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Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
With Time Warner Cable Deal, CBS Seeks To Ensure Its Digital Future — CBS and Time Warner Cable finally reached a deal today, ending a long, protracted blackout of the broadcast network on TWC's cable system. While getting the deal done will mean that Time Warner Cable viewers will be able …
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Reuters:
CBS win squeezes Time Warner Cable's margins - analysts — (Reuters) - CBS Corp won large increases in the fees it will receive from Time Warner Cable Inc in its agreement with the cable operator that ended a month-long blackout of CBS, Showtime and other channels in key cities, analysts said.
Los Angeles Times:
Time Warner Cable and CBS reach distribution deal
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Jeffrey Bezos, Washington Post's next owner, aims for a new ‘golden era’ at the newspaper — Jeffrey P. Bezos, the next owner of The Washington Post, says he doesn't have all the answers for what's ailing the newspaper industry or for the financially challenged news organization he is preparing to buy.
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Channel 5's Geoff Hill is the new editor of ITV News — ITN has appointed Channel 5 News editor Geoff Hill as editor of ITV Network News. — Hill will take on responsibility for all ITV national news programming, ITV News London and ITN's Tonight programmes as well as the broadcaster's website and live streams.
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Bertelsmann Joins Venture for New Music by Established Acts — Bertelsmann, the German media giant, has expanded its recent efforts to return to the music business through a $150 million deal with Primary Wave Music, an American company that handles music publishing rights …
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Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
WikiLeaks Criminal Complaint Suggests Garani Bombing Video Illegally Seized — The video of an airstrike on the Afghani village of Garani that killed as many as 60 civilians has been a loose thread in the story of WikiLeaks. Army private Bradley Manning, now known as Chelsea Manning …
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Digital Startups Prepare to Offer E-Book Subscription Services — Offering unlimited television shows and music for a flat monthly fee has worked for Netflix Inc. and Spotify AB. Will it work in the book industry? — It is a question of intensifying debate in the publishing industry right now …
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Egyptian court orders closure of al-Jazeera affiliate — Qatar-based broadcaster's local affiliate to be shut down, along with three other channels, Ahrar 25, Al-Yarmuk and Al-Quds — A court in Egypt has ordered the closure of al-Jazeera's local affiliate and three other channels.
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Matthew Siegel / New York Times:
News Corp.'s Tight Grip on Australia's Papers Shapes Its Politics — SYDNEY, Australia — A lot has happened since Col Allan, the editor in chief of The New York Post, returned to Sydney to provide “extra editorial leadership” for Rupert Murdoch's Australian newspapers.
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Susan Hogan / Poynter:
College papers cutting back on print editions — At least three college newspapers announced this month that they're going to cut their print schedules — the University of Illinois' Daily Illini, the University of Missouri's The Maneater and San Diego State University's The Aztec.
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Joshua Hunt / New York Times:
Japan's E-Reader Industry Struggles to Keep Up as Amazon Takes the Lead — TOKYO — When Rakuten, Japan's leading e-commerce company, introduced its Kobo e-reader in Japan in July 2012, the company's chief executive, Hiroshi Mikitani, presented a gift to Yoshinobu Noma, the president of Kodansha, Japan's largest publisher.
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Emma Beals / VICE:
More and More Journalists Are Being Kidnapped in Syria — Driving through the streets of Aleppo. — My heart is in my throat. I haven't taken a full breath for 24 hours. On the horizon is the sight I'd been hoping to avoid: black flags and men in smocks with AK-47s slung casually over their shoulders …
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