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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Times names a ‘print editor’ for metro — Dean Chang, who serves as city editor for The New York Times, has been appointed to the new position of “print editor” for the metro section. — In his new role, Chang “will be responsible for planning, coordinating and executing metro's daily print section …
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FishbowlNY, @jayrosen_nyu, @niemanlab, @kleinmatic and @bgrueskin
John McDermott / Digiday:
Snapchat in talks with CNN, Comedy Central, Vice, more for upcoming launch of Discover — Snapchat is in partnership talks with BuzzFeed, Time, others — Snapchat is in negotiations with Comedy Central, Spotify and Vice for the upcoming launch of Discover, a section within the app …
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dotRising and Business Insider
Press Gazette:
Sun six trial told that News Corp gave evidence on journalists to police to stop coporate prosecution — The Sun six conspiracy trial was told yesterday that News Corp handed evidence about journalists over to the police in order to save the company itself from a corporate prosecution.
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@dangillmor
Esther Breger / The New Republic:
Fusion's Election Night Coverage Was Like ‘The Daily Show’ For People Who Think Politics Don't Matter — For most news networks, election night is a time to solidify one's image and unveil new technologies. CNN had its usual flashy stunts, and the flashiest was the Empire State Building …
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@jayrosen_nyu
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish Prepared to Take TNT, TBS Off Lineup, Leave CNN Dark for Good: Ergen — Satcaster's chairman says it has hit technical snags for OTT service but still plans launch by end of 2014 FILM TV DIGITAL CONTENDERS VIDEO DIRT JOBS MORE SIGN IN search HOMEBIZNEWS Dish Prepared to Take TNT …
Harro ten Wolde / Reuters:
Axel Springer core profit growth slows as print declines — FRANKFURT, Nov 5 (Reuters) - German publisher Axel Springer on Wednesday reported a slowdown in its core profit growth as a continued decline in print circulation weighed. The publisher of Europe's top-selling daily “Bild” …
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China Daily:
China to require foreign TV shows and movies to have permits and be reviewed before streaming — Foreign TV shows online will need permits — China's TV watchdog released tougher regulations for foreign TV shows available on online streaming sites, raising concerns among Chinese fans and the online video industry.
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Hollywood Reporter, CINEMABLEND, Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal
Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal:
New App ‘Hash’ Attempts to Better Organize Tweets Around Events — For years, new Twitter users have complained that the social media service is too hard to navigate. Finding relevant content before it gets lost in the noise can prove challenging. — While over half a billion tweets …
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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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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Brent Lang / Variety:
Time Warner Q3: revenue up 3% to $6.24B; Turner Broadcasting up 5% to $2.4B; HBO up 10% to $1.3B — Time Warner Quarterly Earnings Beat Wall Street Projections — Time Warner third quarter earnings beat Wall Street's estimates. Revenues at the company increased 3% to $6.24 billion versus $6.04 billion …
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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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@digiday, @dangillmor and @sirsteven