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David Carr / New York Times:
Super Bowl Underscores the Big Business of Must-See, Live TV — It is a fact of modern life that the mass has gone out of media, with television ratings reflecting that each of us is building our own little campfires on our phones, tablets and big screens at a time and place of our choosing.
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Releasing Ads Early Pays Off For Super Bowl Advertisers, According To Visible Measures — If you're watching the Super Bowl today, some of those brand new ads may feel awfully familiar — a growing number of them are being released online ahead of time, either in their entirety or as a partial teaser.
Felix Salmon:
Viral math — This chart, from Newswhip via Derek Thompson, has been doing the rounds, and causing a bit of debate: — The question: What on earth is Upworthy doing so right? How is it that Upworthy's articles shared a good order of magnitude more often than anybody else's?
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Benjamin Wallace / New York Magazine:
Ezra Klein, soon VP at Vox Media, looks to build his new publication with fewer constraints — Here, Let Ezra Explain — What is D.C.'s most famous young policy wonk doing leaving the Washington Post? Trying to start a news organization he thinks could one day eclipse it.
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Capital New York, @adamgreen, @johnjharwood, @yurivictor, @raju, @nymag, @mlcalderone, @davidmwessel, @jayrosen_nyu, @felixsalmon, New York Magazine, @lauraolin, @mathewi, @miafarrow, @romenesko, @dylanmatt, @themarkberman, @mathewi, @moorehn, @justinjm1, @jessejenkins, @rafat, @jonlovett and @mleewelch
Press Association:
Video of Al-Jazeera journalists arrested in Egypt released — A private Egyptian TV channel has aired video of the arrest in late December of two Al-Jazeera journalists at a Nile-side Cairo hotel. — The nearly 22-minute clip, likely made with a mobile phone, was broadcast late on Sunday on Al-Tahrir television.
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WorldViews and GlobalPost
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Al Jazeera English:
Egypt court acquits Al Jazeera cameraman — Mohamed Badr cleared of charges, along with 61 other defendants, meaning he could be freed in coming days. — An Al Jazeera cameraman who has been in detention in Egypt has been acquitted along with 61 other defendants, the channel's lawyer has said.
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presstv.ir and Agence France Presse
Guardian:
Mark Thompson faces MPs over BBC's £100m IT debacle - live coverage — Full coverage as the former director general is grilled by a Commons committee over the failed Digital Media Initiative — Sort by: — BBC: we got DMI wrong, we're learning the lessons
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sourcingfocus.com and Press Association
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Rupert Murdoch to be inducted into US television academy hall of fame — Next month, lest it has passed under your radar since the official announcement in December, Rupert Murdoch will be inducted into the US television academy hall of fame. — He is one of six people selected by the academy …
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Tribune Has Closed Its Acquisition Of Gracenote... Here's What Comes Next — In late December, Tribune announced its plans to acquire Gracenote from Sony for $170 million in cash and to combine the company with its Tribune Media Services business. More specifically, Gracenote will be part …
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Associated Press, PR Newswire, Billboard, Variety and Re/code
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Twitter partners with 300 Entertainment to give ‘full access’ of its user data to the music industry — Hot on the heels of a deal with CNN and Dataminr to bring the benefits of its data to journalists, Twitter is focusing on unlocking the potential of its platform for the music industry.
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New York Times, TechCrunch, hypebot, @300, SocialTimes, @mgrooves, Guardian, The Verge and Mashable
Press Association:
Dan Evans admits ‘a lot more’ Sunday Mirror phone-hacking allegations yet to come out, court told — Former tabloid journalist Dan Evans claimed he had “a lot more” phone-hacking information on the Sunday Mirror, a court heard. — Appearing in the Old Bailey for his sixth day of evidence …
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Guardian
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
YouTube stars warn of thinning revenue as video uploads and production costs outpace ad rates — Chasing Their Star, on YouTube — It is 3 p.m., and outside another brilliant Los Angeles afternoon beckons. But Olga Kay has drawn her blinds, leaving her living room in a semidarkened haze.
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