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Andrew Rosenthal / New York Times:
NYT launches NYT Opinion, a $6/month subscription and app for op-eds, editorials, and curated online commentary — Announcing NYT Opinion — Today, I'm proud to say, we are launching NYT Opinion. It's the first time we have offered a stand-alone subscription to all of The New York …
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Joe Fassler / The Atlantic Online:
Who's Going to Buy The New York Times's New Opinion App? — When The New York Times announced its new mobile app, NYT Now, in April, it did more than release a new piece of software to the world. It proposed a new media schedule for would-be users: With time-pegged briefings for the morning and evening …
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Kushner's Freedom newspapers lurched from one strategy to another; print focus isn't working — The newsonomics of the Orange County Register's swerves all over the freeway — Pity Aaron Kushner's poor driving instructor. We can easily imagine the then-16-year-old's driving inclinations as he first took the wheel.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Just Like Comcast Did, Verizon Says Netflix Is Slowing Its Own Streams — Verizon, responding to complaints from Netflix about its broadband service, says Netflix is slowing down its own video streams to the telco's providers. — If that sounds confusing, that's because it is.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Netflix Nags Another New Partner, Blaming Verizon for Slow Streams
Netflix Nags Another New Partner, Blaming Verizon for Slow Streams
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Lara Logan Back at Work on ‘60 Minutes’ — The correspondent has been on the bench for seven months after anchoring an erroneous report about the Benghazi attacks. — Lara Logan has returned to work, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. — The news ends a suspension that began last fall …
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Julien Girault / Agence France-Presse:
China seeks to wipe Tiananmen from popular memory — Beijing (AFP) - China's vast censorship machine does its utmost to wipe the slightest reference to the Tiananmen crackdown from books, television and the Internet, scrubbing the issue from public discussion and even from the minds of its younger generation.
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Rose Powell / Sydney Morning Herald:
Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary: China chokes Google, social chatter
Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary: China chokes Google, social chatter
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Joseph Weber / Washington Post:
Chinese journalists are beginning to fight their government's censorship
Chinese journalists are beginning to fight their government's censorship
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Associated Press:
France lifts restrictions on D-Day video coverage — PARIS (AP) — France on Wednesday dropped restrictions on live video coverage of ceremonies this week marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, ensuring that millions of viewers across the world will be able to watch the event as it unfolds.
Molly Wood / New York Times:
Report: Online TV viewing up 246% over last year, outpacing online video, up 43% — TV Apps Are Soaring in Popularity, Report Says — When it comes to online video, people may not want to cut the cord. Instead, they want to take the cord with them. People are streaming broadcast television …
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John McDermott / Digiday:
Whisper editor Neetzan Zimmerman talks about traffic, Facebook's media role, Whisper for news — Can anonymity app Whisper become a viable news source? — Neetzan Zimmerman was once heralded as the Internet's foremost viral-traffic whisperer; a one-man traffic generating machine who …
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Dawn McMullan / INMA:
Raju Narisetti says “storytelling could be the key to the industry's long-term relevance” — Can storytelling be the industry's savior? — Media companies want to tell stories. Brands want to tell stories. Audiences want to hear stories, yet now crave an experience with their content.
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Xbox Adds 45 New Media Partners, Including Twitter, Vine, Comedy Central, And MLG — Microsoft has been trying for a while to make its Xbox Live platform not just a home for gamers, but also the dominant media center in the home. Just ahead of E3, the company is taking a bigger step …
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
In addition to Soundcloud, Twitter also reportedly considered acquiring Pandora and Spotify — Last month, a Recode rumor suggested Twitter was looking to buy Soundcloud, only to have a WSJ rumor say that “the numbers didn't add up” for a deal to go through.
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Ben Beaumont-Thomas / Guardian:
Film streaming and downloads to overtake box office in 2017 — The growing popularity of downloads and streaming services like Netflix means that Blu-ray and DVD sales are declining — Netflix's HQ: the streaming service is eating into DVD sales. Photograph: Graham Whitby Boot/Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd.
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