Latest and Breaking Media News and Top Stories - June 19
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LinkedIn rolled out yet another new app today. LinkedIn Job Search, currently only on iOS, aims to help job seekers with search filters, recommendations and a seamless application process. “If you are an active job seeker, your job...
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Are you overwhelmed with tabs? In a video from The Atlantic , health editor James Hamblin talks about how his multitasking on the Internet is becoming a detriment to his real-life existence. So Hamblin started “Tabless Thursday,...
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BREAKING: the American people have discovered a way to increase their already-intense hatred of the media, whatever the platform. A Gallup survey earlier this month showed that Americans' confidence is, in the words of the pollsters, "at...
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Misogyny has been all over the news recently, which happens once in a blue moon when some horrifying event overcomes our power of denial. Surprisingly, the 24-hour news cycle itself has escaped the media circus of blame on what cau...
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This is why you never challenge a cheerleader to a toe touch contest...and you NEVER do it while on live TV. WATCH: var src_url="https://spshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?playList=518277248&height=411&width=570&sid=577&origin=undef...
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"Making a commitment to be part of this was kind of terrifying." That's what one woman in "SHINE," a short video from The Goddess Project , said of her decision to join 10 strangers for a photoshoot where participants wore nothing more t...
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Mr. Morgan combined writing and a passion for public affairs to shape a career that also included top roles at The Village Voice and in public radio.
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By the end of June, a team, led by the search company’s legal department, will start removing web links in Europe for some users that have made online requests.
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Between trying to run half a dozen accounts, and struggling to make sense of the plethora of data, managing social media accounts can be a difficult business. A new survey from The B2B Marketing Mentor hopes to cut through the difficulty...
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On Wednesday, Ms. Martinez said that she was leaving Hot 97 (WQHT, 97.1 FM) after 20 years on one of the country’s most influential hip-hop stations.
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In a statement from the White House briefing room this afternoon, President Obama said the U.S. is prepared to take “targeted and precise” military action in Iraq, but reinforced his earlier decision that American troops will...
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RPA , the indie ad shop in Santa Monica responsible for ‘Farmers (Insurance) University,’ released a Cannes-ready study with USA Today addressing what seems to be the missing ingredient in agency-client relationships: Trust ...
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Angela Haggerty / The Drum : UK national newspaper ad revenue predicted to fall below £1bn for first time this year — UK national newspaper advertising revenue will dip to below £1bn for the first in 2014, ...
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Google doodles adorning the company’s famous homepage are being made outside the United States for the first time as illustrators from California sit in on Brazil’s World Cup to provide a fresh take on football,...
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NEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters) - Diana Gabaldon's newest novel, "Written in My Own Heart's Blood," shot straight to the top of the best sellers list on Thursday, pushing Stephen King's "Mr. Mercedes" into second place.
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The just-announced partnership between The New York Times, Washington Post and Mozilla holds a lot of promise for the future of comments and communities at news sites, but don’t expect a new system to make trolls disappear complete...
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The Commission plans to issue the largest fine in its history against C.T.S. Technology Co., Limited, a Chinese electronics manufacturer and
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SAO PAULO, June 19 (Reuters) - The Google doodles adorning the company's famous homepage are being made outside the United States for the first time as illustrators from California sit in on Brazil's World Cup to provide a fresh take on ...
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How can you leverage mobile to increase profitability for your company? Find out at MobileBeat, VentureBeat's 7th annual event on the future of mobile, on July 8-9 in San Francisco. Register now and save $200! Twitter has agreed to acqui...
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(Adds opinion details and context, comment by lawyer who filed brief for tech trade group)
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Peter Kafka / Re/code : More Money for MiTú: The YouTube Network for Latinos Raises $10 Million — Not very long ago, lots of investors shied away from companies built on top of YouTube: Too hard to make money, t...
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CANNES, France -- It's commonly thought that the European market is generally adopting so-called "programmatic" ad automation and trading techniques later than the US. But it looks like the quality publishers there are buying in with gre...
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CANNES, France -- The conservative British mid-market tabloid is a gargantuan celebrity traffic driver online. Now it wants to both align and connect with a leading social messaging service. "It's a little bit like WhatsApp," says Jon St...
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Index on Censorship has defended its decision to establish formal links with the comedian Steve Coogan after two high-profile patrons stepped down from the freedom of speech group over the appointment.
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(In June 18 story, corrects paragraph 1 to say company raised full-year revenue, not adjusted profit, forecast. Corrects paragraph 5 to say company cut its full-year adjusted profit forecast to $1.52-$1.54 per share, not raised it to $1....
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Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) failed to garner The New York Times' editorial endorsement as the 84-year-old lawmaker bids to return to Congress for a 23rd term. The representative, who has been in Congress for nearly 44 years, will face s...
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When a founder-CEO is forced out by his own board "for cause," as American Apparel's Dov Charney just was, you can expect a media pile-on. Charney, of course, has been notorious for years. The subject of sexual harassment lawsuits, he wa...
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Hillary Clinton is busy promoting her new book, " Hard Choices ," but when she stopped by Fox News, Conan noticed the conversation seemed to focus on just one topic. The talk show host points out that during the interview Bret Baier rele...
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Today, Twitter announced that it has acquired SnappyTV , a video-clipping and -sharing service. The two companies have worked closely to enable brands to share video content and this partnership will mean deeper integration of SnappyTV i...
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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit against NBC Universal that claims the television network defamed George Zimmerman's reputation. Thursday's decision puts the entire lawsuit in jeopardy. Seminole County...
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TVNewser was at New York City’s Gansevoort Hotel last night as CNN officially celebrated its sole ownership of CNNMoney, which recently separated from Fortune and Money. “We’re uniquely positioned to report on financial...
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When Sarasota Herald Tribune business reporter Justine Griffin set out to donate her eggs, her editors asked her to consider doing a personal essay. What she discovered during the year-long journey is that fertility industry has some ser...
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CNN's John Berman dished out some questionable advice for all the soccer haters out there. While talking about a new app that allows users to block tweets about the World Cup, Berman said he was shocked that anyone would pass up the oppo...
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As we mentioned back in April, Mike’s Hard Lemonade has decided to concentrate exclusively on digital advertising , also choosing to shop around for agencies on a project-to-project basis after parting ways with Grey last year. Chi...
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SFGate Thieves stole KTVU reporter Heather Holmes’ purse from a TV truck in Oakland, California, Monday. KTVU’s van was parked near Oakland police HQ, but that’s not the only irony: “The subject of her live report...
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Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter : 'Tonight Show's' New York Move Prompts L.A. Movie Premiere Exodus — Jimmy Fallon's late-night show creates a promo mecca that is luring stars east despite bigger costs. &m...
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FOX was number one Wednesday in Adults 18-49, but CBS won with total viewers. On FOX, So You Think You Can Dance earned a season high 1.7, up four tenths from last week’s 1.3 adults 18-49 rating. On ABC, Motive scored a 1.0, up two...
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Cumulus Media announces that it has signed WKQX Chicago PD PJ Kling to a new multi-year contract. Kling has served as PD of WKQX since 2012. He was Interim Operations Manager of WLUP from 2011-2012, and prior to that, was Director, User ...
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WATERLOO Ontario/TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd posted a narrower-than-expected loss as the troubled smartphone maker's turnaround efforts started to pay off, raising hopes its chief executive can deliver on a pledge to return the co...
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For two months now, about 900,000 households rural America haven’t been able to watch Viacom’s Nickelodeon, MTV, TV Land or Comedy Central, as a result of a blackout of the channels by some 60 small cable operators affiliated with the Na...
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Bill O'Reilly doesn't seem to care much about his network's newest show, from the sound of his latest interview. O'Reilly sat down with colleague Geraldo Rivera for a conversation at the 92nd Street Y in New York City on Wednesday. New Y...
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Peter Kafka / Re/code : With Help From Chelsea Handler, Netflix Goes From Old Movies to New TV Shows. What's Next? — Last year, Netflix started making its own TV dramas and comedies. In a year and a half, i...
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Tracie Powell / Columbia Journalism Review : Online publishers still aren't usually liable for user-generated content — A federal court this week reversed a lower court ruling that would've upended that precedent ...
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RPA is promoting the launch of the all new 2015 Honda Fit with an integrated campaign entitled “Fit For You.” Centered around a pair of 30-second television spots starring actor/comedian Nick Thune , the campaign also include...
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David Bauder / Associated Press : Chelsea Clinton hasn't been on NBC for 4 months — NEW YORK (AP) — Chelsea Clinton - under scrutiny for her pricey contract with NBC News - hasn't been featured since January, but...
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Cumulus and Newsradio 102.9 KARN Little Rock, Arkansas’ news, weather and traffic station, announced a new local programming lineup for mornings and
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The Miami Heat was down 10 points to the San Antonio Spurs heading into the fourth quarter of Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals, and, down three games to two in the series, the Heat’s season was on the line. LeBron James had been in a ...
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Henry Taylor / TheMediaBriefing : How Johnston Press is leveraging its SME relationships for hyperlocalised national advertising — Like many of its peers in the regional media, Johnston Press is trying to work out how ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc said on Wednesday it's offering at least a million cellphone users the chance to use an Apple Inc iPhone in a free one-week trial of the No. 4 U.S. wireless carrier's network with unlimited access.
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The show is a departure for the streaming service in that it will be topical and not follow the previous pattern of all episodes being posted at once.
