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First Look Media opens up about Matt Taibbi's departure, details months of internal turmoil — The Inside Story Of Matt Taibbi's Departure From First Look Media — Matt Taibbi, who joined First Look Media just seven months ago, left the company on Tuesday.
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
9 takeways from the New York Times Co. 3rd quarter earnings call — The New York Times Co. joined McClatchy yesterday in booking a rare operating loss for the third quarter, $9 million or about 2.5 percent on revenues of $364.7 million. — But the many moving parts of the Times digital …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Times brass tout native, digital subs as bright spots — Digital advertising growth and digital subscriptions got lots of love from New York Times executives as the company reported its third-quarter earnings results Thursday morning. — On a conference call with Wall Street analysts …
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New York Times:
NYT Q3 results: $364.7M revenue, 1.3% increased circulation, operating loss of $9M, digital subs up 20% year-on-year — The New York Times Company Reports 2014 Third-Quarter Results — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)— The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) announced today a third-quarter 2014 …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vice Media Pacts with Rogers for $100 Million Canadian Studio Venture — Vice Media and Canada's Rogers Communications, a media and communications conglom, have formed a $100 million joint venture to create a multimedia production studio dedicated to original programming from the Great White North.
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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Al Jazeera America Viewers Down Nearly 50 Percent From Current TV's Numbers — The winner and loser of the lawsuit between Al Jazeera America and former Current TV CEO Al Gore is yet to be determined, but ratings comparisons between the two show a clear winner. — See photos: Is One of These the Next Al Jazeera America Chief?
Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:
Flipboard debuts a big redesign and The Daily Edition, a morning news section — With a fresh coat of paint and a handful of new features, Flipboard targets competitors big and small — Finding the right news to read is hard. That's why hundreds of companies have jumped …
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Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
ABC News Takes Over ‘The View’ As Ratings Dwindle (Exclusive) — Incoming president Ben Sherwood steers franchise to division's non-fiction arm — For 18 seasons, “The View” has been one of the crown jewels of ABC Daytime programming block. But in a significant restructuring …
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Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
AP asks for accounting of fake FBI news stories — SEATTLE (AP) — Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy and The Associated Press sent separate letters to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday expressing concerns that the FBI faked an AP story to catch a bomb threat suspect in 2007.
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Newsquest cuts 20 jobs at Oxford as it switches production to south Wales — In yet another round of cutbacks, Newsquest is set to make 20 staff redundant at its Oxfordshire titles. The official announcement was made this afternoon. — It is part of the group's strategy of transferring …
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Kate Abnett / The Business of Fashion:
Telegraph Lays Off 55 Employees, Including Senior Fashion Staff — LONDON, United Kingdom — BoF has learned that The Telegraph is laying off 55 people from the newspaper's staff, as part of a round of cuts being made today and tomorrow. The redundancies will heavily impact …
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Industry vet launches Global Music Rights promising 30% higher royalties from radio and online — New Venture Seeks Higher Royalties for Songwriters — Smokey Robinson, the Eagles, Bruno Mars, John Lennon and Megadeth would not seem to have much in common.
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Gawker:
What Are The Odds These New Media Brands Will Survive? A Power Ranking — It was a sunny morning like any other (it was yesterday) when the shocking news fell on Mediatown: The future of a much-ballyhooed web startup, Racket, was in Limbo's grasp, due to warring egos, shifting amounts of start-up capital …
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