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Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
Netflix now has more subscription revenue than HBO — Netflix CEO Reed Hastings humble-bragged on Facebook today: + Reed Hastings on Facebook He's right. (About the financials, at least—Silicon Valley, an HBO sitcom about tech startups, was really bad.) Here's how HBO's subscription revenue compares …
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Business Insider and Reed Hastings
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Adam Epstein / Quartz:
HBO Go is poised to become more like Netflix
HBO Go is poised to become more like Netflix
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Deadline.com, @qz and @zseward
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Google partners with Barnes & Noble for same-day book deliveries from stores in West LA, SF Bay Area, and Manhattan — Google and Barnes & Noble Unite to Take On Amazon — Google and Barnes & Noble are joining forces to tackle their mutual rival Amazon, zeroing in on a service …
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Gigaom, The Verge, Engadget, @levie, GeekWire, @robneyer, Bookseller news, The Next Web and Re/code
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Ex-BBC Chief Technology Officer John Linwood wins unfair dismissal case against corporation — Sacked BBC technology chief wins unfair dismissal case — John Linwood claimed he was made the ‘fall guy’ for the £100m Digital Media Initiative fiasco — The BBC's former chief …
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BBC and The Courier
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The New York Times explores cheaper digital subscriptions — The New York Times is considering a cheaper version of its digital subscription as it continues to look for ways to get more revenue out of consumers. — According to a survey sent to readers this week, the new offering …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Crowdfunding bid to acquire Rupert Murdoch's Times and Sunday Times — Idealists of the world unite! An organisation calling itself Let's Own The News has launched a crowdfunding campaign with the aim of acquiring the Times and Sunday Times. — It believes £100m would do the job …
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Let's Own The News and Press Gazette
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Longform templates for web content are outdated, yet publishers still opt for oversized photos — Why article pages are going big on photos — There's a paradox in digital media: Users are bouncing around from site to site, faster than ever, but more publishers are choosing …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Maker Studios Claims Former CEO Owes $325K as Result of Disney Merger (Exclusive) — After a judge refuses the digital video company's bid to kill Danny Zappin's claims, the new Disney subsidiary files a cross-complaint. — Since former Maker Studios CEO Danny Zappin filed a lawsuit alleging …
Michael McWhertor / Polygon:
Twitch implements YouTube-like system for blocking copyrighted audio — Twitch users now need to be more vigilant about the music they play while making gameplay videos. Starting today, Twitch is now scanning videos for unauthorized third-party audio — in-game and ambient music — and automatically muting that content.
David Cuen / BBC:
BBC launches first social media-only news service - for Thailand — On 22 May, the Royal Thai Armed Forces staged a military coup and soon after international channels including BBC World News TV were taken off air temporarily. It was clear then that, to fill the international news void …
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Nieman Journalism Lab, MediaNama, @davidcuen and The Desk
Bob Dietz / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Q&A: Pakistan's Hamid Mir speaks about climate for press freedom following attack — In April, Geo News senior anchor Hamid Mir was shot multiple times shortly after a CPJ delegation met with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who pledged to take several steps to improve journalist security.
Monica Anderson / Pew Research Center:
The job market tightens, but new journalism grads remain upbeat — Job growth for recent journalism and mass communication grads stalled in 2013 with minority students hit particularly hard by the slowdown, according to a new University of Georgia survey of nearly 1,800 bachelor's and master's degree recipients.
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@pewjournalism, @joelcifer, @macloo and @danalpage
Heidi Moore / Guardian:
Spin-offs, break-ups and dropped bids: can big media survive without moguls? — As news conglomerates break apart, the Rupert Murdochs of the world need to look further down the food chain for the next great money-makers — If Time Warner was hoping for a major league suitor, Rupert Murdoch just dropped Fox's acquisition offer.
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New York Times, @nickwoltman, @dfnewscat, @danamo, @kdoctor, @galenmoore, @socialkimly, Businessweek, @carr2n and The New York Observer