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Sources: Verizon is seeking potential buyers for HuffPost, as it continues to shed digital businesses from its costly acquisition of Yahoo and AOL — Verizon is sounding out potential buyers for the HuffPost website, in the latest phase of the US telecoms group's retreat from the digital media business.
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TechCrunch, @janinegibson, @jayrosen_nyu, Fox Business, @rafat, @timcast, @arrington, @rafat and The Wrap


Profile of The Michigan Daily, the university's student newspaper in Ann Arbor, which has been the only printed local paper in the city for more than a decade — As more than 2,000 newspapers across the country have closed or merged, student journalists from Michigan to Arizona have stepped in to fill the void.
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@jcstearns, @hg_watson, @ennisnyt, @stephepburn, @marthasjones_, @dpd_, @rkobell, @alpaul, @samhoisington, @timmckayum, @revericatcheson, @benjaminsraven, @marclacey, @showusyourwork, @jswatz and @jswatz


Facebook reaches licensing deal with News Corp to feature headlines from WSJ, NY Post, and others in a coming news tab; sources: WaPo, BuzzFeed News, BI also in — News organizations including News Corp will be paid a licensing fee to supply headlines in news tab
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USA Today, @jason_kint, @bgrueskin, @dicktofel, @jimpethokoukis, @lalpert1, Engadget and Talking Biz News


Major Australian newspapers black out text on their front pages Monday to protest secrecy laws passed over past two years, after raids of journalists in June — The nation's media companies have redacted their front pages to highlight the constraints on media organisations under strict national security legislation.
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Herald Sun, The Guardian, Financial Times, The Week, The Guardian, @mikejanda, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, @withmeaa, @julieposetti, @jpwarren, @studio10au, Reuters, @dobes and @supriya23bh


UK's Global Radio to launch a new 24-hour LBC spin-off “pure news” station, without opinion or debate, from next Monday — Global Radio is launching a new 24-hour LBC spin-off station to create a dedicated space for “pure news” - without opinion or debate.


Sources: Thomson Reuters hired an executive search firm to draw up a shortlist of internal and external candidates to succeed the current CEO Jim Smith — Thomson Reuters has begun the search for a chief executive to succeed Jim Smith, who has led the $34bn professional information group since 2012.
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@arashmassoudi


ICFJ global study: ~33% of newsrooms have fact-checkers, ~66% distribute content in at least four formats, 50%+ of journalists use digital fact-checking tools — Journalists are increasingly turning to digital technology to help address daunting challenges such as the spread of misinformation …
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@justinarenstein, @justinarenstein, @mediacareerngr and @hrvenkatesh


As Hollywood continues to scale with more TV and film assets, no studio has an integrated gaming division today, which ignores a fast growing media category — With all the individual differences from player to player, the TV and film industry has had a consistent response to the challenges …
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@ashkan, @ballmatthew and @ballmatthew


Interview with Joel Christopher, executive editor of the Knoxville News Sentinel, on how to report on extremism without spreading hateful messages — Journalists have always had to grapple with how to cover extremists and hate-filled ideologies. But in today's digital world …
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@spj_tweets and @niemanreports

Facebook opens ads in search results, which appear in news feeds and across its marketplace, to all advertisers for a select group of topics — Ads in Facebook Search Results are now open to all marketers for a select group of topics. The ad unit, which appears in Facebook News Feeds …
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Adweek


Publishers like Forbes, Reuters, WSJ, and Bloomberg are growing their events businesses for sponsors and building their own event franchises to boost revenues — Trade shows, conferences and summit events are nothing new for business-to-business publishers, who have a tight grip on catering to professional audiences.
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@rafat


How Verizon is pivoting its publishing strategy to focus on commerce by investing in original shopping-focused video and a new content management system — Verizon Media Group has long styled itself as an advertising platform. Now it wants to act like one that helps brands and retailers drive sales.