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New York Times:
New bio of Fox News Chief Roger Ailes details power struggles, desire for political influence — Biography Casts Critical Light on Fox News Chief — Roger Ailes was so eager to influence national politics that in the run-up to the 2012 presidential election, he told fellow Fox News executives point-blank …
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Brian Stelter / CNN Money:
New York Times redesign points to future of online publishing — The last time The New York Times embarked on a wholesale redesign of its Web site, in 2006, the iPhone wasn't on the market. Tablets like the iPad were still years away. — So the new design that The Times is unveiling Wednesday …
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Lucia Moses / Adweek:
With Redesign, NYTimes.com Unveils Native Ad Platform
With Redesign, NYTimes.com Unveils Native Ad Platform
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Rem Rieder / USA Today:
At CES, Yahoo shows its plans to compete as a media company — Yahoo doubles down with new tech, food sites — Executives say it's just the beginning, and more initiatives are in the offing. — Yahoo is doubling down on content as it launches ambitious websites covering technology and food.
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Yahoo's sleek News Digest app swims against the stream
Yahoo's sleek News Digest app swims against the stream
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Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Launches News Digest, Its First App Based On Summly
Yahoo Launches News Digest, Its First App Based On Summly
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Sony Doesn't Have the Deals It Needs for Web TV — But That's Not Its Real Problem — Last year, Intel said it was going to deliver pay TV over the Web by the end of 2013. That didn't work out. — Now Sony says it will deliver pay TV over the Web sometime in 2014. Can it deliver? — Maybe!
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Ina Fried / Re/code:
Kaz Hirai on Why Sony's Pay TV Bid Can Succeed Where Intel and Others Stumbled
Kaz Hirai on Why Sony's Pay TV Bid Can Succeed Where Intel and Others Stumbled
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CNNMoney.com, CNET, The Verge and Variety
New York Times:
Janice Min to be named co-president, chief creative officer for Hollywood Reporter, Billboard — New Leader at Billboard Sees Future in Visuals — Janice Min, who gave The Hollywood Reporter a renewed relevance by transforming the daily trade paper into a much-read weekly magazine and website …
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Chris Taylor / Mashable:
Newspaper to Put All Reporters Through Social Media Boot Camp — One of the country's oldest remaining big city newspapers, the San Francisco Chronicle, is set to announce a radical plan to arrest circulation decline and remain relevant in the digital age, Mashable has learned.
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Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:
Two-Year-Old Observer Story About Soccer Mom Madam Incorrectly Named Post Editor — On March 29, 2012, the Observer ran a story that suggested the New York Post's editor in chief, Col Allan, was among the “powerful men found in transcripts of the surveillance audio from the five-year-long investigation” of Ms. Gristina.
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Tiffany Hsu / Los Angeles Times:
Barnes & Noble names Nook chief Michael Huseby as CEO — A Barnes & Noble store. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press) — Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. has tapped Michael P. Huseby, head of its Nook digital division, to be chief executive of the entire company.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Bob Costas Says NBC's Olympics Broadcast Won't Ignore Russia's Anti-Gay Laws — NEW YORK — Bob Costas, the face of NBC's primetime Sochi Olympics coverage, recently made headlines by telling the Associated Press that he was more interested in interviewing President Vladimir Putin …
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Deutsche Welle:
Taiwan journalists strive for more independence — A new group in Taiwan wants to address the threats independent reporting in the country faces on multiple fronts. New advertising models and a series of buyouts by Chinese companies are changing Taiwan's media landscape.
Agence France-Presse:
Two Swedish reporters missing in Syria freed: ICRC, diplomatic sources — Two Swedish journalists reported missing in Syria in November have been freed, diplomatic sources and an official of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday. — “A Swedish journalist missing …
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David Kenner / Foreign Policy:
The Controversial Death of a Teenage Stringer — Reuters gave this Syrian kid a camera. Seven months later he was dead.
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Christopher M. Matthews / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Wants E-Book Monitor Removed — Apple Inc. asked a federal judge late Tuesday to remove the lawyer she appointed to monitor the company's e-book pricing reform, escalating an already contentious feud between the company and the lawyer. — Attorneys for Apple asked the court …
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Gigaom, Reuters, Wall Street Journal and The Verge