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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Disney Ponders the Biggest Big Media YouTube Bet Yet: Buying Maker Studios — Disney has been talking to Maker Studios about an acquisition that would value the YouTube network at $500 million or more, according to people familiar with the negotiations. — A deal isn't guaranteed.
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Deadline.com, The Wrap, Business Insider, Variety and Tubefilter
Tony Haile / TIME:
Chartbeat CEO: “We confuse what people have clicked on for what they've read.” — What You Think You Know About the Web Is Wrong — If you're an average reader, I've got your attention for 15 seconds, so here goes: We are getting a lot wrong about the web these days.
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Kirk LaPointe's …, @hiddenbrain, @emilysteel, @adamostrow, @magnus_, @clarkgilbert, @moore, BuzzMachine, @neilvoss and @ryanchittum
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
No One's Looking at Your Native Ads, Either
No One's Looking at Your Native Ads, Either
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@themediaisdying and @lererventures
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Upworthy partners with ProPublica and advocacy media groups on original content — When Upworthy raised an additional $8 million in September of last year, they wrote a blog post thanking their readers and making them a promise. The new funds, they wrote, will “help us branch out into new editorial areas.
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Guardian, Upworthy Insider, @gabrielarana and @niemanlab
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Gawker Demands Dismissal of Quentin Tarantino Lawsuit — The news site says that reading a screenplay is not a copyright infringing act. — Gawker is asking a California federal judge to reject a lawsuit filed by Quentin Tarantino over a leak of the director's unproduced script Hateful Eight.
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Guardian, Variety, Home on Entertainment, FishbowlNY, The Wrap and Deadline.com
Erik Wemple:
John Cook bolts Gawker for the Intercept — John Cook had fun as editor in chief of Gawker. For instance: When he wanted to commandeer a video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack, he fired up a “Crackstarter” campaign that raised $200,000 for the cause. Publicity followed.
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New York Times, FishbowlNY, Poynter, Business Wire, Politico, @ggreenwald, @natashavc, @sluggahjells, @paulcarr, @neetzan, The Intercept, The Huffington Post, FishbowlNY, Mediaite, @jaredbkeller, New York Magazine, @goldsbie, @antderosa, @thestalwart, @mattbuchanan, @snpsnpsnp, @joemfbrown, @susie_c, @socarolinesays and @jwherrman
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Matthew Shaer / New York Magazine:
Raging Against Hacks With Muckraker Turned Magazine-Maker Matt Taibbi
Raging Against Hacks With Muckraker Turned Magazine-Maker Matt Taibbi
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@nymag, @kierafeldman, @sarahljaffe, The Corsair and The Raw Story
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Disney TV Shakeup: Anne Sweeney Leaving to Pursue Directing Career — Disney's longtime TV chief Anne Sweeney will leave her post in January 2015 to pursue a career as a television director. — “The past 18 years at Disney have been the highlight of my executive career.
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Hollywood Reporter, TVNewser, AdAge, Capital New York, Reuters and @peterlauria3
Katharine Houreld / Reuters:
Swedish journalist shot dead in central Kabul — (Reuters) - A gunman shot dead a Swedish journalist outside a restaurant in a brazen attack in one Kabul's most heavily guarded districts on Tuesday, police and embassy sources said, underscoring growing insecurity threatening next month's elections.
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Guardian, New York Times, Washington Post, Poynter, BBC, Sydney Morning Herald and NPR
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
CNN, NBCU Alums Jon Klein, Jeff Gaspin Team Up for Online Video Venture — Sarah Palin reportedly target by firm for channel akin to Glenn Beck's TheBlaze — Two of the biggest names sitting on the sidelines in the media business are teaming up for a new online video venture.
John McDermott / Digiday:
Twitter testing ‘click-to-call’ button which allows mobile users to call advertisers directly — Twitter's direct response pitch: a new ‘click-to-call’ button — As part of its continued effort to evolve and broaden its advertising capabilities, Twitter is now touting itself …
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@digiday, Street Fight and SocialTimes
Dan Taylor / BBC:
Introducing the new BBC iPlayer — Hello, I'm Dan Taylor, Head of BBC iPlayer and today I'm delighted to share how we are evolving BBC iPlayer for the multiscreen world, starting today with the rollout of a new version for computers, tablets, mobiles and connected TVs.
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The Next Web, @rwd, Engadget, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, @neilbramah, @jemstone, Silicon Republic, @graham_matthews and NetNewsCheck Latest
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Jimmy Kimmel: It's ‘easy’ to fool the media — In an interview from Austin, Texas, Peter Kafka asked Jimmy Kimmel about his hoax videos, like the Sochi wolf and the twerking disaster video. — “I've heard people suggest that these will get harder for you to do, because people will catch on.
Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
CBS chief says network could go all-Internet if Aereo wins — CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves said Tuesday that his company's namesake broadcast network could go “over the top,” or be delivered via the Internet, if Aereo's model of streaming over-the-air programming is ruled legal.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Men's Journal contributing editor Matthew Power dies on assignment in Uganda — Matthew Power dies in Uganda — Matthew Power has died while reporting in Uganda, Outside reports on its Facebook page: — Post by Outside Magazine. — Power was a contributing editor to Harper's Magazine …
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FishbowlNY, Longform, Associated Press, @williams_paige, New York Magazine, @sethmnookin, @jeffsharlet and @andrewburton
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Rebekah Brooks: no one told me about lead on Milly Dowler's whereabouts — Ex-NoW editor tells phone-hacking trial that if she knew about a call suggesting schoolgirl was alive, it would have been big news — No one at the News of the World informed their editor, Rebekah Brooks …
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Hacked Off and Guardian
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Obama bypasses traditional media again in interview with Zach Galifianakis, showing how to take advantage of fractured landscape — Obama will sit down with celebrities but not The Washington Post — President Obama's interview with Zach Galifianakis, a plug for Healthcare.gov …
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New York Times, TechCrunch, The Fix and Talking Points Memo
John Reynolds / Guardian:
UK mobile advertising set to overtake newspaper ad revenue in 2014 — New eMarketer research forecasts mobile ad spend to top £2bn this year, and for total digital media to reach £9bn by 2017 — UK mobile advertising spend is forecast to top £2bn and overtake newspaper ad revenue …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
News Corp. taking cautious approach to acquisitions and investments — Thomson says News Corp. will take it slow — News Corp. made waves in December when it bought the video startup Storyful for $25 million. — But the company is taking a slow, cautious approach to acquisitions, chief executive Robert Thomson said yesterday.
Discussion:
@raju
Lance Whitney / CNET:
iTunes Radio now third most popular streaming music service — iTunes Radio is only six months old but it's already snagged third place among people in the US who listen to streaming music services, at least based on a recent survey. — Polling more than 2,000 people in the US …
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Fortune, App Advice and MacRumors
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Netflix reportedly reaches another Comcast-style agreement, but with a Norwegian ISP — Netflix's oddly public peering agreement to connect directly with Comcast has, as many expected, been followed closely by a similar deal. What may surprise some is that this arrangement is with Norway's Telenor …
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Telecompaper and Electronista
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Netflix got a bit faster on Comcast after opening its wallet
Netflix got a bit faster on Comcast after opening its wallet
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TIME, Netflix US & Canada Blog, CNNMoney.com and Wired