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Facebook Subscribe exposes journalists to spam, pornography, some users complain — Some women say they are overwhelmed by inappropriate content — Journalists have begun to voice complaints about Facebook's Subscribe feature. — When the Travel Channel's Nisha Chittal launched …
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Fox News Channel set to make ratings milestone with 10 years atop the Nielsen charts — Shepard Smith says the station can stay No. 1 as long as it takes care of its product — Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith. — Amid the day-long coverage of the Florida primary vote Tuesday …
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New Sunday newspaper on hold after Sun arrests
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LA Times: Layoffs, Sabotage and Suicides? — Ed Padgett was driving in the rain to a union meeting when the L.A. Times called to tell him he was fired. The pressman, a third-generation Times employee, listened in shock last December to an HR woman's voice explain he was being dismissed for …
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Suicides and Sabotage at the LA Times
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Amazon: Big Kindle sales, but sales and outlook fall short — Summary: Amazon's fourth quarter sales and outlook fall short of expectations. Kindle sales surge. — Amazon's fourth quarter sales missed projections, but earnings were ahead. The big wild card was Kindle device sales, which tripled over the holidays.
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Amazon Blows Q4 Revenue, Stock Drops 8% After Hours
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As Sky Growth Slows, Can Internet Defend It From Downturn And New Rivals? — BSkyB's financials are still improving, but the company is now flaunting a range of new internet upgrades to try containing subscriber growth slow-down and potential threats from newcomers.
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BSkyB to Start Movie Service Rivaling Netflix
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Viacom's Philippe Dauman Says “Mob Mentality” Doomed SOPA and PIPA — The “mob mentality” and “unfortunate rhetoric” around the protest of SOPA and PIPA earlier this month unnecessarily polarized the copyright debate between the technology and entertainment industries, said Viacom President …
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Amazon To Launch In India As Junglee.com — MediaNama has learned from multiple, reliable sources that Amazon is launching in India as Junglee.com. At the time of writing this report, Junglee.com doesn't load, but sources in at least two Amazon partners have confirmed the development.
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Backpage.com targeted by Wash. lawmakers over escort ads, child sex trade — (CBS/AP) OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington state lawmakers on Friday heard impassioned pleas to clamp down on classified-advertising companies that don't require ID, before allowing sex-related ads to be posted online.
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Citing Concerns About Backpage.com, Film Forum Pulls Advertising from Village Voice
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Clear Channel to Invest in Company Run by TV's ‘Idol’ Host — Ryan Seacrest, who already is a host, producer and spokesman for Clear Channel, will soon be an investment partner as well. — On Tuesday, the radio conglomerate is expected to announce its acquisition of a minority stake …
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Colbert's Super PAC Raises More Than $1 Million — Stephen Colbert's quasi-satirical presidential bid has raised serious cash — over $1 million, as of Tuesday morning, the comedian announced. — An announcement on the Web site of Mr. Colbert's political action committee said the “super PAC” …
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Patriot-News submits Sara Ganim's Penn State sex abuse reporting for Pulitzer — Daily News columnist John Baer reports that The Patriot-News has submitted Sara Ganim's stories about the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse allegations for a Pulitzer Prize. (The deadline to enter was last week.)
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Barnes & Noble Won't Sell Amazon's Imprints in Stores — Barnes & Noble Inc. said today that it has decided not to sell in its stores any titles published by Amazon.com Inc.'s various publishing imprints. — However, the nation's largest bookstore chain said that it will continue …
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Why Goodreads Gave Up on Amazon
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Obama finds virtual end-around to bypass the White House press — President Obama is finding ways to get his message to the public without going through the White House press corps. — Obama on Monday held his “first completely virtual interview” as part of an event hosted by Google+ …


Sorry Dick, but Twitter is definitely a media entity — At the Dive Into Media conference on Monday, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said the company doesn't see itself as a media entity, although he admited it is in the media business. It's not surprising Twitter wouldn't want to come right …
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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo talks censorship
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Neil Young and the Sound of Music — You know what the biggest problem with music today is? — Sound quality. — That's Neil Young's take on the issue, anyway. For years, the musician has been obsessed with improving the way modern music sounds, sonically speaking.
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Julian Assange to appear on The Simpsons — The WikiLeaks founder will play himself in the show's 500th episode, which airs on 19 February — Julian Assange will be a guest character and voice on The Simpsons, playing a neighbour of the family after they move from their home in fictional Springfield.
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Murdoch taps New York City education official as his chief of staff — The director of communications for the New York City Department of Education has been tapped by News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch as the media mogul's chief of staff.
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FishbowlNY, Wall St Journal and Media Decoder


One Of Demand Media's Founders Left With An Amusingly Slim Payout — On Monday afternoon, news got out that Demand Media was parting ways with three of its founders and EVPs at once — though the timing, they said, was “just coincidence.” — According to SEC filings by the company …
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Three Founders Are Out At Demand Media
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