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Bill Simmons / Grantland:
Grantland editor apologizes for publishing “Dr. V's Magical Putter” — The Dr. V Story: A Letter From the Editor — How “Dr. V's Magical Putter” came to be published — “How could you guys run that?” — We started hearing that question on Friday afternoon, West Coast time …
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Christina Kahrl / Grantland:
What Grantland Got Wrong — Understanding the serious errors in “Dr. V's Magical Putter” — When you're a writer, you want something you create to have a long life, to be something that readers will remember and revisit for years to come. If such was Caleb Hannan's wish, it's been granted …
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Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Grantland and Dr. V: What happens when niche journalism meets the network effect
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Jim Waterson / BuzzFeed:
Tony Gallagher No Longer “Daily Telegraph” Editor — Tony Gallagher is no longer editor of the Daily Telegraph, sources with knowledge of the situation told BuzzFeed. One source said the editor was not at the newspaper's morning conference this morning. It understood that Chris Evans …
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@jimwaterson, @dansabbagh, @psmith, @chrisdeerin, @annemcelvoy, @steve_hawkes, Guy Fawkes' blog, @raju and @flashboy
Ryan Graff / Knight Lab:
How an intern created the NYT's dialect quiz, the site's most-visited content in 2013 — Behind the dialect map interactive: How an intern created The New York Times' most popular piece of content in 2013 — " generates a personalized dialect map based upon user responses compared …
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@dylanmatt, @ar_shah, @jackseale, @journochat, @brianabelson and @knightlab
Todd Spangler / Variety:
As Netflix Rises, More People Are Canceling HBO and Showtime — U.S. households subscribing to premium cable channels dropped 6 percentage points over 18-month period, while Netflix and other SVOD services grew 4 points — Netflix may be putting a dent in premium cable subscriptions …
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Beats Will Shut Down MOG Music April 15; MOG Founder Joins Stealth Mobile Startup Chosen.fm — As Beats Music turns up the volume on its new streaming service (which is now live in the App Store), it is calling it a day on MOG, the streaming service its parent Beats Electronics acquired …
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Beats Music Support, Gigaom, USA Today, Pocket-lint, Billboard, Engadget, Digital Journal, The Next Web, Geeky Gadgets, The Next Web and App Advice
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:
Apple patents automatic ‘station tuning’ for broadcast and streaming audio, video content — Apple on Tuesday was awarded a patent for a system that analyzes on-board, broadcast or streamed audio and visual media content to create a custom tailored playlist that can switch between sources to deliver an optimal user experience.
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Michael Wolff / USA Today:
Can it be? A return to big and rich media? — A net neutrality ruling means more clout for those who control content distribution. — What if you could put the media business back to where it was a generation ago? — That was when a set of large companies controlled access to most content.
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@michaelwolffnyc, @paulxharris and @alansmurray
Jessica Camille Aguirre / Columbia Journalism Review:
Der Spiegel scales back its English edition — The coverage has provided a non-US alternative for Wikileaks and NSA reporting — In late December, the German weekly newsmagazine Der Spiegel published a story covering the latest slew of revelations about surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency.
Amy Wallace / New York Times:
Life as a Female Journalist: Hot or Not? — LOS ANGELES — IN 2009, I wrote a cover story for Wired magazine about the anti-vaccine movement and profiled Paul Offit, a leading proponent of vaccines for children. Dr. Offit is a man. I am a woman. That was sufficient grounds for things to get ugly.
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Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:
Verizon agrees to buy Intel's failed internet TV project — After publicly announcing and failing to follow through with a big plan to launch a set-top box, Intel is selling the project to Verizon. The telecoms company will purchase assets of Intel Media, a division set up to develop “over the top” TV services.
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