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Alec Wilkinson / New Yorker:
Modern Farmer's Ann Marie Gardner negotiates a tense relationship with her primary funder while keeping a young magazine vibrant — Read It and Reap — Each issue of Modern Farmer, the stylish agrarian quarterly, has an austere portrait of an animal on the cover. So far, there have been six.
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@brookejarvis, @scootes and @bbqsnob
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Former Fox TV studio chief Emiliano Calemzuk to lead Time Inc's VOD and SVOD push — Time Inc. Taps Fox Alum Emiliano Calemzuk to Lead Online Video Push (EXCLUSIVE) — Time inc. is ready to go long on longform video. The publishing giant has cut a deal with former Fox Television Studios …
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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Time Inc. earnings: digital ad revenue up 5% to $65M, print ads down 1% to $363M
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Capital New York, New York Times, AdAge, FishbowlNY and AdExchanger
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Q&A with tech reporter on the PR-blogger relationship: can do job without any outbound request — Confessions of a tech reporter: 'I've been called a hater' — The spread in recent years of technology into every aspect of daily life has called for a corresponding rise of media coverage.
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Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Rovi Acquires Fan TV To Bolster Its Cloud-Based Video Discovery Products — Rovi is announcing the acquisition of video discovery startup Fan TV today. The deal will add to Rovi's portfolio of cloud-based guide offerings for service providers, while also giving it some consumer-facing apps.
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AllAccess.com, FierceCable, Gigaom and Variety
Brent Lang / Variety:
Warner Bros. CEO Issues Memo on Layoffs: ‘These Changes are Challenging’ — Warner Bros. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Tsujihara announced in a company-wide memo that layoffs at the film and television studio will begin Tuesday. Variety first reported that staffing cuts will begin this week …
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The Wrap, Variety, Deadline and Home Media Magazine
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Xiaomi To Invest $1B In Online Video Content — Xiaomi just announced on its official Weibo account that it plans to invest $1 billion in online video content to support its smart television ecosystem. — The investment will be overseen by two Xiaomi executives who have considerable experience building online content.
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
By the book: How Belt Publishing led to an online magazine covering the industrial Midwest — Late last month, 4,000 books were delivered to Belt Publishing's office in Cleveland from a printer one state over in Scranton. — “Me — and hopefully two, but maybe just one other person …
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@marthabayne, @belt_magazine and @niemanlab
Brent Lang / Variety:
21st Century Fox Q1 earnings beat estimates with $.48 EPS, $7.89B revenue, strong film slate — 21st Century Fox Earnings Trump Expectations, Stock Rises — Strong advertising sales and a record-breaking film slate lifted revenues and earnings at 21st Century Fox, helping the media …
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Capital New York, Business Wire, Broadcasting & Cable, @jboorstin, Reuters and Hollywood Reporter
Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Police misuse of Ripa powers to spy on journalists is systemic, MPs told — National Union of Journalists says police routinely bypass need for judicial scrutiny to discover journalistic sources with Ripa — The National Union of Journalists has told parliament that police misuse …
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Jim Romenesko:
Plain Dealer ombud: Why I haven't written about the campaign video removal controversy — I recently got this email from a frustrated Cleveland Plain Dealer staffer: — “It is so obvious to those of us who work here the huge difference between the PD and NEOMG [Northweast Ohio Media Group] …
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@ericktrickey, @jayrosen_nyu and @johnmcquaid
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
What's Behind Taylor Swift's Decision to Drop Spotify — Taylor Swift baffled fans and critics alike yesterday by removing her entire catalog from Spotify Ltd., the popular music-streaming service. — Swift had already declined to give Spotify her new album, “1989,” the biggest release of the year.
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www.wnyc.org, Rolling Stone, hypebot, BusinessJournalism.org …, TIME and Business Insider
Abhirup Roy / Reuters:
Discovery Q3: $.46 EPS, beating estimates; cuts forecast on weak ratings, tensions with Russia — Discovery cuts forecast on strong dollar, problems in Russia — (Reuters) - Discovery Communications Inc (DISCA.O), owner of cable channels such as Animal Planet and Discovery Channel …
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ir.corporate.discovery.com and Hollywood Reporter
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