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NowThis News requires its staffers to sign a non-compete that bars them for two years from taking a job at places like CNN, Vice, BuzzFeed, and Vox — New hires at the social news outlet must sign a contract that forbids them from taking a job at places including CNN, Vice, BuzzFeed and Vox.
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Robert Little / NPR:
Slain NPR journalists Gilkey and Tamanna weren't random victims, their convoy was targeted by attackers tipped off to the presence of Americans in Afghanistan — NPR journalists David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna died a year ago this week, ambushed on a remote road in southern Afghanistan …
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TechCrunch:
SixiusXM invests $480M in Pandora for a 16% stake; Pandora sells Ticketfly, which it acquired for $450M in October 2015, to Eventbrite for $200M — Jun 9, 2017, 6:04 amJun 9, 2017, 11:48 am — Troubled streaming music service Pandora has finally found a white knight of sorts to boost …
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Tina Dyakon / About Us | Poynter:
The Poynter Institute and the Charles Koch Foundation are creating a program to provide training to student journalists and to encourage civil discourse — The project will encourage accountability reporting and robust civil dialogue on three campuses — The Poynter Institute …
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
The National Press Club sides with CQ Roll Call's John Donnelly, criticizes FCC's response after security officer's altercation with the reporter — Official response does not satisfy critics — A Tale of Becket, McCain and Preet Comey Will Tell Congress Trump Asked Him to Drop Flynn Probe …
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Alanna Petroff / CNNMoney:
The U.K. election upset has increased the risk that Rupert Murdoch's planned takeover of Sky may be delayed, some analysts say — How Trump-Murdoch ties may influence Fox probe — The shock U.K. election result has increased the risk that 21st Century Fox's planned takeover of broadcaster Sky …
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Caroline Scott / Journalism.co.uk:
How BuzzFeed UK teamed up with Facebook for two livestreams dissecting UK election results, giving predictions and reactions, as well as hosting celebrities — 'We have reporters that are great at thinking on their feet - we are able to adapt and throw all our energy into something.'
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@janinegibson, @andydangerfield, @janinegibson and @janinegibson
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Taylor Swift's full catalog is returning to Spotify and other streaming services, reversing her stance against free music on ad-supported services — After breaking upin 2014, Taylor Swift and Spotify are getting back together. To celebrate her album 1989 hitting 10 million records sold …
Jessi Hempel / Backchannel:
Backchannel moves to Wired.com from Medium on June 21; editorial chief says Medium is “no longer as focused on helping publications like ours profit” — Starting mid-June, we'll publish even more of the work you care about in a new weekly format. — Dear Backchannel readers,
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Profile of Ear Hustle, a podcast co-hosted and co-produced by inmates at San Quentin State Prison about life on the inside — When Nigel Poor wakes up in the dead of night with a concern about her podcast, she can't fire off a text to her co-host. She can't give him a quick call, drop him a line on Twitter or stop by his house.
Annlee Ellingson / Los Angeles Business Journal:
Stem, a payment platform for musicians and artists, raises $8M series A to scale its product — With musicians and other creators distributing their content across the web, it can be hard for them to get paid — especially when platforms like YouTube, Apple Music, iTunes, Soundcloud and Spotify don't know whom to pay what.
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Tubefilter, Billboard and Music Business Worldwide
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Employees at Al Jazeera's Washington bureau fear that Qatar's diplomatic crisis will cause the network to close or cut funding — But staff tell HuffPost they're used to uncertainty. — WASHINGTON Several Arab nations' severing of ties with Qatar sparked speculation that the wealthy Gulf state …
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