Mediagazer: CNN's New Morning Show New Day To Launch In June (Meenal Vamburkar/Mediaite)

10:55 AM ET, April 30, 2013

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Dara Kerr / CNET:

Yahoo rolls out six original shows and new TV partnerships — Aiming to bring users more content, the company is launching Web shows, starring Ed Helms, John Stamos, and Cheryl Hines, and debuting programming from WWE, ABC News, CNBC, and Conde Nast. — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is working …

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Casey Newton / The Verge:
France reportedly scuttles Yahoo's bid for Dailymotion video portal

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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:

NY Times Circulation Jumps 18 Percent, Daily News and Post See Declines — According to the new circulation report from the Alliance for Audited Media (AAM), The New York Times has been enjoying some success, but the New York Daily News and New York Post haven't.

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Hulu Says Number of Paid Subscribers Has Doubled — Hulu, the online video Web site that has both free and paid services, said Tuesday that it had doubled its number of paying subscribers in the last year, to four million. — The announcement comes at an uncertain time for Hulu …

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Two Classics of the Soaps Are Heading to the Web

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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:

Nielsen Gets Digital to Track Online TV Viewers — Nielsen is expected to announce Tuesday that it is testing a tool to measure online viewing of TV shows, the latest step in the company's efforts to improve how it tracks digital audiences. — Broadcast and cable networks, including NBC …

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Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite:

CNN's New Morning Show New Day To Launch In June — On Tuesday, CNN announced that will be a New Day at the network starting next month. In the morning, anyway. The new morning show — with hosts Chris Cuomo and Kate Bolduan, and news anchor Michaela Pereira — is set to premiere on June 10.

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Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:

Thomson Reuters Beats Estimates as Tax, Legal Divisions Gain — Thomson Reuters Corp. (TRI), a provider of news and information services, posted first-quarter profit that exceeded analysts' estimates as its tax and legal units expanded. — Excluding some items, profit totaled 38 cents a share …

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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

Tsarnaev scoop: Five steps to NYRB's “Misha” exclusive — A famous sign at the Los Angeles Times urged: “GOYA/KOD.” That means “Get off your ass/knock on doors,” a reportorial approach that Christian Caryl rode to glory yesterday. — Caryl is a senior fellow for the Legatum Institute …

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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Weather Company unveils three new web series, offers “four-screen” ad opportunity — The Weather Company continues to expand beyond its core programming with new web series devoted to adventure and human interest. The new content comes as the company deepens its content and advertising strategies.

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Eric Pfanner / New York Times:

As One German Weekly Falters, Another Celebrates Big Gains — SERRAVAL, FRANCE — The two most respected newsweeklies in Germany, Der Spiegel and Die Zeit, are both based in Hamburg, and both were founded by icons of postwar journalism in Germany. But now their businesses seem to be headed in opposite directions.

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John Herrman / BuzzFeed:

Twitter Warns Journalists: “We Believe That These Attacks Will Continue” — “Please help us keep your accounts secure,” the urgent memo says. — In a memo sent to news organizations, Twitter warns that it expects high profile account hijackings — like the one that took down the AP's Twitter account last week — to continue.

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Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

EdReach Teams Up With PBS And Stitcher As It Looks To Become The Go-To Online Broadcast Network For Education — The steady rise of tuition rates, class sizes and student debt combined with the decline in the number of teaching assistants, courses and programs has pushed education into the spotlight over the past year.

Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:

Scoopshot launches automatic verification process for UGC — The mobile app that sources user-generated images labels content for newsroom use — Crowdsourcing photo app Scoopshot has unveiled a new automatic verification process for user-submitted images.

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