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Sam Gutelle / Tubefilter:
Fullscreen Will Invest $10 Million In Original Programming — Fullscreen's motto is “power to the creators.” During a presentation at VidCon, the multi-channel network explained how it will live by that mantra. In his keynote address, CEO George Strompolos announced Fullscreen's plan to invest $10 million in original programming.
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Yahoo bids $250M for YouTube partner Fullscreen, Chernin Group also said to be interested — Yahoo And Chernin Vie For YouTube Partner — Sky News understands Yahoo has offered around $250m for Fullscreen — The internet giant Yahoo is vying to win control of Fullscreen …
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Softpedia News, Reuters, ZDNet, bizjournals, opptrends and Fox Business
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
New York Times never had blogs as they were edited, the term was usurped by reporters who felt threatened by blogs — I know what a blog is — A blog is the unedited voice of a person. — The lack of editing is central, because it's one person who's responsible for every word.
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Gigaom, @davewiner, Scripting News, @johnmcquaid, @palafo, @jayrosen_nyu and @mathewi
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Newspapers fail to report the real story about phone hacking trial — Next week six men will be sentenced for their involvement in the interception of voicemail messages on mobile phones. Between them, they were either responsible for hacking into the phones or knowing about such activity.
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NY Daily News, @michaelwhite, @jimrossignol, Latest News & Headlines, @themurdochtimes and @jackofkent
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Despite London acquittals, U.S. probe of News Corp continues
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The Daily Beast, Daily Mail and RT
Economist:
British democracy damaged by hacking scandal, politicians no longer fear newspapers
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@econeurope and @peter_watts
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Rebekah Brooks Says She Is ‘Vindicated’ By Acquittal In Phone Hacking Trial
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Reuters, Guardian, Press Gazette and Guardian
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Ads on Public TV? Station Seeks Supreme Court Review of Ban on Commercial Spots — The day after the Supreme Court issued its decision in Aereo, the justices are weighing whether to take another case that could have a significant impact on broadcasting. — Minority Television Project …
Erich Schwartzel / Wall Street Journal:
The latest “Transformers” movie pulled out all the stops to appeal to a Chinese audience, illustrating how crucial China is to Hollywood's fortunes. — For ‘Transformers,’ Action Is in China — From Casting Effort, to Premieres, to Filming, a Nod to an Increasingly Important Market
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / The Week:
Vox, derp, and the intellectual stagnation of the left — Talk about an epistemic closure problem — This wunderkind is now presiding over an empire of derp. — S — everal long winters ago, when President Obama was thunderously elected amid Messianic fervor, and much of the right …
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The New York Observer, @briancalbrecht, @radishmag, @gracyolmstead, @jaredbkeller, @ewerickson, @ron_fournier, @physicsgeek, @hemdash, @elongreen, @timkowal and @azizonomics
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
New York Mag digital ad revenues close to 50% of total, Science of Us vertical hits 1M uniques — New York's ‘Science of Us’ takes off — In December, when New York announced that it would be moving to a biweekly publishing schedule, it positioned the pivot both as a reinvention …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
GE teams with news organizations to produce its own news website, Pressing — GE becomes legitimate online news publisher — After a very entertaining stunt with Jimmy Fallon, GE, an early adopter of content marketing, has been putting a focus on hard news of late.
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Nieman Journalism Lab, Digiday, @raju, @gierasimczuk, @dmgaspar, @digiday and @davidcho
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
YouTube stars partner with Victorious to connect with fans, sell ads and in-app purchases — YouTube stars Ryan Higa, Michelle Phan and Boyce Avenue to launch apps — Working with US mobile startup Victorious to connect with fans and make money from ads and in-app purchases
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The Next Web
Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
German Media Giant Bertelsmann Backs Indian Start-Up Fund — The multi-million dollar investment in the Digital Nirvana Fund is part of Bertelsmann's expansion into the fast-growing Asian media markets. — German media giant Bertelsmann has made a multi-million dollar investment …
David Meyer / Gigaom:
The right to resell ebooks — major case looms in the Netherlands — A major lawsuit is about to take place in the Netherlands, dragging the issue of the resale of digital media back into European courts. — On Tuesday this week, a local startup called Tom Kabinet opened the virtual doors on its secondhand ebook bookstore.
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@jeffjohnroberts
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Barrister David Wolfe to chair the press regulation recognition panel — A barrister, Dr David Wolfe QC, has been appointed as the inaugural chair of the recognition panel that was established by the royal charter on press regulation. — Wolfe, who is in practice at Matrix Chambers …
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@katiehwclark and HoldTheFrontPage
Miguel Helft / Fortune:
Q&A: Susan Wojcicki, CEO, YouTube on ad revenue, original content — How do you take the best parts of the traditional TV process and apply them to the Internet? YouTubeÂ's chief executive explains. For all its success, YouTube has long suffered from TV envy.
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@johnbattelle
Michael McWhertor / Polygon:
YouTube adding support for 60 FPS videos, tip jar for fan funding — YouTube announced today it's adding two new features that will benefit people who enjoy watching video games online and those who stream games online: 60 frames per second video playback and the option for fans to pay video creators directly through YouTube.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Liberty Global to start review of £100m pan-European media planning account — John Malone's firm plans review following purchase of Virgin Media last year, creating Europe's largest broadband business — John Malone's Liberty Global, which owns Virgin Media in the UK …
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