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Thom Geier / The Wrap:
Spotify names Dawn Ostroff, president of entertainment at Conde Nast, its Chief Content Officer — Dawn Ostroff on Tuesday exited Conde Nast Entertainment to become the chief content officer of Spotify. Ostroff, who will remain based in our New York City, will lead all aspects …
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 …
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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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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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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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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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 …
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New York Times:
Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer to film a pilot episode of a talk show tentatively titled Sean Spicer's Common Ground; no network is attached — Ellen. Oprah. — ... Sean? — Sean Spicer, arguably the world's most famous White House press secretary …
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Politico:
James and Deborah Fallows have signed a deal with HBO to turn their new book “Our Towns” into a TV series, with plans to broadcast it in 2019 — THE HOUSE is likely to vote on its new immigration bill as soon TOMORROW or Wednesday, sources tell us.
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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.
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Raf Casert / Associated Press:
A man rammed a van into the Amsterdam headquarters of one of the Netherlands' major national newspapers before setting the vehicle alight Tuesday — BRUSSELS (AP) — A man rammed a van into the Amsterdam headquarters of one of the Netherlands' major national newspapers before setting …
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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.
Tina Dyakon / Poynter:
Barbara Allen, director of student media at Oklahoma State University, has been named Poynter's managing editor, effective from 16 July — The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism, today announced that veteran journalist and college journalism director Barbara Allen will assume …
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