Mediagazer: Online music licensing revenues pass radio for first time (Josh Halliday/Guardian)

10:55 AM ET, April 4, 2013

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Kelly McBride / Poynter:

Three lists about BuzzFeed's serious journalism — A little more than a year ago, BuzzFeed made the leap into the realm of serious journalism. It hired some known journalists and a lot more hungry young writers, expanded its verticals, and announced a plan to create serious content to go alongside the site's trademark clever lists.

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

TV Broadcasters Looking Into Aereo-Dish Network Discussions — Dish Network is looking to quash a subpoena. In a court filing, the company says that TV networks aren't entitled to learn whether it has plans to incorporate Aereo technology. — Dish Network co-founder Charlie Ergen

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Fairfax Media CEO Hywood's memo to staff on restructure — Fairfax Media chief executive Greg Hywood sent a note to staff this morning detailing the second round of a sweeping restructure underway at Fairfax as it reengineers for structural change in the media sector. Here's his full message:

Lara Sinclair / The Australian:
Fairfax Media in another major reshuffle

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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Intercontinental collaboration: How 86 journalists in 46 countries can work on a single investigation — On Thursday morning, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists will begin releasing detailed reports on the workings of offshore tax havens.

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Ryan Holiday / Medium:

Our Regressive Web — An entrepreneur friend of mine remarked to me recently that if someone invented the nightly news today—or a show like Brian Williams' “Rock Center”—we'd all think it was a great idea. — Think about it: Instead of having to follow all these different news sources …

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Beth J. Harpaz / Associated Press:

Arthur Frommer gets Frommer brand back from Google — NEW YORK (AP) — Travel guru Arthur Frommer said Wednesday that he has reacquired rights to his travel guidebook brand from Google, and that he intends to resume publishing Frommer guidebooks. — Google acquired the Frommer brand …

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Karen Fratti / 10,000 Words:

Vourno: A Crowd-Funding Platform for the News — If Joe Verdirame has his way, we're all going to be ‘vournos’ pretty soon. You heard me: vourno, or a video journalist. Along with his brother and some friends from college, none of whom are practicing journalists, Verdirame has created …

Mike Shields / Adweek:

Warner Bros. Consolidates Digital Sales — Warner Bros. is consolidating its digital sales operations as it looks to build out an entertainment-focused ad powerhouse on the Web. — The company plans to announce the formation of the Warner Bros. Digital Entertainment Group …

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Online music licensing revenues pass radio for first time — Google Play and Xbox licensing agreements help digital revenues jump 32.2% in 2012, from £39.1m to £51.7m — British songwriters, including acts such as Ed Sheeran and Calvin Harris, netted a record total of £51.7m …

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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:

The Big Bet at Intel Corp. That Could Change TV … Employees at Intel Corp. are free to roam almost anywhere across the vast Santa Clara, Calif., campus they call home. Certain laboratories are off-limits of course; that's understandable when the assembly of microprocessors could be contaminated by a human eyelash.

Erik Malinowski / BuzzFeed:

If You Don't Have Cable TV, Sports-Streaming Apps May Be Going, Going, Gone — Last season, watching March Madness was a breeze: you could drop a few bucks and have streaming goodness across your computer and every mobile device. This year? No such luck.

Jackie Spinner / American Journalism Review:

End of an Era — As many U.S. news organizations wind down their presence in Iraq, journalists reflect on an all-consuming, fascinating and sometimes career-defining assignment.Wed., April 3, 2013. — Jackie Spinner (jackiespinner@mac.com) is a journalist based in the Middle East …

Tom Pakinkis / Music Week:

Universal Publishing and SACEM sign global licensing agreement with YouTube — France's Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM) and Universal Music Publishing have reached an international agreement with YouTube. — The agreement is for the use of music of SACEM's repertoire …

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Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

With New Weather Channel Deal, Twitter Aims to Make It Rain for Brands — Forecast: Cloudy, with a chance of promoted tweets. — Aiming to attract more big-brand ad dollars, Twitter and the Weather Company have a new deal to create custom content around weather-related Twitter activity.

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