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Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
A Day in the Life of a Digital Editor, 2013 — The biz ain't what it used to be, but then again, for most people, it never really was. — Man, I feel everyone on how scary it is to be in journalism. When I made the transition from a would-be fiction career paired with writing research reports …
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Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:
Time Warner Ends Talks With Meredith and Will Spin Off Time Inc. Into Separate Company — Updated Weeks of negotiations between Time Warner and Meredith Corporation came to an end Wednesday when the two companies could not agree to a deal to join their magazines into a separate company.
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Jason Del Rey / AdAge:
Time Warner to Spin Off Time Inc.; CEO Laura Lang to Exit — Talks of Proposed Merger With Meredith End — Soon, CEO Jeff Bewkes will have his wish: Time Warner won't be a magazine company anymore. — A month after several media outlets reported that Time Warner was in discussions …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Al Gore Sued Over Current TV Sale to Al Jazeera (Exclusive) — A $5 million lawsuit claims Gore was “adamant” about not selling his network to oil-rich Qataris but had a “change of heart,” then stiffed the man who came up with the idea for the deal. — Current TV's $500 million sale …
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Rupert Murdoch seeks to reassure bailed Sun journalists — News Corp chairman meets some of 24 journalists on bail in relation to allegations of payments to police and public officials — Rupert Murdoch has met with some of the 24 Sun journalists who are still on bail after being arrested …
Jonathan Skillings / CNET:
Nook Media signs up for more Hollywood content — The Barnes & Noble unit unveils new content licensing partnerships with major studios and content providers including Lionsgate, MGM, Paramount, National Geographic, and Little Pim. — The Barnes & Noble Nook HD+ — The Nook is stocking up on video.
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Ariel Schwartz / Co.Exist:
8 Experimental Tools To Change Media For The Better — Meet the newest winners of funding from Knight Foundation's Prototype Fund, which gives cash to media startups that are so early-stage, they might not ever scale. — It's impossible to talk about the future of journalism without mentioning …
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Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Unauthorised TV live streaming breaches copyright, rules European court — TVCatchup defiant despite judgment stating that sites showing live television in the UK must get rights clearance from broadcasters — Websites that retransmit live TV over the internet without permission …
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Associated Press:
Silvio Berlusconi convicted over publication of wiretapped conversations — Former Italian prime minister is sentenced to one year in jail by Milan court — A court in Milan has convicted Silvio Berlusconi for the illegal publication of transcripts of wiretapped conversations in a newspaper owned by his media empire.
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Daniel Miller / Los Angeles Times:
Disney teams with Sensio for on-demand distribution of 3-D films — Walt Disney Studios has agreed to a content license agreement with Sensio Technologies Inc. for the distribution of 3-D films via a new video-on-demand television service, the companies announced Monday.
Jordan Michael Smith / The New York Observer:
Fear of a Black Pundit — Ta-Nehisi Coates raises his voice in American media — Before Ta-Nehisi Coates was a superstar at The Atlantic, he was fired from three consecutive writing jobs. Well, not quite fired. “I'm still not exactly sure what happened,” he said …
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