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Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Inside The New Yorker's digital strategy — The New Yorker, ambling at its own pace, is busy upping its digital game. — Not only has NewYorker.com significantly increased its digital metabolism, but it has also boosted its monthly audience to an excess of 10 million …
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The Awl, @raju, @cotton, @digiday, @penenberg, @carr2n and @ryanchittum
Jordan Chariton / TVNewser:
Layoffs at Al Jazeera America — As it nears eight months on-air, Al Jazeera America is laying off a few dozen staff employees as well as freelance employees, TVNewser has learned. — In an email to staff we obtained, network President Kate O'Brian said the network has reached a …
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Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
Ezra Klein on Vox's Launch, Media Condescension, and Competing With Wikipedia … Travel Design Dates Weddings Real Estate Doctors NYC Tourist Guide Best Of New York Issue
Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
Michael Wolff's digital media bloopers — The Newser founder trolls (other) digital-news companies — Having accurately predicted that Lachlan Murdoch would return to his dad's company, Michael Wolff, in his exhilaration, made this crack recently: — Good one.
Judy Cantor-Navas / Billboard:
84% of Content Consumed in Spain is Pirated — 84% of content consumed in Spain is illegal, according to new report that adds more fuel to fiery debate in piracy-plagued country. Eighty-four percent of all online content consumed in Spain is pirated, according to a study …
Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:
CBS's Moonves Says Woman Would Be ‘Great’ as ‘Late Late’ Host — CBS (CBS) is considering hiring a woman for “The Late Late Show” as the TV network weighs a complete remodeling of its programming for night owls. — “12:30 is up in the air,” Leslie Moonves, chief executive officer of CBS Corp. …
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Colbert Doesn't Arrive at CBS With Huge Viral Video Prowess
Colbert Doesn't Arrive at CBS With Huge Viral Video Prowess
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Mediaite, Washington Post, Mediaite, The Wrap, Los Angeles Times and CBS
Gordon Russell / The New Orleans Advocate:
Times-Picayune gives judge data on two online commenters — Judge reviewing facts after newspaper exhausts appeals — After apparently exhausting every avenue of appeal, The Times-Picayune on Thursday gave a federal magistrate “voluminous” information about two pseudonymous commenters …
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@mikescarcella, @gordonrussell1 and @niemanlab
Digital First Media:
Digital First Media Names David J. Butler Editor-in-Chief — David J. Butler has been named Editor-in-Chief for Digital First Media. — New York, NY (April 11, 2014) - Digital First Media today named David J. Butler the Company's Editor-in-Chief. — Mr. Butler, editor of the San Jose Mercury News …
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Adrien Henni / East-West Digital News:
Is Crimea part of Russia? - Answers found on Facebook, Vkontakte, Yandex differ; Wikipedia changes its mind — Three weeks after Russia asserted that Crimea and the city of Sebastopol have become part of its territory, Facebook and Russian-language social network Vkontakte still categorize …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
BuzzFeed Inks TV Tune-In Pacts with Bravo, IFC — List-driven social news site BuzzFeed announced deals with NBCUniversal's Bravo and AMC Networks' IFC, under which the cablers are promoting BuzzFeed content on-air and online (and vice versa). — The networks are the first two partners …
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Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:
The IMPRESS Project's plans for press regulation — Crowdfunding is underway for a press regulation body aimed at supporting smaller publishers and hyperlocal sites as well as larger news outlets. A crowdfunding campaign is aiming to raise £25,000 for a press regulation authority …
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Guardian
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
DreamWorks submitted a bid to Vevo's owners this week to buy part of the company — DreamWorks Animation Wants a Piece of Vevo, the Music Video Giant — DreamWorks Animation, which has been looking to expand its business beyond animated movies, is looking at Vevo, the online music video service.
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Apple bans music app Bloom.fm from running ads on its iAd network — 'We're amused by this rather than frustrated. It's just pretty funny,' says streaming music startup — Bloom.fm was spending around £2,000 a month advertising on Apple's iAd network.
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Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
RIAA sues Megaupload over copyright infringement — Kim Dotcom's lawyer dubs allegations “meritless copyright claims.” — Just three days after the Motion Picture Association of America brought a civil lawsuit against Megaupload, the Recording Industry Association of America has jumped in with its own case.
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
AP will livestream Anja Niedringhaus' funeral — The Associated Press will livestream the funeral of photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus on Saturday. The service will take place near Hoexter, Germany, where she was born. … Niedringhaus was shot and killed Friday, April 4 …
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