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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Spotify hires Dawn Ostroff as chief content officer, to join in August; Ostroff had been president of Condé Nast Entertainment, the publisher's video studio — Spotify has hired Dawn Ostroff, a veteran television and video executive, as its new chief content officer …
Trevor Timm / The Intercept:
Reality Winner pleads guilty to violating the Espionage Act, agreeing to 63 months in prison, the longest known term for a violation linked to a media leak — Whistleblower Reality Winner entered into a plea deal with the Justice Department on Tuesday, ostensibly putting an end to her case …
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New York Times, The Verge, Slate, Fox News, @yashalevine, @charlie_savage, @zatchry, @snowden, @whmullally, The Daily Caller, @theintercept, @trevortimm, @wikileaks, Axios and Mediaite
Nicole Friedman / Wall Street Journal:
Iowa-based Lee Enterprises will operate BH Media's newspapers under a five-year deal for $5M/year and a cut of earnings over $34M; BH Media CEO to step down — Warren Buffett says the challenges to the industry are ‘clear,’ but ‘I believe we can benefit by joining efforts’
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NASDAQ.com, @saragregory, @nicolefriedman, @johnnewsomnr, @saragregory, News & Tech, Associated Press, @t_hamzik, @johnnewsomnr and @bryandevasher
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
USA Today Network is launching a conservative opinion newsletter, offering both aggregated content and original takes, similar to theSkimm — Since its founding in 1982, USA Today has prided itself on a feel for all 50 states that eludes East Coast media. Now its network is launching …
Discussion:
@owillis and @damemagazine
Marlee Baldridge / Nieman Lab:
The MIT Technology Review has rebranded its design and print edition, which will now focus on one subject per issue, like blockchain — The rebrand expands each issue from a summary of articles into a small book discussing the past, present, and future of a single technology.
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Talking Biz News
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sony is shutting down Sony Crackle, its ad-supported video service, in Canada on June 28 — Sony Pictures is shuttering Sony Crackle in Canada: The ad-supported video service will be closing its doors in Canada on June 28. Crackle Canada has been telling consumers about the closure …
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Tubefilter
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Inside a fact-checking conference highlighting selection bias, automating searches, using video to reach a larger audience, and dealing with online hoaxes — ROME — Political fact-checkers from more than 50 countries gathered here to take stock of a fast-growing journalistic movement …
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Editor & Publisher
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company decided to rely on human editors to curate Apple News, over algorithms, because “news was kind of going a little crazy” — Tim Cook wants your news experience to be a little less stressful — and that's why Apple is leaning on humans …
Discussion:
The New York Observer and @mathewi
Daniel Holloway / Variety:
The Daily Beast and CBS Television Studios sign first-look deal covering development of the news site's daily published content for scripted TV — The Daily Beast and CBS Television Studios have signed a first-look deal covering development of the news website's daily published content for scripted TV.
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@noahshachtman, @gideonresnick, @courrielche, @oneunderscore__, @maxwelltani and @jeremymbarr
David Beard / Poynter:
Kathy Shaw, a Massachusetts journalist who worked on a database tracking abuse by clergy across the world following Spotlight series, died Sunday night — The Poynter Institute's Morning Mediawire breaks down and delivers the most important stories you need to start your day.
Discussion:
@dabeard, @poynter, Washington Post and Reuters
Polly Curtis / HuffPost UK:
HuffPost UK, based in London, is relocating to Birmingham (UK) for a week and hosting an open newsroom in the city, as part of its HuffPost Listens project — We're setting up an open newsroom in the city centre and inviting people to tell us what really matters. Here's why - and how you can get involved
Discussion:
HoldtheFrontPage
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
A look at News Revenue Hub, an organization that facilitates memberships for more than 20 journalism organizations — “The best predictor of membership loyalty is whether an organization has been talking to their audiences already about their need to raise money.
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