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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
CNN in Talks to Acquire Mashable, Sources Say — AUSTIN, Tex. — CNN, a unit of Time Warner, and Mashable are in advanced talks that may lead to an acquisition of the social news Web site, three people with knowledge of the talks said. — Mashable, which specializes in stories about technology …
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Matt Burns / TechCrunch:
Pete Cashmore Denies CNN Acquisition Rumor To Mashable Staff — The hot SXSW rumor is that CNN is looking to acquire Mashable for some $200 million. But right now it's just that: a rumor. In fact we just heard from a trusted Mashable staffer that founder and CEO Pete Cashmore is denying the reports to senior level Mashable editors.
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
CNN Mashing Up With Mashable? Not So Fast — CNN might yet end up as the owner of Mashable but it's not imminent despite a single-source report from Felix Salmon at Reuters. — Salmon reported late Sunday that CNN is buying Mashable, the consumer social media news site that has been branching …
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David Carr / New York Times:
A Code of Conduct for Content Aggregators — As words and articles became digitized over the last 15 years, they began to float, there for the plucking and replication elsewhere. Words like “curation” and “aggregation” became the language of the realm, sometimes used as substitutes for describing the actual creation of content.
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
New Internet TV Network to Feature Larry King — Carlos Slim Helú, the Mexican billionaire, is financing an Internet television network called Ora.tv that will feature Larry King, the former CNN interviewer, in a return to the interviewer's chair. — The network, to be announced on Monday …
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Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Leveson may not endorse Hunt's PCC reforms — Lord Justice Leveson said this morning he would not necessarily endorse the PCC reform package being constructed by the press watchdog's new chairman Lord Hunt, even though he had encouraged the peer's work who has unveiled a series of measures aimed at toughening up the body.
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Natalie Peck / Hacking inquiry:
Leveson opens door for barrister to argue in favour of Motorman files disclosure
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Leveson asked to publish Motorman files
Leveson asked to publish Motorman files
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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Exclusive: Amazon Has Sold Over Two Million Kindle Singles — When Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) launched the Kindle Singles program a little over a year ago, nobody knew whether there was a market for e-books that are shorter than full-length books but longer than most magazine articles.
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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Exclusive: How Much Do Kindle Singles Authors Make? — The top-ten list of bestselling Kindle Singles includes a number of big-name writers. But how is the format working for writers who don't have the brand of a Stephen King or Jodi Picoult? — In addition to sharing overall sales information …
Robin Wauters / The Next Web:
Building a digital media empire: SB Nation and The Verge owner Vox Media raises $17 million — Online media publisher extraordinaire Vox Media, which owns and operates fast-growing tech news site The Verge, sports blog network SB Nation and an upcoming game industry news outlet tentatively named Vox Games …
Washington Post:
New York funeral held for war correspondent Marie Colvin killed in Syria — OYSTER BAY, N.Y. — War correspondent Marie Colvin is being laid to rest in the Long Island community of her childhood where she first decided to become a reporter. A funeral is being held Monday …
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Ki Mae Heussner / Adweek:
Gawker Founder Nick Denton Plans To Revamp Site's Comment Strategy — Once upon a time, in the early days of blogging, Gawker founder Nick Denton said, publishers hoped that the Web would help them “capture the intelligence of the readership.” — But now? “That's a joke,” he said.
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Wall Street Journal:
Hollywood Studios Warm To Apple's iCloud Effort — Apple Inc. and Hollywood are proving how complicated it is to build alliances in the digital-media business. — Last week Apple said five major movie studios had agreed to allow consumers to buy their films on one Apple device …
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