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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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The Huffington Post, Hollywood Reporter and Business Insider
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
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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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Ipso or the charter? Press regulation refuseniks should avoid both
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
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.
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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Gawker, Hollywood Reporter and @alexweprin
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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
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 …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Henry Waxman asks Tribune CEO to reconsider newspaper spinoff — U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman has sent a letter to Tribune Co. CEO Peter Liguori saying interviews with experts “raised serious concerns about the future of the Los Angeles Times” should the company go ahead with its plan to spin off its newspaper division.
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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Poynter
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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MediaPost and Wall Street Journal
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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9to5Mac, @lorialeo, Music Week and hypebot
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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CNET, Billboard, Softpedia News, Sky News, Guardian, The Wire, International Business Times, Techworld, TorrentFreak, Sydney Morning Herald, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Variety and Engadget
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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ap.org
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube, Once TV's Enemy, Tries to Show How It Drives Viewers to TV Shows — In its early days, YouTube was met with hostility from TV networks. Viacom, for one, alleged in its $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit that the video-sharing site was making money by stealing their best content.
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Broadcasting & Cable and MediaPost