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Vox:
Ezra Klein's “Project X” launching soon as “Vox”, will serve as Vox Media's general news site — Nine Questions About Vox — What is Vox? Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission is simple: Explain the news.
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David Carr / New York Times:
Barely Keeping Up in TV's New Golden Age — Not long ago, a friend at work told me I absolutely, positively must watch “Broad City” on Comedy Central, saying it was a slacker-infused hilarity. — My reaction? Oh no, not another one. — The vast wasteland of television has been replaced …
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The Editorial Board / New York Times:
Editorial Board reflects on 50th anniversary of landmark New York Times v. Sullivan press freedom case — The Uninhibited Press, 50 Years Later — Perhaps no one understood both the necessity and the costs of a free press better than Thomas Jefferson. In a 1787 letter to a friend …
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Barbara Chai / Wall Street Journal:
‘True Detective’ Finale Crashes HBO Go — The season finale of HBO's “True Detective” aired Sunday night, but fans who hoped to watch the episode on the cable network's “HBO Go” website reported crashes and delays. — HBO Go, which usually airs episodes in real time, requires a login and password …
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@hbogo, Gawker, Forbes, Variety, @poniewozik, @lucas_shaw, Rolling Stone, @morninggloria, VentureBeat and Inside TV
Justin Lafferty / Inside Facebook:
Facebook launches Public Content Solutions to help media partners with trend data — As more and more people talk about current events on Facebook, developers within the media industry are looking for some way to join the conversation. So to offer companies a solution into the data behind trending topics …
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@raju, Facebook, ZDNet, The Next Web and VentureBeat
Ann Friedman / Columbia Journalism Review:
“Prestige” media jobs are no longer just at big, old news organizations — The new dream job — For years, even as most print-centric publications downsized, they maintained their status as the crème de la crème. The journalistic reputations of these former titans …
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Couric's Yahoo show takes shape — Katie Couric's Yahoo program is finally beginning to take shape. — In January, Couric released a test show in which she interviewed former Defense Secretary Robert Gates. On Friday, Couric will debut another interview, this time with former …
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TVNewser and Capital New York
Molly Wood / New York Times:
Cartoon Network plans free mobile “micro-network” to deliver original 15-second content pieces — Cartoon Network Aims at Devices With Its ‘Micro-Network’ Launch — Cartoon Network will release an app later this year that will deliver original 15-second content bites …
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@mikemonello, AdExchanger and Business Insider
Wall Street Journal:
Newspaper Consortium Seeks to Sell Cars.com for $3 Billion — Online Marketplace is Jointly Owned by Gannett, Tribune, McClatchy and Other Publishers — A group of newspaper publishers has put the cars.com online marketplace up for sale for as much as $3 billion, hoping to cash …
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NetNewsCheck Latest, @tomgara, @raju, @vijayravindran and USA Today
Paul McNally / Press Gazette:
BBC denies report that subscription service being considered as option instead of license fee — Funding report advises BBC to pursue more commercial opportunities — A report into the future of BBC funding has recommended that the corporation make more money through commercial ventures …
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Daily Express, TheAustralian, Broadband TV News, Digital TV Europe, Advanced Television, Telegraph and Daily Mail
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
How a press release about a pot ad that never aired on TV misled dozens of major media outlets — How a marijuana ad went up in smoke — This is a yarn about how a single press release about pot misled dozens of major media outlets. — The press release in question was published Monday …
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@steveannear, @matthewkeyslive and Mediaite
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Half of Broadcast TV Viewers Are 54 and Older—Yikes — More like ... greys' anatomy. Right? — In the last 20 years, the median age of Americans has increased from 34 to 37. The median age of broadcast TV viewers has increased from 41 to 54. Not a three-year jump, but a 13-year jump.
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