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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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ReadWrite, AdAge, Forbes, Publishers Weekly and GalleyCat
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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TIME, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat and The Next Web
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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Mashable, @gregorydjohnsen and @abeaujon
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Say Media selling content sites including XoJane and ReadWrite, which never achieved the scale needed to compete — Platishers, beware: Say Media gives up on publishing — Three years ago, Jane Pratt celebrated the launch of her new site XoJane with Say Media by throwing a party at the Jane Hotel …
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TechCrunch, @graubart, @jayrosen_nyu, @marshallk, @choire, @rafat, @mathewi, @bmorrissey and @selenalarson
Mica Rosenberg / Reuters:
Condé Nast agrees to $5.8 mln settlement in suit over intern pay — Condé Nast agreed on Thursday to pay $5.8 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by thousands of former interns at the publisher who said they were underpaid for work at the company's high-end magazines.
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Gawker and Capital New York
Bloomberg:
Satirist Onion Inc. Said to Hire Adviser for Sale — Everything in this story is actually, honestly true. — Onion Inc., owner of the satirical news site the Onion and the entertainment site the A.V. Club, has hired a financial adviser for a possible sale, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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@sfnick
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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Business Insider and Engadget
Katie Campbell / NetNewsCheck Latest:
Vox.com has hit 2015 traffic and revenue goals, co-founder Melissa Bell says — Vox.com Hits 2015 Traffic, Revenue Goals — In just over six months, Vox.com has already surpassed its traffic expectations and met its revenue goals for next year, its co-founder said yesterday.
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@ufonline, @ufjschool and Featured stories
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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Fast Company, Engadget, 9to5Mac, App Advice and The Verge
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 …
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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London Evening Standard, NASDAQ.com, Sky News, RTÉ, The Next Web, The Drum, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter and Reuters
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BSkyB to be rebranded as Sky after takeover of European sister companies
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