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Interview with Ryan Kelly of The Daily Progress, on how instinct took over as he photographed a car plowing into a Charlottesville crowd — Ryan Kelly went to downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12 for one last assignment before leaving his staff photographer job at The Daily Progress.
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner James Risen joins First Look Media as director of press freedom fund and as a national security correspondent for The Intercept — The New York Times veteran will help steer national security reporting and direct press freedom fund.
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@mlcalderone


Shonda Rhimes is leaving ABC for Netflix, says the streaming service will provide her with greater creative freedom than network television — Prolific producer will create new shows for streaming service, which faces growing competition from Amazon, Disney
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Ad Age, Variety, The Wrap, @ava, @asharma, @sdkstl, @lyndaobst, @missfree, @jbflint, @gadyepstein, @ditzkoff, @mikeroyce, Fortune, TechCrunch, Engadget and Home Media Magazine


HBO leaks continue, with a hacker posting several episodes from Curb Your Enthusiasm and four other HBO series including Insecure and Ballers — The weeks-long standoff between HBO and a hacker intent on extracting money from the Time Warner-owned cable network intensified Sunday with the leak …


Amazon is shutting down Lovefilm, its DVD rental service in the UK and Germany, on Oct 31, plans to offer Lovefilm's 50 employees other roles — Amazon is closing down Lovefilm, its DVD rental service in the U.K. and Germany, later this year. — The e-commerce giant said that while streaming …
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VentureBeat and Pocket-lint


Alaska's largest newspaper, the Alaska Dispatch News, files for Chapter 11, with Alaska Media LLC and local Binkley family working together as possible buyers — Alaska's largest newspaper filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Saturday evening and new owners — an Alaska family …


Hong Kong's PCCW raises $110M for 18% stake in its video and music streaming unit from Hony Capital, Foxconn, and Temasek — This week seems to be a good one for media streaming companies in Asia. Hot on the heels of Malaysia-based Iflix raising $133 million for its Netflix-like service …
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@jonrussell, China Money Network, FinanceAsia, DealStreetAsia, Reuters, South China Morning Post and Variety


The Shawnee Mission Post in northeast Kansas found success in a paywall model, hitting its twelve month goal of 1,000 subscribers in just three months — “Nobody goes into journalism because they want to cater to advertisers and deliver them as many eyeballs as possible."


Silicon Valley can't be blamed for every problem at the New Republic — we need better thinking on technology, data, and journalism to ensure positive outcomes — I've spent the last eight years building the case for using audience data in newsrooms and the tools and culture required to make it a force for good.
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David Higgerson and @chrismoranuk


How Wikitribune's platform came together in 72 hours to allow journalists, commentators, and readers to interact and collaborate on news stories — “The business models for journalism are a real challenge,” Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia told us. — “In particular …


A new European news site called NewsMavens gathers team of female editors to see how they will curate stories differently from the typical mass media narrative — Focused on European news, the curators will choose the news items they think are most relevant


Interview with Tom Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press Institute, on the dangers of the Trump campaign's “real news” series on Facebook — The president has launched an online TV network. He's calling it “real news.” — “Overall, since the president took office …