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Justin Ray / Columbia Journalism Review:
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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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
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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Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
GoDaddy tells neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer it violated its ToS and to find a new domain provider, after it posted an obscene article about Charlottesville victim — White supremacist site the Daily Stormer needs to find another domain provider after getting the boot from GoDaddy.
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Annie Zak / Alaska Dispatch News:
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 …
Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
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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David Lieberman / Deadline:
Lionsgate renews its agreement with DVD kiosk company Redbox; despite consumer spend in rental kiosks dropping 19.3% YoY, Redbox is adding 1,500 to its fleet — Movie fans who like to rent discs from Redbox's $1.50-a-night kiosks will to be able to continue watching Lionsgate releases as soon …
Stewart Clarke / Variety:
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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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
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 …
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Vice Media partners with Airbnb to offer custom travel packages that reflect its “punk zine” ethos, like a tour of the LGBTQ scene in Tokyo — Partnership will kick off with customized tours in South Africa, Paris, New York and Tokyo — Vice Media has always tried to show …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Daily Mail launches a one-hour daily TV show, DailyMailTV, which will be filmed in New York and available on TV stations across the US — Mail Online has announced a major move into broadcasting with the launch of daily TV show which will be syndicated across the US.
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Matthew Hussey / The Next Web:
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 …
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
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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