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Dean Starkman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Study shows decline in news quality at Times-Picayune since shift to digital, cut in print schedule — Tracking digital-era news quality declines — A Tulane student project tracks the Times-Picayune before and after a digital overhaul — When the New Orleans Times-Picayune announced …
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Michael J. De La Merced / DealBook:
Oyster, a Start-Up for E-Reading, Raises $14 Million — With Netflix soaring, investors are betting that a start-up based on the same business model — but for e-books — will succeed as well. — Oyster, which gives customers access to more than 100,000 books for $10 a month, has raised $14 million in a new round of financing.
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Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Court strikes down FCC's net neutrality rules, agency may appeal — An appeals court in Washington on Tuesday ruled that the FCC's “net neutrality” rules, which prevent companies like Verizon from favoring some types of internet traffic over others, are invalid.
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Lucia Moses / Adweek:
Skimping on Fees and Avoiding Journalists: Are Publishers Doing Native on the Cheap? Could be moving toward an advertorial model By Lucia Moses — From publishers to creative agencies to writer networks, many seem to be making money from native advertising.
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Poynter, @butchward and @raju
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Howard Kurtz Lied About Business Ties To Fox News Contributor — Fox News anchor Howard Kurtz has repeatedly claimed, most famously during a live interrogation on CNN, that his relationship with Fox News contributor Lauren Ashburn amounted to a “limited venture” for which the MediaBuzz host …
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Michael Berkens / TheDomains.com:
Chicago Sun-Times to test Bitcoin and Twitter paywall with startup BitWall — The Chicago Sun-Times, the 9th largest newspaper in the USA, is testing a social paywall that will accept both Tweets and Bitcoin in partnership with the content monetization startup BitWall.
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Jason Deans / Guardian:
BBC news chief: problems facing local newspapers ‘not our fault’ — James Harding responds to calls for BBC to rein in coverage, telling press to focus on web rivals such as Google or Facebook — James Harding, the BBC News director, believes the corporation has an obligation to deliver local news …
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Steve Volk / Philadelphia Magazine:
Inquirer Ownership Battle: “Darling ... Eliminate the Daily News” — According to an email leaked to Philadelphia magazine, Nancy Phillips, as her long-time companion Lewis Katz was contemplating purchasing a controlling interest in the city's biggest media company, made sweeping recommendations …
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Michael Depp / NetNewsCheck Latest:
AP's Carvin: News Battle Near For Twitter, FB — Twitter and Facebook are setting themselves up for a battle for news supremacy among social media networks. Twitter, though, holds the upper hand, according to Eric Carvin, social media editor at the Associated Press.
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Jon Passantino / BuzzFeed:
DirecTV Drops The Weather Channel In Dispute Over Carriage Fees — The network was pulled from 20 million homes at midnight Monday and replaced with competitor Weather Nation. Updated 2 a.m. ET Tuesday. — The Weather Channel launched a website featuring a video message …
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Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Charter Makes $61.3 Billion Offer to Acquire Time Warner Cable — Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR) offered to buy Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) for about $132.50 a share, valuing the second-largest U.S. cable provider at more than $61 billion, including debt.
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Emma McGarthy / Press Gazette:
Boston Globe's Jeff Moriarty joins UK's Johnston Press as chief digital and product officer — Johnston Press appoints new chief digital and product officer — Johnston Press has today announced the appointment of American born Jeff Moriarty as chief digital and product officer.
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
AOL Sells Winamp And Shoutcast For $5-10M To Radionomy, Takes 12% Stake In Belgian Digital Audio Company — Returning from the brink of death, music services Winamp and Shoutcast are now officially with a new owner: Digital audio business Radionomy has acquired the both media player and radio platform from AOL.
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PR Newswire, The Next Web, FishbowlNY, Gizmodo, CNET, The Verge and Mashable
Darren Boyle / Press Gazette:
Daily Mail announces deal with talkSPORT radio — The Daily Mail has announced a partnership deal with talkSPORT radio which will feature several of the newspaper's journalists and columnists appearing on the radio station. — Chief sports writer Martin Samuel will be among the names giving …
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
The end of tabloid papers and the new quest for media respectability — As New York City's new mayor prepared to take office late last year, a local tabloid decided to show him who really ran the town. In a series of outrageous covers, the New York Post humiliated one of the mayor's longtime aides …
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Financial Times launches Samsung Smart TV app — Financial Times videos are now available via an application to televisions viewers who have a Samsung Smart TV. — The app shows the latest FT video, including analysis and coverage of stories and issues in politics, business and finance.
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