Mediagazer: Electricity Use Impedes Aereo's March (Wall Street Journal)

7:50 AM ET, October 29, 2013

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Johana Bhuiyan / Capital New York:

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Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:

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Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:

Media Outlets Embrace Conferences as Profits Rise — Financially struggling media companies are racing to add conferences, festivals and other live events to their business strategy, convinced they can provide a reliable revenue stream and expand the reach of their brands.

Wall Street Journal:

Electricity Use Impedes Aereo's March — Aereo Inc.'s upstart TV streaming service has provoked a legal onslaught from broadcast networks. But even if it wins that fight, it still has to overcome more-pedestrian issues, like making sure it can pay for the electricity it needs.

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Jill Abramson: Politico piece was ‘shoddy,’ ‘nutty’ — In the keynote talk at the Journalism & Women Symposium's Conference and Mentoring Project in Essex, Vt., Saturday, New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson talked about the reaction of women journalists to an April Politico piece that said she was …

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:

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Neal Ungerleider / Fast Company:

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Guardian:

Newspapers seek injunction over press regulation royal charter — Industry says government rejection of its rival plan for a new press regulator is ‘wholly unfair, irrational and unlawful’ — Newspaper and magazine publishers are seeking an injunction to prevent the government's plan …

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