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Andrew Khouri / Los Angeles Times:
Freedom Communications ceases publication of L.A. Register — The Los Angeles Register, which launched in April as part Aaron Kushner's bold bet on print newspapers, will cease publication, effective immediately. — Orange County Register co-owner Aaron Kushner announced the decision Monday night in a memo sent to employees.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney's Maker Studios Pacts with MiTú to Produce Latino YouTube Content — Maker Studios, the YouTube multichannel network owned by Disney, reached an exclusive deal with Latino-focused MCN MiTú to develop original and branded content aimed at the fast-growing U.S. Hispanic market.
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Ilya Khrennikov / Bloomberg:
Springer, Pearson Independence in Russia Tested by Media Bill — Russia's planned amendments to media law are threatening independent publications run by companies such as News Corp. (NWSA), Pearson Plc (PSON) and Axel Springer SE in the country, according to the Moscow-based Center for Political Technologies.
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Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
Vevo ramps up original programming, adds over 100 new episodes — Vevo original shows are multiplying — and getting animated — The streaming service is amping up its own original content with its programming slate so far, finding visitors spend more time when they have more than just slick music videos to dive into.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
HBO, Amazon Prime and Broadband for $40 a Month at AT&T — It's still nearly impossible to get HBO, or any other pay-TV channel, without subscribing to a pay-TV package that gives you a bundle of channels, whether you want them or not. — But the people who sell you TV are starting to tinker with the model, at least at the margins.
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
New York Times launches real-time aggregated feed of headlines, tweets, multimedia on homepage — Watching what happens: The New York Times is making a front-page bet on real-time aggregation — The rhythms of the homepage of NYTimes.com are by now familiar, even a little predictable.
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Jim Romenesko:
Moody's sees “little evidence” that digital subs will help US newspapers and magazines — Moody's: ‘Our outlook for the U.S. newspapers and magazines sector is negative’ — No surprise: A new report from Moody's Investors Service says the outlook for newspapers and magazines “is negative through at least late 2015.”
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
A Tailor-Made Publisher Taking Over Jeff Bezos' Washington Post — WASHINGTON — Frederick J. Ryan Jr. juggles black-tie invitations, while Jeff Bezos shuns the social limelight for reading about space travel. — Former colleagues of Mr. Ryan joke that for him casual Friday is a day without …
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Jonathan Weber out as Managing Editor of The Information — Weber out as ME of The Information — Weber wrote, “I'm out as managing editor of @theinformation, an abrupt turn of events. Best of luck to the fine staff there.” Weber had joined the site earlier this year after being the West Coast bureau chief for Reuters.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Apple won't shut down the Beats Music streaming service, but the Beats Music brand may change — Apple's Beats Music Brand May Go Away. Apple's Beats Music Service Is Sticking Around. — Earlier this year, Apple bought Beats Music and Beats Electronics for $3 billion.
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Esquire:
On Fareed Zakaria and plagiarism: anonymous media watchdogs explore CNN's lack of response — CNN DOES NOT GET TO CHERRYPICK THE RULES OF JOURNALISM — The news is evolving. Old media is not evolving with it. … Over the past month, two anonymous journalists have detailed several dozen examples …
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The Tyee:
The Tyee Names Jane Armstrong Its New Editor-in-Chief — Veteran Canadian journalist set to steer ‘the best newsroom in British Columbia.’ — The new editor-in-chief of The Tyee is the experienced, highly decorated Canadian journalist Jane Armstrong. She will take over the day-to-day running …
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ urges US to mitigate threats to journalism, newsgathering — Dear President Obama: The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide, is writing to express its concern about the effects of intelligence and law enforcement …
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The Huffington Post and @quintsimon
John Biggs / TechCrunch:
Amazon Looking To The Wisdom Of Crowds To Find New Authors — According to a Kindle Direct Publishing forum user, Amazon is quietly rolling out a way to find diamonds in the proverbial publishing rough. The unnamed project would bring a crowd approach to the acquisition of new titles using …
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The Digital Reader, Melville House Books and Publishers Weekly
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
An Article on Shonda Rhimes Rightly Causes a Furor — The article on the television producer Shonda Rhimes hadn't yet appeared in Sunday's paper, but the virtual world was ablaze in protest over it on Friday after it was published online. — Written by the longtime TV critic, Alessandra Stanley …
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