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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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@backchnnl, @r_macdonald, @agreendcbike, @fin, @bdeskin, @mdkail, @carlmalamud, @lewisshepherd, @greggish and @digiphile
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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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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Commission on Presidential …, The Next Web, Gizmodo, The Hill, @dkroy, Vocativ and VatorNews
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.
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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The Definitive Source, @jackshafer, @pwnallthethings and NewsCut
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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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The Huffington Post, emptywheel, Business Insider, Mediaite, NPR, @erikwemple, @freedomofpress, @biellacoleman, @declanm, @adamjohnsonnyc, @alicesperi, @aliwatkins, @ryanjreilly, @csoghoian, Journalism News, @razhael, The Verge, @elizabeth_joh, The Hill, @elizabeth_joh, Motherboard and @gwfrink3
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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Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
Google, IAB, and others form The Coalition for Better Ads for monitoring and regulating online ad standards — Google has helped form a coalition group comprising advertising trade associations, advertisers, publishers, and agency groups that aims to rid the web of bad ads.
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Coalition for Better Ads, @dcnorg, @timschu, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @jackmarshall, Mashable, Research Live, Ad Age and Adweek
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Univision formalizes indemnity policy, promising to defend staffers if they are sued in the course of their jobs, following concerns of Gawker staffers — Univision chief news, entertainment and digital officer Isaac Lee plans to send an email later this afternoon to employees promising …
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@annamerlan, @samfbiddle, @felixsalmon and @petersterne
Politico:
The Guardian announces US job cuts that will reduce headcount by 30%, due in part to low ad sales and revenue shortfall — Company will reduce headcount by 30% in the U.S. — Executives from The Guardian announced today that there will be cuts at the British news organization's U.S. operation …
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Press Gazette, Guardian, CNNMoney, Talking New Media, FishbowlNY, @mattdpearce, @yareckon, @petersterne, @sonachele1, @lkwhite, @joepompeo, @mlcalderone, @kelseymsutton, @mattbors, @michaelluo, @hshaban, @edmundheaphy, @maxwellstrachan, @jeremymbarr, @joepompeo, @mlcalderone, @margarita, @mlcalderone, @joepompeo, @nickbaumann, @alexweprin, @hadas_gold, @justinjm1, @biellacoleman and @petersterne
Tobias Burns / Hollywood Reporter:
MPAA questions results of recent USC studies that conclude tax incentive programs that favor entertainment industry aren't worth the lost revenues to states — The studies concluded that tax incentive programs that favor the entertainment industry aren't worth the lost revenues to states.
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@kpmfilm and @samuraiknitter
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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@srabil, The Drum and The Next Web
Carlett Spike / Columbia Journalism Review:
American Society of News Editors survey finds journalist diversity highest in nearly 14 years, but newsrooms still don't reflect communities they serve — Photo credit: Jürg Vollmer, via Wikimedia Commons — The ranks of journalists are getting more diverse for the first time in nearly 14 years …
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