats — Netflix did something it's rarely done in its four-year history of original programming Wednesday: It canceled a show.
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@mchenryjd, @tvmojoe, @andygreenwald and Jezebel
Brad Heath / USA Today:
Associated Press, Vice Media, and Gannett sue FBI for information on how the agency broke into San Bernardino shooter's iPhone — Three news organizations, including USA TODAY's parent company, filed a lawsuit Friday seeking information about how the FBI was able to break into the locked iPhone …
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@jswartz, @jasonleopold, Engadget, @usatoday, @bradheath and The Verge
Richard Lea / Guardian:
Kickstarter helped launch 2,967 literary projects, and raised $35.2M in pledges for its books and comics section in 2015 — Richard Lea finds out how a resource for small enterprises is making some big changes — Four months after launching on Kickstarter, a children's book that tells …
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@_mattking, @gettingsome, @mikeelgan and GalleyCat
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Trump stage-managed his appearance on The Dr. Oz Show like a reality-TV reveal, creating the impression of transparency with the release of his doctor's letter — On Thursday's “The Dr. Oz Show,” Donald J. Trump told Dr. Mehmet Oz that he doesn't get much exercise these days. This is not really true.
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
AP condemns DOJ report, calls for practice of government impersonation of news media to end, demands to be included in official policy development — The Associated Press Thursday condemned a report from a Justice Department Inspector General that found that an FBI agent's impersonation of an AP editor did not violate its policies.
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Alan Neuhauser / US News:
Justice Department report: FBI may impersonate journalists in undercover probes with high-level approval; 2007 case of AP impersonation did not violate policies
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