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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.
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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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 — The Department of Justice Office of Inspector General found no problem with an FBI policy permitting agents to pose as journalists.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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