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Dan Mitchell / Columbia Journalism Review:
NYT's Farhad Manjoo tweeted an average of 15x a day for two months while he was supposedly unplugged from social media to get news from print — So many writers have produced “I went offline, and here is what I learned” stories that they became a tedious cliché years ago.
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Scott Soshnick / Bloomberg:
Facebook gets exclusive rights to stream 25 MLB afternoon games, Facebook's first major US sports league exclusive; sources estimate price at $30-$35M — Social network is said to pay $30 million to $35 million — First time a major U.S. league has given Facebook exclusivity
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
In a leaked tape, Newsweek CCO blamed BuzzFeed report on ad fraud for Newsweek operating at “50% of the revenue needed to cover costs”; gave outlet 5 weeks — Two weeks ago, Newsweek Media Group Chief Content Officer Dayan Candappa said the company had just five weeks to turn around …
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New York Times:
Sources: Barack and Michelle Obama are nearing a content deal with Netflix for a series of shows; Apple and Amazon also expressed interest — WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama is in advanced negotiations with Netflix to produce a series of high-profile shows that will provide …
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Columbia Journalism Review:
Study: mainstream news outlets that embedded IRA tweets were generally using the tweets to reflect provocative, partisan public opinion on social issues — Image by Greyweed via Flickr. — The New York Times's Bari Weiss was in the news again yesterday, this time for citing a hoax Twitter account …
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Deborah Copaken / The Atlantic:
Freelancer charts harassment by former New York Observer editor Ken Kurson and the Observer's lack of formal complaint process for non-staff members — 1. Land a job. At a new online magazine for approximately the same salary you earned in 1992, but whatever.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Twitter signs a three-year non-exclusive deal with Major League Soccer to livestream at least 24 matches in the US and on-demand highlights worldwide — Twitter is kicking more sports to its social service, in a three-year deal with Major League Soccer that will include a slate …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
How The New Yorker, with a circulation of 1.2M, plans to hit 2M subscribers: increasing coverage of some subjects, paid posts and search words, expanding abroad — The New Yorker belongs to a rare club of publications whose revenue from readers exceeds that of advertisers.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Tronc's new publisher Ross Levinsohn has a history of large expenses, lavish parties, and persuading corporate employers to buy startups founded by his friends — Editor's note: This story contains language that some readers may find offensive. — One of the nation's most important newspaper companies …
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Graham Vyse / New Republic:
Profile of CNN's Jake Tapper, one of the most liked journalists on TV, praised by liberals and conservatives for focusing on facts rather than partisanship — Jake Tapper has found himself—or put himself—in the middle of the gun-control debate in America.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
U.S. News & World Report is shutting down its opinion section as part of a shift in coverage from Washington DC, to health, education, and the economy — U.S. News & World Report announced on Thursday that it would be shutting down its opinion section.
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Though Reddit makes up <1% of referral traffic, publishers use it to interact with their audiences; site plans to continue growing relationships with publishers — After nearly a decade of indifference, Reddit is cozying up to publishers. — Over the past year, a media partnerships team …
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