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Neil Gough / New York Times:
Bloomberg Should Have Rethought Articles on China, Chairman Says — HONG KONG — The chairman of Bloomberg L.P. said in a speech here on Thursday that the company should have reconsidered articles that deviated from its core business-news coverage in light of the huge potential for its products in the Chinese market.
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@jeffbercovici, @alifitzg, @comradewong, @eisingerj, @kenli729, @antderosa and @felixsalmon
Jessica Lessin / Guardian:
The future of news: know thy audience — As news businesses continue to redefine themselves for the digital age, knowing their audience is essential — When we launched The Information last December, many thought we were crazy. How could a $399-a-year technology news publication compete …
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@newswhip, @raju, @theinformation, @mattrosoff, @rafat and Digiday
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John Reynolds / Guardian:
Huffington Post may charge for some content, says chief executive — As HuffPo UK is set to move into profit, Jimmy Maymann said the website would consider charging within five years — The Huffington Post's chief executive, Jimmy Maymann, believes in paid-for journalism and is open …
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FishbowlNY, @newswhip, The Drum and mUmBRELLA
Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Sony to Add Original TV Shows for PlayStation — Move Is Part of Effort to Broaden Console's Appeal Beyond Videogames — Sony Corp. is venturing into original TV programming for its PlayStation as part of an ambitious effort to make the device a home for TV and not just videogames.
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Deadline.com, TechCrunch, Forbes, Variety, Los Angeles Times, computerandvideogames.com, Engadget, @zseward, Mashable, Comic Book Resources, SlashGear, CNNMoney.com, CNET, The Verge and VG247
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Tribune Company Built a Robot That Reads You The News — Shashi Seth Unveils First Product As Head of Tribune Digital Ventures — Krux — Shashi Seth loves NPR. But he would like it a lot more if he could skip stories. — That was the kernel of the idea behind Newsbeat …
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Los Angeles Times, Poynter, Variety, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Chicago Tribune, Tech Deals, TIME, PR Newswire, Engadget and Re/code
Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
Time Warner Cable CEO Due $80 Million as Deal Ends Short Tenure — Just months into his job as head of Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC), Rob Marcus is set to receive a severance payment of $79.9 million in cash, equity and benefits because he's selling the company to Comcast Corp. (CMCSA)
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Media & Entertainment, @bobbymacreports and @edmundlee
Johana Bhuiyan / Capital New York:
The New Republic to launch public policy vertical led by Jonathan Cohn — T.N.R. to go deep on policy — The New Republic will be rolling out a new public policy vertical led by senior editor Jonathan Cohn, T.N.R. editorial director Michael Schaffer told Capital.
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The New York Observer, @petersuderman and @ncaplanbricker
Daniel Holloway / Broadcasting & Cable:
Next TV: Viacom Settlement Illustrates Media Acceptance for YouTube — Entertainment chief Lee says YouTube ‘learned a lot’ from push into original content — New York—The settlement between Google and Viacom that ended a seven-year legal battle over the appearance of copyrighted video …
Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
TV Subscriptions Fall for First Time as Viewers Cut the Cord — The U.S. pay-television market is passing its prime. — The number of Americans who pay for TV through cable, satellite or fiber services fell by more than a quarter of a million in 2013, the first full-year decline, according to research firm SNL Kagan.
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Home Media Magazine, Washington Post, Variety, MediaPost, Hollywood Reporter, Satnews Publishers and USA Today
Michael Holden / Reuters:
Murdoch's UK arm approved “industrial scale” phone-hacking -court — (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm approved phone-hacking “on an industrial scale” at its top-selling Sunday tabloid, the paper's former royal editor told a London court on Thursday.
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BBC, theweek.co.uk and Guardian
Stephen Gandel / Fortune:
At financial news sites, stock promoters make inroads — Several finance websites — including Forbes.com and Seeking Alpha — have published articles by guest contributors who were allegedly paid to promote the stocks they were writing about, raising ethical concerns.
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Talking Biz News
Shaun Walker / Guardian:
Ukrainian MP assaults television station chief for ‘pro-Russian’ stance — Footage of Igor Miroshnichenko and five men forcing Oleksandr Panteleymonov to write resignation leader released online — Ukraine's new government was facing a stern test of resolve after a nationalist Ukrainian …
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Sundance Institute Makes Bold Expansion Into TV — The institute is launching a lab for writers and creators of series for television and online platforms. — After 30 years of nurturing indie filmmakers, the Sundance Institute is making a bold expansion into TV.
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Salt Lake Tribune, ScreenDaily, Indiewire Blogs …, BroadwayWorld.com and Variety
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
‘Is It Really News?’: Cable Journos Squirm Over Flight 370 Overload — The disappearance of MA Flight 370 has proved a ratings bonanza, particularly for CNN. But with no new developments, and wild conjecture filling the void, even CNN's own journalists are questioning its coverage.
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Mediaite, Capital New York, Inside Cable News and The Daily Caller
Oliver Morrison / Splitsider:
Inside Jokes from Dubai and Texas: The Rise of Local Satire — The following web headlines received hundreds of thousands of views and shut down local Internet servers: — 1) “Emirates to Introduce Shisha Lounges Onboard A380 Fleet” in Dubai; — 2) “Man Takes Viagra, Wears Sweatpants for TSA Pat Down” in Washington DC;
Priya Ganapati / Wall Street Journal:
Time to Move on: Sony Shuts Down E-Reader Book Store … Sony is turning off the lights on its e-reader book store. The company will shut down its online store for its Reader devices at 6 p.m. ET Thursday. — Sony Reader store customers will have to transfer their library to Kobo …
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Australia's Fevered Streaming Market Isn't Waiting for Netflix — Australia is an odd market for entertainment. English-language fans of Hollywood content abound in densely populated major cities. But pay-TV penetration is a measly 30%, and the modest broadband infrastructure is overrun by piracy.
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Watch out, business publishers — Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith says he is coming for you — Justin Smith — who helped turn around the fortunes of the ailing Atlantic Media empire, in part by expanding the 150-year-old magazine's digital reach — has laid out a manifesto about how he wants …
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@krmaher, @thestalwart, Poynter, @brianstelter and Talking Biz News
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Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
iTunes Radio does not justify Pandora rate hike, judge says in major royalty decision — A federal judge sided with internet radio service Pandora over the music industry in a bitter fight over songwriting royalties Wednesday, after concluding that Pandora is more akin to regular radio …
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