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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Parties named in Atlantic's story saying Sirota secretly advised Sanders campaign while critiquing other candidates in the media, deny key claims of the story — The Atlantic on Tuesday published a sensationalistic series of accusations by reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere aimed at long …
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@walkerbragman, @theintercept, @theintercept, @benspielberg and The Atlantic
The Keyword:
Interview with Olivia Ma, the director and co-founder of Google News Labs, on the one-year anniversary of the Google News Initiative — When I was growing up, reading the news meant thumbing through the local paper every week on my way to the Sunday comics section.
Mollie Leavitt / The Idea:
Interview with Civil CEO Vivian Schiller on trying to get journalism on the blockchain, and leading digital efforts at companies like NYT and NBC — This week, The Idea caught up with Vivian Schiller, the CEO of the Civil Media Foundation. Vivian reflects on her career on the precipice …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Profile of The New Humanitarian, a relaunch of IRIN News covering humanitarian crises, which now has ~170K unique visitors/month and 40K+ newsletter subscribers — “It's one thing to have been an internal information center for an international NGO. It's another thing to become a full newsroom …
Justin Peters / Slate:
How The Joe Rogan Experience, the second-most-downloaded podcast on iTunes in 2017 and 2018, became a platform for “freethinkers” who are aggravated by the left — On Feb. 7, on the 1,241st episode of his podcast, comedian Joe Rogan kicked off a discussion of one of the signal injustices …
Discussion:
@conor64, @justintrevett, @gourmetspud, @lemieuxlgm, @ketanj0 and @amandamarcotte
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Skepticism about Facebook's intentions was widespread among startups and nonprofits at the Local Media Summit, sponsored by Facebook, Knight Foundation, and ONA — This week, journalists from dozens of small startups and non-profits joined funders and journalism academics at a small …
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, @mathewi, @mollydeaguiar, @davewiner, @cjr, @janebsinger, @mathewi, @mathewi and @davewiner
Mr. Magazine:
Q&A with Will Welch, the new EIC of GQ, about his vision for the magazine, the relevance of a men's fashion magazine in the age of social media, and more — There's a new era at GQ and the man running the epoch is Will Welch. The dynamic, newly refreshed generation of the magazine …
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
A profile of Lachlan Murdoch, the eldest Murdoch son overseeing “new” Fox, who is politically conservative but is still feared in some corners of Fox News — LOS ANGELES — President Trump has never called Lachlan Murdoch. — The 47-year-old media scion …
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@talktomeforreal, @1gamenut and @mattgertz
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Twitter is inserting tweets into the feeds of users that do not follow the accounts which posted them, sometimes inadvertently amplifying extremist rhetoric — New York (CNN Business)Imagine opening up the Twitter app on your phone and scrolling through your feed.
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@stephaniecarvin, @cwarzel, @oliverdarcy, @alexhern, @clarajeffery, @jimswiftdc, @oliverdarcy and @oliverdarcy, more at Techmeme »
Angela Long / JSource:
Profile of Daniel Bushman, reporter and owner of the Watrous Manitou, a Saskatchewan newspaper he bought five years ago: “I don't regret purchasing the paper” — Why a 24-year old gives up city life for a job at his local paper and then, five years later, buys it
Discussion:
@rsjnow and @macphersona
Mark Gardiner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Reporter Mark Gardiner describes how a story he wrote in 2003, about a motorcyclist who saved lives in a tunnel fire in France, turned out to be a myth — In 2003, with what felt like an angel on my shoulder, I wrote a story that became a myth. It was a once-in-a-lifetime piece.
Discussion:
@cjr, @spj_tweets and @ravisomaiya
Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Netflix's absence from Apple's media bundle portends a fight in content distribution; Goldman Sachs says the bundle could add $12B+ to Apple's Services business — The first skirmishes have already been fought in what could turn into a tech cold war. “The game is on,” said the Netflix chief executive, Reed Hastings.
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Washington Post, @nairsameer, Bloomberg, @nytmedia, @nytmedia, @shiraovide, @edmundlee, MacRumors, TV Tattle and Fortune
Reuters:
NYT CEO says third-party distribution deals lead to loss of product control, compares news outlets that partner with Apple to studios that helped Netflix grow — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc is expected to launch an ambitious new entertainment and paid digital news service on Monday …
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@ifortknox, @mattyglesias, @orskov, @alexburnsnyt, Digiday, @richbtig, @melissa_stasiuk, @jacknicas, @urvaksh, @davewiner, @edmundlee, @michellemanafy, @nycjim, Ad Age, @kenli729, Quartz, @reutersus, CNET, @pierce, @pkafka, @pkafka, 9to5Mac and BGR, more at Techmeme »
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Source: Apple has signed up Vox for its upcoming news subscription service; other Vox Media properties will not participate initially
Discussion:
Press Gazette, 9to5Mac, @markgurman, CNBC, @shiraovide, Fast Company, @stroughtonsmith, FierceVideo, MediaPost, Fox News, CNET and @pkafka, more at Techmeme »
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