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Eric Blattberg / Digiday:
Reuters TV aims to personalize news broadcasts — With Reuters TV, a smart video app for news junkies, Reuters is once again trying to establish itself as a consumer brand. — The news giant unveiled Reuters TV at a Monday night soiree in its Times Square headquarters.
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Lost Remote, @digiday, @brianstelter, Talking Biz News, @bbcsteveh, @moorehn, @antderosa and Quartz
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Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:
Reuters announces on-demand Reuters TV to launch in 2015
Reuters announces on-demand Reuters TV to launch in 2015
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VideoInk
Daniel Ek / Spotify Blog:
Spotify has paid music industry $2B to date, $1B since last year; has 12.5M paying subscribers; top artists to exceed $6M/year in payments — $2 Billion and Counting — Taylor Swift is absolutely right: music is art, art has real value, and artists deserve to be paid for it.
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New York Times, Re/code, Gigaom, Fast Company, Pocket-lint, BBC, Electronista, Business Insider, App Advice, VentureBeat, Mashable, The Next Web and blogs.ft.com
Hanna Rosin / The New Republic:
Disgraced reporter Stephen Glass opens up to an old colleague and apologizes, 16 years after his fall — Hello, My Name Is Stephen Glass, and I'm Sorry — He nearly destroyed this magazine. Sixteen years later, his former best friend finally confronts him.
Discussion:
New York Magazine, @jaredbkeller, @totallyslutsky, @tom_watson, @mattneistein, @mtredden, @sbnlukethomas, @nero, @davidplotz, @migueldelaney, @hofrench, @thefix, @edmorrissey, @davidsirota, @rebeccarnelson, @susandominus, @howardkurtz, @longform, @matthewshaer, @lineholm1, @tnr, @raheelk, @emilydreyfuss, @mjcontrera, @ptaddonio, @chrishughes, @citizencohn, @carloslozadawp, @colvinius, @emilynussbaum, @eamonjavers, @alecmacgillis, @jayrosen_nyu, @dpaqreport, @speechboy71 and @j_fuller
Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
The New Yorker rolls out metered paywall — The New Yorker launched a metered paywall Tuesday morning, the magazine's editors announced in an editors' note. The paywall allows non-subscribers to access six free articles—whether they are print magazine pieces or online-only stories—and an unlimited number of videos per month.
Discussion:
New Yorker, The New York Observer, FishbowlNY and @petersterne
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Matt Buchanan / The Awl:
Modified paywall returns Tuesday to New Yorker, with 6 free articles/month, no free archive
Modified paywall returns Tuesday to New Yorker, with 6 free articles/month, no free archive
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bookforum.com, @tcarmody, @choire, @ceodonovan, @samkirkla, @velocitywong, @michaelroston and @ruths
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Matter announces finalists for international reporting fellowship — Matter announced an international reporting fellowship in September. It pays pretty well: $10,000 plus another $5,000 for travel expenses. On Tuesday morning the publication, which is owned by Medium, named six finalists …
Jack Shafer:
Government officials impersonating reporters will further erode public trust in journalism — Stop or I'll write! Why cops shouldn't fake being reporters. — Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James B. Comey waved his truncheon at the New York Times last week in a concise letter of protest addressed to the paper's editor.
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, Poynter, @erikwemple, @colvinius, @deanpwright, @reutersopinion, Committee to Protect … and Techdirt
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
AP CEO demands answers from DOJ, FBI over fake news ploy
AP CEO demands answers from DOJ, FBI over fake news ploy
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Mediaite and FishbowlNY
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Washington Post: Zakaria columns ‘problematic’ — The Washington Post is likely to add editor's notes to five columns by Fareed Zakaria in the wake of a report by plagiarism watchdog Our Bad Media, Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt told POLITICO on Monday.
Discussion:
The Buttry Diary, @popehat, Our Bad Media, @hofrench, @buzzfeedben, @joshuafoust, @bretbaier, @mlcalderone, New York Magazine and Poynter
Jonah Bromwich / New York Times:
Vimeo pushes into original content, funds “High Maintenance” directly, charges $2 per episode — With ‘High Maintenance,’ Vimeo Invests in Original Content — “High Maintenance,” a web series on Vimeo about the many customers of a Brooklyn marijuana dealer, has won a devoted following and plenty of critical acclaim.
Discussion:
SocialTimes, Slate and mUmBRELLA
Robert Mann / Adweek:
BuzzFeed hires Tessa Gould, Huffington Post's former director of native advertising, to monetize content — BuzzFeed Hires HuffPo's Director of Native Advertising — Tessa Gould will search for ways to monetize content — BuzzFeed is getting more serious about monetization with the hiring …
Discussion:
FishbowlNY and @mikeisaac
Erik Sass / MediaPost:
Cox Relaunches Newspaper Web Sites — Cox Media Group is relaunching all of its newspaper Web sites, beginning with its flagship publication, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the company announced this week. Other Cox publications will follow in coming weeks, including the Austin American-Statesman …
Discussion:
Creative Loafing Atlanta, @raju, PR Newswire, News & Tech and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
BBC mulls paying local newspapers for content and fund to pay for court reporting — BBC head of news James Harding said the corporation is investigating buying content from local newspapers and setting up a fund to pay for court reporting. — And he also hit back at the widespread complaint …
Discussion:
@gazthejourno and @evansthecrime
Press Gazette:
Met anti-terrorism database holds more than 2,000 records relating to journalists — The Metropolitan Police holds more than 2,000 records relating to journalists and photographers on a confidential anti-extemist database, it has been reported today. — The records are held …
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The Times and @neilwallis1
Re/code:
President Obama's net neutrality proposal may seem like a victory, but language surrounding interconnection and usage-based pricing lacks clarity — What President Obama's Net Neutrality Proposal Means — President Obama's broadband announcement seems like a big victory for net neutrality activists …
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Washington Post, BBC, FCC.gov, Talking Biz News, TIME and The Verge
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Aaron Pressman / Yahoo! Finance:
Obama's call for net neutrality spells trouble for Time Warner Cable-Comcast deal
Obama's call for net neutrality spells trouble for Time Warner Cable-Comcast deal
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Tech Trader Daily, @brianstelter, Variety, Multichannel News, Reuters, Businessweek, @ampressman and Gigaom
Allison Quinn / The Moscow Times:
Kommersant Editor Steps Down Amid Rumors of Pressure From Above — The editor-in-chief of business daily Kommersant has resigned, triggering speculation Monday that he was forced out over a recent article in the newspaper about oil giant Rosneft. — While theories behind the move multiplied …
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Tom Parfitt / Telegraph:
Russia launches ‘Sputnik’ media offensive to counter US propaganda
Russia launches ‘Sputnik’ media offensive to counter US propaganda
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BuzzFeed, Voice of America, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Reuters and Guardian