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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Larry Wilmore to Take Place of Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central — What comes after “The Colbert Report”? — On Comedy Central it will be “The Minority Report” and the host will be the “Senior Black Correspondent” from “The Daily Show” — otherwise known as Larry Wilmore.
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Hollywood Reporter, Mediaite, Capital New York, The Week, @tcarmody, @petershall, Gothamist, @pmarca, @xmasape, The Wrap, Variety, The Verge and Pressing Issues
Amy Schatz / Re/code:
FCC's Wheeler Denies Trying to Divide Internet Into “Haves” and “Have Nots” — FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler denied that he's trying to divide the Internet into fast and slow lanes in response to a letter sent earlier this week by some of the U.S.'s largest Internet companies.
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Dan Gillmor / Guardian:
The best way to protest net neutrality's end is with an Internet-wide slowdown — It's time to take a page from the SOPA protests and show Americans what a slower Internet would really look like — The head of the Federal Communications Commission, former cable and wireless industry lobbyist Tom Wheeler …
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@sulliview, Mashable, Wired, Techdirt, @jeffjarvis, savetheinternet.com and PandoDaily
Bloomberg:
Murdoch Said to Seek $14 Billion Deal to Combine Satellite Units — Rupert Murdoch is pursuing a long-awaited transaction that would transform British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc (BSY) into a European satellite-TV giant while also leaving his U.S.-based 21st Century Fox Inc. focused on entertainment programming.
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The Wrap, Variety, @edmundlee, Reuters, Advanced Television, Telegraph and Financial Times
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Circa, NRCQ, and News Republic show three different approaches to mobile news — The newsonomics of three cracks at the mobile news puzzle — Mobile first. Two devilishly simple words that, at this point, tell us so little. — By now, it's common knowledge that most companies producing digital news …
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@mattmcalister, @digidave and @antderosa
Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
Why CNN Is Obsessed With Flight 370: ‘The Audience Has Spoken’ — CNN's near-constant coverage of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has led to widespread derision and critique of the network. How can a strategy ridiculed by critics, media watchers and even President Barack Obama …
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TVNewser, Washington Post and The Huffington Post
Sam Schwartz / Comcast:
Comcast integrates Twitter into X1 guide with SEEiT to recommend what to watch on live TV — SOCIAL CONVERSATIONS: AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN DISCOVERING WHAT TO WATCH — According to a recent Nielsen study, conversations on Twitter help drive new audiences to TV shows.
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@kevinweil, @janamal, @rachaelrad and multichannel.com
Wall Street Journal:
Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine expected to take on senior roles at Apple as part of Beats acquisition — Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine Would Both Join Apple in Beats Deal — Duo Could Help Tim Cook Broker Deals in Music Industry — Music mogul Jimmy Iovine gravitates to the limelight in a way that previously might …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
What Apple is really buying with Beats
What Apple is really buying with Beats
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Tim Peterson / AdAge:
These Are the TV Shows More Popular Among Cord-Cutters — Cord-Cutters More Likely to Visit NBC.com Than Average Internet User, Per Experian Survey — Festival — Internet Week New York — People who cancel their cable TV subscriptions may not miss their monthly bills …
Ben Woods / The Next Web:
Yahoo's 18-year-old prodigy Nick D'Aloisio on how the future of digital news lies in the past — Yesterday, Yahoo announced that its “atomized” news digest was being made available on Android, and in virtually every market in which Yahoo is active. — It's a bold move for a product …
Jon Erlichman / Bloomberg:
Time Warner Said to Hold Talks to Buy Fullscreen Network — Time Warner Inc. (TWX) has held talks to acquire Fullscreen Inc., one of the popular YouTube video networks, a person with knowledge of the matter said. — Time Warner joins Yahoo! Inc. and Relativity Media LLC in looking at Fullscreen …
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Suzanne Perry / The Chronicle of Philanthropy:
NPR's New CEO Takes Over as Radio Adjusts to the Digital Age — Jarl Mohn, named today as NPR's new chief executive, will take over an organization with assets that many nonprofits would envy—including a well-known and respected brand that has a direct pipeline into the cars, living rooms …