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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff to leave at the end of the year, CFO will take over during CEO search — Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff Heads for the Door. (Memo) — Rio Caraeff, who has run the Vevo music video service since its creation in 2009, is leaving at the end of the year.
Discussion:
New York Post, New York Times, @pkafka and Variety
Michael Rondon / Folio:
How magazines like Scientific American, The Atlantic, and Vogue are monetizing their archives — How America's Oldest Magazines Are Modernizing (And Monetizing) Their Archives — Iconic magazines have different strategies for surfacing their pasts. — TIME launched its digital archive …
Bill Keller / The Marshall Project:
Nonprofit news site The Marshall Project, edited by Bill Keller, launches to cover America's criminal justice system — A Letter from Our Editor — In March I left The New York Times after 30 years there as a reporter, editor and columnist to help launch something new …
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@nxthompson, @marshallproj, @lilianasegura, @danagoldstein and @lexinyt
Sarah Marshall / Medium:
Why social is key to creating habit-forming news products — Social media editors such as myself may often be judged on the traffic they drive to a news site rather than on reader engagement. — Here is a theory for demonstrating the importance of social engagement and how community is key …
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@pennyriordan1, @isabeluemmel, @newswhip, @jenwilsonto and @rubinafillion
John Herrman / The Awl:
A comparison of the number of social interactions on web sites embedding John Oliver videos — The John Oliver Video Sweepstakes: Finale — Each week, the industry observes a sacred ritual: Together, but not quite in sync, dozens of websites embed and then post the longest segment from John Oliver's HBO show, Last Week Tonight.
TechCrunch:
Uber Integrates With Spotify To Let Passengers Become Backseat DJs — Uber is adding a new feature to its mobile app that could allow passengers to play DJ while they take a ride with one of its drivers. Thanks to an integration with Spotify, Uber will soon make music a central part of its ride-hailing service.
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hypebot, VentureBeat, New York Times, The Next Web, Mashable, Engadget, VatorNews, The Verge, @mikeisaac, @tomgara, @megan, @dmac1, @startupljackson and Business Insider
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
With theBomb, The Makers Of theChive Aim To Create A Viral Video Hub — Resignation Media, the startup behind the popular photo site theChive, is moving into the viral video business with the launch of a new property, theBomb. — Even if you're not a regular Chive visitor (or …
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Why Is Investor Shervin Pishevar Amassing a Stake in Demand Media? He Likes the CEO. — Shervin Pishevar, the Silicon Valley investor who has put early money in hot startups like Uber, is making an unusual play of late by buying up shares of much beleaguered content and e-commerce company Demand Media.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
The Poynter Institute lost $3.5 million in 2013, makes progress toward new revenue sources — The Poynter Institute filed its financial statement for 2013 with the Internal Revenue Service Friday. It shows a loss of about $3.5 million for that year. — Poynter has taken a number of steps …
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JIMROMENESKO.COM and Poynter
David Lieberman / Deadline:
CBS Warns That Its Stations Might Go Dark On Dish Network — Here we go: CBS introduced a web site today warning Dish Network customers that when its carriage deal expires this month the No. 2 satellite company “may drop” the network-owned stations in 14 cities including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Detroit.
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Deadline, @tv_agent, Variety and Los Angeles Times
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
President Barack Obama seems to oppose James Risen jailing — YANGON, Myanmar—President Barack Obama Friday reinforced the perception that a New York Times journalist won't be thrown in jail for refusing to identify his confidential sources for a book that allegedly contained highly classified …
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The Huffington Post, @hunt_collin and USA Today
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Layoffs hit CNBC.com, with about eight people losing jobs — Layoffs at CNBC.com — Layoffs have hit CNBC.com, TVNewser has learned. Around eight staffers have been cut. — At the same time, CNBC.com is adding to the roster. Eric Chemi is joining as senior editor-at-large of Data Journalism.
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Business Insider, @kimbhasin, @jeffallenlive and BuzzFeed