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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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BBC:
Myanmar journalist's body exhumed for investigation — The body of Burmese freelance journalist Aung Naing is being exhumed for an investigation into his death. — Aung Naing was shot dead while in army custody over a month ago. He had been arrested in September while reporting on clashes at the Thai border.
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Guardian, TIME and World Bulletin
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
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 …
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@yoreekoh
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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Press Gazette, @ralpost, @jules_carey, @dangillmor and @mediaguardian
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
Tess Stynes / Wall Street Journal:
Liberty Media Set to Complete Spinoff; Revenue Rises — Revenue, Operating Earnings Helped by SiriusXM Results — Liberty Media Corp. said it expects to complete the spinoff of its cable business Tuesday as the media company also reported its third-quarter revenue and operating earnings improved …
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Hollywood Reporter
Joshua Rozenberg / Guardian:
Walter Merricks appointed chair of “Leveson-compliant” independent press regulator and Ipso rival Impress — Walter Merricks appointed chair of new independent monitor for the press — Impress intends to be Leveson-compliant, and will offer an arbitration service - setting it apart from its rival, Ipso
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@joshuarozenberg
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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TechNode
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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MediaWire Daily, Talking New Media and Business Wire
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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
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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@niemanlab, @marthabayne and @belt_magazine
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