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Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:
In Amazon/Hachette deal, ebook agency pricing is a winner — In the deal that Amazon and Hachette Book Group finally reached Thursday after months of bitter negotiations, we don't really know which side “won,” if one side did. But one survivor — perhaps surprisingly — was agency pricing for ebooks.
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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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Bloomberg:
Owner of the Onion, A.V. Club, and Clickhole sites hires GCA Savvian bankers to explore sale — 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 …
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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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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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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Trinity Mirror to close seven regional newspapers with loss of 50 jobs — Trinity Mirror has announced the closure of seven regional newspapers, with the loss of 50 jobs expected. — All three of the publisher's Berkshire titles - the Reading Post, GetReading and the Wokingham and Bracknell Times …
Amy Schatz / Re/code:
CBS, Disney, Viacom, other media firms ask appeals court to keep contracts private in FCC merger reviews of Comcast-TWC and AT&T-DirecTV — TV Networks Ask Courts to Keep Contracts Private in Comcast Merger Review — CBS, Walt Disney Co. and other media companies asked …
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New York Times:
NYT technologists issue friendly challenge to site owners to convert to HTTPS by 2015 — Embracing HTTPS — In light of a growing number of cyber security and data privacy concerns, replacing HTTP with its secure alternative, HTTPS, is becoming increasingly important.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Streaming Video Alliance Trade Group Launches, Without Netflix or YouTube — A group of 17 service providers, content companies and tech vendors has formed the Streaming Video Alliance, aimed at formulating industry-wide standards and establishing best practices for high-scale Internet video services.
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Irish Independent:
Six Sun journalists cleared of conspiracy charges in corruption case — Six journalists and senior staff at the Sun accused of corrupting public officials have been cleared of an “overarching” conspiracy, a court has heard. — Google — Judge Richard Marks QC ruled at Kingston Crown Court …
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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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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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
John Cook's rehire is sign of new, integrated editorial approach at Gawker Media — John Cook is returning to Gawker Media as part of what the company's editorial director, Joel Johnson, calls its “first executive-level, meta-level team.” — Gawker Media will “almost certainly” …
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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
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