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Will Oremus / Slate:
The push for an antitrust exemption highlights the contradiction between the civic purpose and for-profit motive of newspapers — But it could help them resolve their existential crisis. — Newspapers' business models have been taking on water for years thanks to the rise of Google …
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Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:
Sources: ahead of Time Warner buy, AT&T plans to create telecom and media arms with separate CEOs, overseen by Randall Stephenson, who will become exec chairman — Co-chiefs to run separate communications and media businesses — Stephenson sheds CEO title, will oversee company as chairman
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Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
Appeals court rules that New York shield law protects Reorg Research from having to disclose the names of its sources; Murray Energy vows continued litigation — Bankruptcy news is news. — New York State has a “shield law” that allows journalists to keep their sources confidential.
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica UK:
Net neutrality Day of Action resulted in 3.4M emails to congress, 1.6M+ comments to FCC, but Comcast, Verizon, CenturyLink continue to seek less strict rules — Comcast, Verizon, and CenturyLink counter pro-net neutrality “Day of Action.” — Broadband providers made it clear this week …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Publishers like Hearst, Bustle, TechCrunch, BBC News, and Mic are shifting their enthusiasm from Snapchat to Instagram — Hearst's Kate Lewis can easily rattle off the company's Instagram stats. Half the company's brands have more than 1 million followers. Harper's Bazaar has 3 million.
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Nathan Ingraham / Engadget:
Google Play Music's New Release Radio, previously an exclusive for Samsung users, now available to all; station is based on users' listening history — Google has officially announced New Release Radio, a station on Google Play Music that provides users with a daily selection of new songs …
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Gary Abernathy / Washington Post:
The editor and publisher of Ohio's Times-Gazette believes national news outlets take Trump's media broadsides too personally, abandoning fairness — Gary Abernathy is publisher and editor of the (Hillsboro, Ohio) Times-Gazette. — HILLSBORO, Ohio — Just like our larger media counterparts …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Streaming companies like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu snagged 162 Emmy nominations, almost a third of the total and the most ever awarded to tech companies — Streaming companies like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu snagged 162 Emmy nominations this year, almost a third of the total and the most ever awarded to tech companies.
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Corinne Grinapol / Adweek:
The New Yorker has hired BuzzFeed's Dan Oshinsky as director of newsletters, a new position for the magazine — It's a new position for the publication — The New Yorker has snagged BuzzFeed's director of newsletters to lead its own newsletter efforts. Dan Oshinsky will join the publication …
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David Bond / Financial Times:
Ipso's ruling against Mail Online over photos of Prince Harry comes as the UK press watchdog weighs how to deal with global digital publishers — Decision comes as Ipso weighs how to deal with global digital publishers — Read next … Mail Online has fallen foul of the UK press watchdog …
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Local papers have struggled to capitalize on subscription surges seen at national outlets in the age of Trump — Dallas, Minnesota newspapers see reader angst over coverage — Baquet: Local news is ‘biggest crisis’ in U.S. journalism — President Donald Trump loves to hurl …
Alexandra Ellerbeck / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Recent US Senate report on leaks and national security used unscientific methodology, created false paradigm between national security and press freedom, more — Last week, Republicans on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs released a report on leaks to the media.
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