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David Carr / New York Times:
Piers Morgan and CNN Plan End to His Prime-Time Show — There have been times when the CNN host Piers Morgan didn't seem to like America very much — and American audiences have been more than willing to return the favor. Three years after taking over for Larry King, Mr. Morgan has seen the ratings for …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
After CNN Cancels Morgan, Larry King Says: I Could Come Back — Larry King and former CNN President Jonathan Klein speak exclusively to The Daily Beast about the cancellation of Piers Morgan's prime-time show. — Several months ago, backstage at a concert in Central Park …
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Ben Popper / The Verge:
Verizon CEO says he expects Netflix will sign deal to pay them as well — Has Netflix-Comcast deal set a precedent that it will have to pay for carriage on all broadband pipes? — It was revealed over the weekend that Netflix and Comcast had struck a historic deal: for the first time the …
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Dan Rayburn / StreamingMediaBlog.com:
Inside The Netflix/Comcast Deal and What The Media Is Getting Very Wrong
Inside The Netflix/Comcast Deal and What The Media Is Getting Very Wrong
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Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
Seeking a Lead on News, Network Turns to Data-Mining Media Group — When Ronan Farrow, the young human rights lawyer with a Hollywood lineage, debuts as an MSNBC host on Monday, he will have some prodigious computing power backing him up. — MSNBC has struck a partnership with Vocativ …
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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Tamron Hall Named Co-Host of 9 a.m. Hour of ‘Today’ — Tamron Hall has been named a co-host of “TODAY's Take,” the 9 a.m. hour of the “Today” show, joining Al Roker, Natalie Morales and Willie Geist. The announcement came on this morning's show. — “We're really excited to officially welcome Tamron …
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Jordan Chariton / TVNewser:
MSNBC Promotes Two to Managing Editor, Hires EP for ‘Reid Report’
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Moviefone Is Hanging Up, but Its App Will Go On — LOS ANGELES — Mr. Moviefone's lines are going dead. — For 25 years, residents of America's biggest cities have been able to call 777-FILM to receive movie listing information and buy tickets. The service's goofily booming greeting became …
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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Local newspapers and TV stations are building their own private ad exchange with Google — In 2006, 176 newspapers came together in a partnership with Yahoo to found The Newspaper Consortium. The idea, a simple one now, was an important step forward for the development and growth of ad networks.
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Nicola Pring / Columbia Journalism Review:
A new ‘micro-publication’ for deep environmental and tech reporting — Climate Confidential needs 800 subscribers by March 6 to come to fruition — A group of freelance reporters are on a mission to produce a new kind of science journalism. Called Climate Confidential …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Head of digital out at Dow Jones amid course correction — Dow Jones & Company has removed its head of digital, Michael Rolnick, amid a strategy shakeup that has been unfolding over the past month, Capital has learned. — The move comes as Will Lewis, who replaced Lex Fenwick as chief executive …
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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Facebook Hires Ryan Seacrest's Digital Chief as Head of Entertainment Partnerships (Exclusive) — Sibyl Goldman tapped to lead Hollywood outreach efforts — Facebook has recruited Ryan Seacrest's digital guru for a new role leading an expanded effort to court Hollywood.
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Former Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Middelhoff to leave New York Times Co. board — Times Co. Board Member Is Stepping Down — The German business executive Thomas Middelhoff, a director of The New York Times Company since 2003, is leaving the company's board.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Why live video won't save the news biz — Last July, The Washington Post launched a live video channel that its president proclaimed would be “the ESPN of politics.” — Instead, PostTV turned out to be more like a public access show. Within five months, the live content had vanished and the …
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Bruce Weber / New York Times:
Bill Thomas, 89, Dies; Editor Guided Los Angeles Times to 9 Pulitzers — Bill Thomas, the editor who led The Los Angeles Times from the Watergate years through the presidency of Ronald Reagan, a period in which the paper vastly enlarged its ambition and won nine Pulitzer Prizes …
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