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Michael Kozlowski / Good E-Reader:
Amazon in the Process of Launching a Retail Store — Amazon sources close to the situation have told us that the company is planning on rolling out a retail store in Seattle within the next few months. This project is a test to gauge the market and see if a chain of stores would be profitable.
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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Another Chain Says It Won't Carry Amazon Books, But Does It Matter?
Another Chain Says It Won't Carry Amazon Books, But Does It Matter?
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.info., Bookseller news and GeekWire
Eric Savitz / The Tech Trade:
Coinstar's Redbox To Buy NCR's Video Kiosk Unit; Q4 Tops Ests — Coinstar's Redbox DVD kiosk unit has agreed to buy NCR's entertainment line of business, which includes DVD rental kiosks and related assets, for up to $100 million. As part of the deal, Coinstar will buy products and services …
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Yahoo! Finance, Dow Jones Newswires, The Wrap and Forbes
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Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Verizon and Redbox enter joint venture to create new Netflix rival — US mobile operator Verizon and DVD rental service Redbox today confirmed reports of a collaboration, announcing that the two companies have formed a joint venture to create a service capable of competing with Netflix.
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Epicenter, VentureBeat, Electronista, @ingridlunden, Fast Company, SlashGear and Verizon, more at Techmeme »
Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
Yahoo Looked At Buying Netflix When The Stock Was In The Toilet
Yahoo Looked At Buying Netflix When The Stock Was In The Toilet
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AllThingsD
John Koblin / WWD:
Vogue Wins Big With Super Bowl Halftime Show — VOGUE'S SUPER NIGHT: Other than Eli Manning and the Giants, the other big winners on Super Bowl Sunday turned out to be Anna Wintour and Conde Nast. — Madonna began her halftime performance Sunday night with her 1990 hit, “Vogue.”
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Forbes, Hillicon Valley, mUmBRELLA, ZDNet, rbr.com and NetNewsCheck Latest
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
No Ads, No Madonna But NBC Calls Live Stream A Success — It had never been tried before: a live, legal Internet stream of television's biggest event, the Super Bowl. — Despite some complaints from users, NBC declared it to be a success on Monday and said it would report the total number of streams on Tuesday.
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Forbes, Washington Post and Streaming Media, more at Techmeme »
Richard Deitsch / Sports Illustrated:
Super Bowl XLVI sets viewership records
Super Bowl XLVI sets viewership records
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USA Today, AllTwitter, Variety, Yahoo! News, TVbytheNumbers, SB Nation St. Louis, Hollywood Reporter and MediaPost
Matthew Fleischer / FishbowlLA:
San Diego Union-Tribune to Launch Television Network — San Diego-based KPBS television and radio producer Megan Burke is tweeting up a storm about a proposed plan by San Diego Union-Tribune (we're still not ready for U-T San Diego) CEO John Lynch to launch a new television network under the paper's banner.
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eBookNewser and TVNewser
Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Leveson inquiry: police bribery probe expanded after Sun arrests — Sue Akers, head of Operation Elveden, says there is ‘very legitimate public interest’ in investigating leaks to journalists — The Scotland Yard team investigating allegations that newspaper journalists bribed police officers …
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Press Gazette, @dansabbagh and @joshhalliday
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Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:
Paul Dacre: Bad journalists should be ‘struck off’
Paul Dacre: Bad journalists should be ‘struck off’
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Guardian
Paul McNally / Journalism.co.uk:
Police officer cleared over NoW Milly Dowler ‘leak’
Police officer cleared over NoW Milly Dowler ‘leak’
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Guardian and Press Gazette
The Independent:
Digital setback for Murdoch as ‘secret’ iPad project folds — A year after Rupert Murdoch described the iPad as the tool that would make newspapers “viable again”, News International has abandoned a project to produce content for the company's brand on the Apple tablet and similar devices.
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FT Tech Hub
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
After a Year, Tablet Daily Is a Struggle — One year ago Rupert Murdoch took the stage at the Guggenheim Museum and with much fanfare introduced a News Corporation publication that, in the words of the Apple executive Eddy Cue, would “redefine the news.” — A year later, it has not quite done that.
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Garcia Media, The Awl, newsplexer, Future of Journalism, Prof Chris Daly's Blog and Felix
Wall Street Journal:
Disney's ABC, Univision Mull News-Channel Launch — Walt Disney Co. and Univision Communications Inc. are in talks to create a new 24-hour cable-news channel that will broadcast in English, in an effort to keep pace with changing demographics among U.S. Hispanics and reach a new audience of English speakers …
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Politico, TVNewser, Inside Cable News and Media Decoder
Susan Decker / Bloomberg:
Barnes & Noble Backed by U.S. Agency Staff in Microsoft Case — Barnes & Noble Inc. should win a patent-infringement case brought by Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) that threatens to halt imports of the bookseller's Nook e-reader, according to staff of the U.S. trade agency hearing the dispute.
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ZDNet, PC Magazine, SlashGear, FOSS Patents, Electronista, paidContent, Business Insider and GeekWire
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Miami-Dade police spokeswoman arrests photojournalist — Photojournalist Carlos Miller, who runs the blog Photography Is Not a Crime, says that police deleted video from his camera when they arrested him last week as he covered Occupy protests in Miami. After recovering some of the video …
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Pixiq and Ars Technica
Rebecca Shapiro / The Huffington Post:
CNN Pundit Under Fire From Gay Rights Groups — Update: Martin responded to the backlash in the statement below. Original post: CNN's Roland Martin is under fire from gay rights groups after tweeting that people should “smack the ish out” of male fans of a steamy Super Bowl commercial starring David Beckham.
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mediabistro.com
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
At CNN, is homophobia a ‘viewpoint’?
At CNN, is homophobia a ‘viewpoint’?
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Politico, Show Tracker and GLAAD
Erin Griffith / PandoDaily:
IAC Trying to Sell Vimeo, Seeking $300M Valuation — Barry Diller's IAC is testing the waters on a partial exit of Vimeo, according to two sources familiar with the situation. The company is hoping to raise a $50 million round of funding in conjunction with a spin off of the hipster online video business.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Is GigaOm Buying PaidContent? — Who wants to pay for PaidContent? We'll find out soon, it seems, because the sales process for the pioneering blog and its parent company ContentNext appears to be wrapping up. — But if you were making a bet, you'd get good odds that the most likely buyer …
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Maureen Morrison / AdAge:
AOL Seeks New Agency to Convince Consumers to ‘Care About AOL Again’ — Branding Campaign to Reintroduce Company to Public In a Way That Captures Emotion, Shows Relevance — AOL is searching for an agency to help it devise a new brand campaign in the hopes of reconnecting with consumers, Ad Age has learned.
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
The city tabloids and the fate of Greg Kelly, morning anchor accused of rape — Around breakfast time on Wednesday, Jan. 25, Greg Kelly was on the set of “Good Day New York” in a dark grey suit on a bright yellow couch. — He was discussing the 2012 election with co-host Rosanna Scotto and Newark Star-Ledger columnist Steve Adubato.
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John Del Signore / Gothamist:
Greg Kelly Still Hasn't Spoken To Investigators, Which Is Totally Normal?