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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Atlantic Media says it will sell its subsidiary Quartz to Japanese financial intelligence and media firm Uzabase for between $75M and $100M in cash and stock — Price of cash and stock deal tied to the business-news startup hitting certain financial goals — Quartz, the online business …
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Harvey Weinstein faces three more charges: one count of criminal sexual act and two counts of felony predatory sexual assault, involving third woman, from 2006 — Harvey Weinstein was indicted Monday on three additional felony sex charges, two of which carry the potential of life in prison.
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Capital Gazette:
Our Say: Thank you. We will not forget. — Hundreds gathered Friday to honor the employees who were killed Thursday after a gunman blasted his way through the glass door of the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis. Their names are Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters.
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Indira Lakshmanan / Poynter:
In an era of deep distrust and hatred towards the press, journalists need to take every opportunity to explain their mission and why it matters to the public
In an era of deep distrust and hatred towards the press, journalists need to take every opportunity to explain their mission and why it matters to the public
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American Press Institute, @ilanakeller, @kirbywtweets, @mattdpearce, Washington Post, @defensebaron and Jill Fredel
Cameron Clarke / The Drum:
Inside LinkedIn's journalism efforts, with 50 reporters on five continents producing a daily news digest, video interviews, a podcast, and data-driven stories — Having reached the point where more than a million posts, videos and articles are being shared on its platform every day …
Amanda Ripley / The Whole Story:
Journalists need to learn to amplify contradictions and widen the lens on paralyzing debates to cover controversial issues — What if journalists covered controversial issues differently—based on how humans actually behave when they are polarized and suspicious?
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Nieman Lab, @craigsilverman, @sarahw, @profgalloway, @adamlisagor, @djolder, @libdenk, @sulliview, @miafarrow, Greg Lacour, @fmanjoo and @wexler
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Rolling Stone relaunches as a monthly magazine with a higher cover price of $9.99, circulation more than halved to 650K copies, and a push into live events — Magazine will have a larger format and fewer issues, as it looks to cut costs and drum up new sources of revenue
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New York Times:
Given the DOJ opposition to the AT&T/Comcast merger and the usual scrutiny of horizontal mergers, the speed of approval for the Disney/Fox deal seems political — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Facebook hires Jesper Doub, CEO of German news site Spiegel Online, to head a news media partnership team to strengthen relations with European publishers — Facebook has hired one of its own harshest critics, Jesper Doub, CEO of German media giant Spiegel Online, to head …
Nicholas Diakopoulos / Columbia Journalism Review:
AI won't replace reporters but could be used for fact-checking, automated interviews for comprehensive data collection, and more — Last month Google CEO Sundar Pichai took the stage at the company's yearly developer festival for a whiz-bang demo of their latest technology, Google Duplex.
Bruce Haring / BlockTribune:
TaTaTu has raised $575M in an ICO via a private sale to further develop its blockchain-based social entertainment platform and finance the production of movies — TaTaTu, a blockchain tokenized entertainment platform, has raised $575 million USD from private backers, an amount …
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ICOExaminer, SiliconANGLE, Blockchain News, CoinDesk, Crowdfund Insider and Bitcoin Magazine, more at Techmeme »
Cherie Hu / The Membership Puzzle Project:
Spotify or Netflix models for news won't work, as they rely on content that changes value over time, personalization, and utility while news relies on community — I spent the last few months trying to find the next “Spotify for news” — only to discover that it doesn't exist.
Reuters:
Sources: Netflix has made a deal to pay $150M to own up to 35 billboards along Sunset Strip, which it will use exclusively for in-house advertising — NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix Inc (NFLX.O), the streaming video pioneer that revolutionized television …
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