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Reuters:
Axel Springer drops bid to block Google from running snippets of news, citing traffic decline — Germany's top publisher bows to Google in news licensing row — (Reuters) - Germany's biggest news publisher Axel Springer has scrapped a bid to block Google from running snippets of articles …
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Gigaom, Wall Street Journal and The Verge
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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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Axel Springer SE, Reuters, Reuters and rttnews.com
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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@kathrynschulz, @tomgara, @mikeisaac, @niemanlab and @jayrosen_nyu
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, @bgrueskin, @jayrosen_nyu, @niemanlab and @kleinmatic
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Time Warner executives on HBO streaming plans, Dish Network dispute — HBO and Turner Broadcasting were the hot topics on Time Warner's third-quarter earnings call Wednesday morning. Analysts had questions about HBO's planned “over-the-top” service, as well as Turner's carriage dispute with Dish Network.
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
English PEN calls for review of ‘chilling’ press regulation legislation — English PEN, the free speech and literature charity, is calling for a review of legislation underpinning press regulation. — It has raised concerns, in a report issued today, about the creation of a new class of publisher …
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Joshua Rozenberg / Guardian:
Walter Merricks appointed chair of “Leveson-compliant” independent press regulator and Ipso rival Impress
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@richardmoorhead, @joshuarozenberg and Guardian
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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SocialTimes, dotRising and Business Insider
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Unable to find a local partner, the much praised Homicide Watch D.C. is shutting down — Philly's lauded GunCrisis.org is stopping daily gun-crime reporting — More sad news from the startups-covering-local-crime world. Yesterday, it was Philadelphia's GunCrisis.org …
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Poynter, Homicide Watch DC, @mathewi and @dicktofel
Linda Nguyen / The Canadian Press:
Toronto Star to eliminate paywall, launch new tablet edition — Torstar CEO David Holland speaks to shareholders at their annual general meeting in Toronto on May 7. — TORONTO — Torstar Corp. plans to remove the paywall at the country's largest newspaper, the Toronto Star …
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Poynter, Toronto Star, The Canadian Press and Globe and Mail
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
In Europe, Spotify Royalties Overtake iTunes Earnings By 13% — Spotify may be smarting from the removal of Taylor Swift's music catalogue from its platform, and Taylor Swift may not care, since she is riding a sales blockbuster in the form of her new album 1989, but it turns out that in the bigger picture …
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Los Angeles Times, Yahoo! Finance, 9to5Mac, Complete Music Update, VatorNews, Music Ally, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal and hypebot
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
What's Behind Taylor Swift's Decision to Drop Spotify
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TIME, Wall Street Journal, Wired, www.wnyc.org, Telegraph, hypebot, Rolling Stone and BusinessJournalism.org …
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 …
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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Guardian and @dangillmor
Brett Zongker / Associated Press:
Newseum CEO departs amid fundraising struggles — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief executive of the Newseum and its parent organization the Freedom Forum is resigning from the museum of journalism and the First Amendment after three years at the helm of an institution struggling to cover its costs.
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Poynter
Ben Woods / The Next Web:
BFI revamps its on-demand platform for indie movies — The British Film Institute (BFI) has redesigned its platform for independent films to make it easier for users to navigate, and to provide room to show off additional content. — As well as making things a little slicker and simpler …
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ScreenDaily, IP&TV News, Broadband TV News, Digital TV Europe, Televisual and Engadget
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Viddy, Once Touted As ‘The Instagram For Video’, Will Shut Down On December 15 — Remember Viddy? The one-time red hot mobile video app is closing down. That's according to Fullscreen, the company that bought it for $20 million — a snip of its peak valuation — earlier this year.
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viddy blog, App Advice, viddy blog, socalTECH.com and VideoInk
Georgia Graham / Telegraph:
BBC accused of gagging older women who are ‘forced out’ of their jobs — Miriam O'Reilly, the former Countryfile presenter who won an age discrimination case against the BBC, quotes six women she claims have been forced out of BBC news programmes because of their age
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Daily Express, Daily Mail, Guardian, The Independent and The Times
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune Publishing Q3: revenue down 5% to $404M; digital ad revenue fell 7.4% to $44M — Tribune Publishing reports loss in 3rd quarter — Become a digitalPLUS subscriber. 99¢ for 4 weeks.
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Poynter, Capital New York, HartfordBusiness.com, WKRB News and Talking New Media
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