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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Amazon and Hachette Resolve Dispute — Amazon and Hachette announced Thursday morning that they have resolved their differences and signed a new multiyear contract, bringing to an official end one of the most bitter publishing conflicts in recent years. — Neither side gave details of the deal …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:
In new agreement with Amazon, Hachette will set prices for its ebooks — Updated: Amazon and Hachette finally reach deal; Hachette will set its ebook prices — Amazon and book publisher Hachette have finally reached a deal in the contentious and public negotiations that have been going on since May …
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
John Cook out as First Look Media's Intercept EIC, will return to Gawker Media to run investigations — John Cook leaves The Intercept — Intercept Editor-in-Chief John Cook is leaving the publication and returning to Gawker Media to run investigations, an individual with knowledge of the hire tells Poynter.
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
John Cook's rehire is sign of new, integrated editorial approach at Gawker Media
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Reddit CEO Yishan Wong resigns, Ellen Pao to be interim CEO, Alexis Ohanian back full time as executive chairman — Reddit Chief Executive Resigns as Company Shuffles Top Ranks — Reddit, the popular online community message board, wants to grow up into a viable business.
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Alexis Ohanian / reddit:
As executive chairman, Alexis Ohanian says Reddit's focus will be on mobile, UX, and community tools — Coming home — Yishan Wong sent the board his resignation notice. We are grateful for his contributions over the last few years, including growing reddit from 35M to 174M …
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Sony launches PlayStation Vue web-based TV service with all major broadcast and some cable networks, testing in NYC with broad rollout in Q1 2015 — Sony to Introduce Web-Based TV Service, PlayStation Vue — Sony is pressing play on a new web-based television service that represents …
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Capital New York:
Q&A with Choire Sicha on The Awl's redesign, paying writers, and banner ads — The 60-second interview: Choire Sicha, co-founder, The Awl network — CAPITAL: The Awl's website relaunched yesterday. How long has this redesign been in the works? Why was this a good time for the site to be upgraded?
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New York Times:
NYT responds to Chinese President Xi: The Times won't alter its coverage to meet the demands of any government — A Response to President Xi Jinping — During their summit meeting in Beijing, President Obama and President Xi Jinping of China made much of their agreement to ease visa restrictions …
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Kate Holton / Reuters:
BSkyB's price tag for Europe deal rises to 6.9 billion pounds — (Reuters) - BSkyB (BSY.L) said on Wednesday the price for acquiring Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland (SKYDn.DE) had risen to 6.9 billion pounds after a greater number of investors signed up for the German offer than expected.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BSkyB to be rebranded as Sky after takeover of European sister companies
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Andrew Golis / Medium:
This., one-link-a-day sharing network, launches in invite-only beta — Make “This.” Yours — We launched the beta of This. today. Which is pretty great. — This. is a site we've been building to help people find and share the web's best stories, ideas and arguments.
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@nczeitgeist, @lpolgreen, @thisdotcm and Mashable
Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Major record labels pressure digital services to curtail free-trial periods but execs say free drives paid — Era of Free Digital Music Wanes — Artists and Labels Prod Music Services to Convert Listeners to Subscribers — Enjoy the free tunes while you can: The party may be winding …
Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
Rdio matches Spotify by lowering the price of its family subscription plan to $5 for each extra member — Less than a month after Spotify announced it was introducing family subscription plans, Rdio has revealed that it's lowering the price of its own family plans to $5 for each extra subscriber.
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Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:
Samsung Preps New Mobile Video Service — Samsung Electronics is rebooting its mobile video strategy in a test of whether short-form video content can drive mobile revenues just as games have. — The South Korean company has earmarked several tens of millions of dollars to invest …
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The Huffington Post:
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Tells Silicon Valley He's Open To Obama Net Neutrality Plan — WASHINGTON - On Monday, President Barack Obama went public with his support of an aggressive approach to protecting net neutrality. Shortly after that, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler told …
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Amy Schatz / Re/code:
No Net Neutrality Rules Until 2015 as Disagreements About Plan Continue
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