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GateHouse ordered Las Vegas Review-Journal to scrutinize local judges before sale of paper; one judge is involved in Adelson casino wrongful termination suit — Judge in Adelson lawsuit subject to unusual scrutiny amid Review-Journal sale — Just over a month before Sheldon Adelson's family …
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
New York Times needs systemic changes to fix problems that led to errors in San Bernardino shooting story — Systemic Change Needed After Faulty Times Article — Mistakes are bound to happen in the news business, but some are worse than others. — What I'll lay out here was a bad one.
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Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Washington Post “What was fake on the Internet this week” column ends because readers who share hoax stories aren't convinced by debunking — What was fake on the Internet this week: Why this is the final column — There is nothing — NOTHING — too crazy for the Internet hoax beat.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
NYT Public Editor Margaret Sullivan will depart in 2016 — Margaret Sullivan will conclude her tenure as public editor of The New York Times when her four-year contract expires in eight months, she told Poynter today. — “Yes, I am headed into the home stretch of my four-year term,” she said in an email.
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Star Wars sets a record with $57M in opening-day sales, but Disney stock falls about 4% amid analyst concerns about ESPN sports rights, other TV licensing deals — Walt Disney Stock Tumbles as ‘Force Awakens’ Soars — “Even The Force cannot protect ESPN,” says BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield as he downgrades the stock to “sell.”
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Knight Foundation to donate $140K to PolitiFact to fact-check political posts on Medium during presidential election — The Knight Foundation Funds PolitiFact to Fact-check Political Posts on Medium — The publishing platform Medium is getting a cash infusion from the John S …
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Rex Sorgatz / Nieman Lab:
Podcasting will continue to push into the mainstream with better experience, content, and revenue — The podcasting scene will explode — Some media analysts see a bubble poised to burst; others, incremental growth. I see something more radical: a complete regime change in the audio landscape.
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Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Relaunches as Amblin Partners — Studio signs multiyear distribution deal with Universal Pictures — Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios has found its fourth lease on life. — The company, which has struggled financially since its last relaunch in 2009 …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Michele Norris leaving NPR, expanding her Race Card Project — Michele Norris, a mainstay of NPR for the past 13 years, is saying farewell to the public radio powerhouse. — Norris said in an interview that she will devote more time to The Race Card Project, her award-winning effort …
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Stephen Heyman / Slate:
UK's Waterstones, which reached profitability again after cutting staff and increasing autonomy, could serve as a model to save Barnes & Noble — Big-Box Bookstores Don't Have to Die — This large chain in the U.K. made a shocking turnaround by doing something surprising: trusting its booksellers.
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James Cusick / The Independent:
UK chancellor George Osborne met twice with Rupert Murdoch before deciding on £650M cut to BBC budget — Osborne ‘held two meetings with Murdoch before deciding on BBC cuts’ — George Osborne held two private meetings with Rupert Murdoch in June this year before the Treasury informed …
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Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Facebook opens its live video-streaming tool to verified Pages — First there were celebrities, then influencers, then nonverified individuals. Today, Facebook is opening up access to its live-streaming service to brands on the social network. Now T-Mobile, Nike, Ford, NBC …
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