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CBS News and BBC News announce global editorial and newsgathering partnership, sharing video, editorial content, and other resources — CBS News and BBC News announced a new editorial and newsgathering relationship Thursday that will significantly enhance the global reporting capabilities of both organizations.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
HuffPost launches a 7-week, 23-city bus tour through Middle America to “learn what it means to be American today,” which sources say could cost $1M — Seeking a new direction, the site launches a 23-city bus tour to ‘listen to America.’ — Having made its name as a home …
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@michellemanafy, @derekahunter, @lpolgreen, @adamjwhitedc, @rafat, @logandobson, @byronyork, @donie, @txtiger1 and @mlcalderone
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Online publishers like LittleThings and Dotdash are eliminating obtrusive ads to to boost overall revenue and improve user experience — LittleThings and Dotdash say they're taking a ‘less is more’ approach with ads across their sites — For online publishers, more advertising typically means more revenue.
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@jarroddicker, @whatthebit, @mdudas and @jackmarshall
Washington Post:
Sources: to defend Donald Trump Jr., GOP operatives are going to try and discredit the reporters covering the story, using conservative media to attack them — The White House has been thrust into chaos after days of ever-worsening revelations about a meeting between Donald Trump Jr …
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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Publishing industry veterans Jamie Raab and Deb Futter found a new division, Celadon Books, at Macmillan, focusing on fiction and nonfiction — Over the last three-plus decades, the publishing industry veterans Jamie Raab and Deb Futter have each delivered a string of splash hits …
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Publishers Weekly
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Sources: morale at SoundCloud sinks after layoffs, with those fired wondering why there was no warning; the firm says it's “fully funded into Q4” — A tense scene unfolded yesterday as user-generated, music-streaming service SoundCloud held an all-hands meeting to explain …
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FACT Magazine, @benguerrette and @jysexton, more at Techmeme »
Mitchell Armentrout / Chicago Sun Times:
Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Reader to be sold to an investment group that includes a coalition of local unions and former alderman Edwin Eisendrath — An investor group led by former Chicago Ald. Edwin Eisendrath and the Chicago Federation of Labor is poised to purchase the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Poynter, @craignewman, @borzmn, @jmartnyt, @fuzzytypewriter, @pmontoro, @eisendrath, @eisendrath, @eisendrath, The Wrap and USA Today
Newsday:
Newsday could not find 109 sources in 77 stories by police reporter Kevin Deutsch after a review of 600 stories, is attaching editor's note to stories online — Newsday undertook an extensive, four-month review of reporting by Kevin Deutsch, who covered law enforcement from April 2012 to September 2016.
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@sethmnookin, @hadas_gold, @sethmnookin, iMediaEthics, @steffdaz, @politico_steve, @mniype, @sdkstl and @mattdpearce
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
PR reps at news outlets like CNN and BuzzFeed explain how they deal with and respond to Trump's attacks on social media — “We respond to correct the record,” explains a CNN spokesman about the need to push back against the president's attacks. — When Donald Trump lobs a Twitter attack …
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AOL and New York Times
Khari Johnson / VentureBeat:
Facebook to gradually expand worldwide beta of display ads in Messenger's Home screen, which follow an auction-based model — Facebook Messenger will start to extend its home screen ads beta worldwide in the weeks ahead, Messenger head of product Stan Chudnovsky announced today.
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AdExchanger, BetaNews, Messenger Platform, Marketing Week, Forbes, Fortune, The Verge and Business Insider
Sean Captain / Fast Company:
Q&A with Evan Greer of the nonprofit Fight for the Future, who organized Wednesday's “Net Neutrality Day of Action” — Evan Greer is leading a coalition of the world's biggest internet companies to mobilize users to fight the Trump administration's rollback of rules.
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Ars Technica, blog.twitter.com, Fight for the Future, CNNMoney, Portland Mercury, Mashable and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
pulitzer.org:
Senior NYT editor Dana Canedy appointed administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, succeeding Mike Pride — New York, N.Y., July 12, 2017 - Dana Canedy, a Pulitzer Prize-winning former senior editor at The New York Times, has been named administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes.
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Publishers Lunch, @jysexton, @jimschachter, @lasharah, @jimschachter, @niemanfdn, @jdaniszewski, @sulliview and @terencesamuel
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Dana Canedy is the first woman and person of color to serve as the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes
Dana Canedy is the first woman and person of color to serve as the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes
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Fortune
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ announces a newsroom reorganization, with Deputy EIC Matt Murray promoted to exec editor; EIC Baker says it's not a “job cutting exercise” — Efforts center on digital, mobile initiatives; Editor in Chief Gerard Baker says newsroom's head count to remain ‘roughly stable’
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Adweek, @cjr, @dylanbyers and @mlcalderone
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Digital publisher Thrillist names Ocean MacAdams, formerly head of GoPro's entertainment division, as its president, replacing co-founder Adam Rich — The one-time MTV executive will oversee video production efforts at the male-skewing online publisher. — Thrillist has tapped …
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@natjarv and @bmorrissey
Betsy Reed / The Intercept:
First Look Media's press freedom fund is helping finance legal defense of Reality Winner, who's being prosecuted for allegedly leaking to its site The Intercept — The Intercept's parent company, First Look Media, has taken steps to provide independent support for the legal defense of Reality Winner …
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@jesselynradack, @thomas_drake1, @lifewinning and Common Dreams
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