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Ken Doctor / Politico:
Sources: Gannett-Tronc deal talks continue; one option is selling part or all of The Los Angeles Times to Patrick Soon-Shiong — As Gannett's deal to buy Tronc unwound in real time Thursday, punctuated by historic one-day share price slides, those in and around the deal struggled for words to describe it.
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
As print ad revenue decline accelerates, biggest newspaper companies in US brace for cost cuts, layoffs — The gloom began earlier this month, when Gerard Baker, the editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, sent a memo to employees that said, in part, “every story should be as short as it needs to be.”
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Vine struggled to monetize and compete with Instagram and Snapchat amid executive churn, while failing to find strategic benefits for Twitter — Closing the loop — The thing about Vine becoming the internet's premiere tool for making short-form videos is that it happened almost completely by accident.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vine stars mourn the closing of the app that helped launch their careers, though they've shifted focus to other platforms like YouTube and Instagram
Vine stars mourn the closing of the app that helped launch their careers, though they've shifted focus to other platforms like YouTube and Instagram
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Plan to shut down Vine suggests Twitter finally recognizes itself as a news service, focusing on live, current events
Plan to shut down Vine suggests Twitter finally recognizes itself as a news service, focusing on live, current events
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Parent of Miami local news startup The New Tropic launches a daily email newsletter in Seattle, The Evergrey, led by Monica Guzman and Anika Anand — Miami is a city in flux. Over the past five years, nearly 500,000 people have moved to South Florida, and more than 65 percent …
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John Gapper / Financial Times:
NYT editor Dean Baquet says that US cable networks have blurred the line between entertainment and news this election season by pandering to partisan viewers — US cable news networks have played a “ridiculous” role in the presidential campaign by blurring the line between entertainment …
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Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
Profile of Marco Chacon, founder of fake conservative news site RealTrueNews, an initially modest prank whose stories have managed to fool even Fox News — Marco Chacon had only spent about $20 on his conservative news website, RealTrueNews, when he heard his words in prime time on Fox News' The Kelly File.
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Facebook:
Facebook launches election tool with information on national, state, and local candidates and issues, lets voters choose to share choices for specific races — November 8 is around the corner and we want to help you get the information you need to prepare for Election Day.
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Liz Spayd / New York Times:
The purchase of Wirecutter means The New York Times needs to be transparent about affiliate links, offer explanations to readers, and set clear site-wide rules — The New York Times grabbed a few modest headlines earlier this week when it purchased a popular website called The Wirecutter …
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@karaswisher, @harrymccracken and @niemanlab
Andy Beckett / Guardian:
Bolstered by Brexit, UK's right-wing tabloids have reclaimed their political influence after years of stagnation and declining readership — But now, in Theresa May's Brexit Britain, they look more powerful than ever — wo years ago, when the UK had a future in the European Union …
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Julia M. Klein / Columbia Journalism Review:
Review of Amazon's Good Girls Revolt, new series loosely based on the 46 women staffers at Newsweek who sued for gender discrimination in landmark case in 1970 — Anna Camp, left, Erin Darke and Genevieve Angelson appear in a scene from Amazon Studios' “Good Girls Revolt.” (Amazon Studios)
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@indiewire, @stavziv, @joemorgenstern and Broadcasting & Cable
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Harvard Business Review drops from 10 print issues to 6 in 2017, will publish 6 online series, called The Big Idea, weighs paywall strategies and sponsorships — What should the experience of a magazine be when it's moved online? — As the subscription-based Harvard Business Review drops …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Texas Tribune rebrands its political site Texas Weekly as The Blast, a paid newsletter emailed to subscribers daily — Texas is shaping up as a surprisingly important state in the presidential election this year: Hillary Clinton is closing in on Donald Trump (the race in Texas is closer …
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