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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Facebook Prince Purges ‘The New Republic’: Inside the Destruction of a 100-Year-Old Magazine — Silicon Valley arrivistes have chosen to destroy the 100-year-old journal and build a “new BuzzFeed” in its place. — When Facebook billionaire Chris Hughes, the owner of The New Republic …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
TNR staff fear CEO Guy Vidra's plans for digital focus; meeting Friday, more resignations possible — Implosion of a Washington institution — Two weeks ago, Washingtonians gathered to celebrate the 100th birthday of The New Republic, the magazine that helped shape Woodrow Wilson's views …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trying to copy a digital media formula from BuzzFeed or the Huffington Post is wrong for The New Republic — A Eulogy for The New Republic — A century-old liberal institution gazes at the end. — Shares — Not long after he purchased The New Republic, Chris Hughes had lunch with me …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
New Republic shakeup: Foer and Wieseltier quit, Gabriel Snyder to replace Foer as editor; magazine moving to NYC, reducing print frequency — Frank Foer, Leon Wieseltier out at TNR — Franklin Foer and Leon Wieseltier, the top two editors at The New Republic, have just quit amid an editorial shakeup …
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC3: plans submitted for channel's closure in 2015 — Trust receives details of proposals for making youth-focused channel online only ahead of public consultation in January — BBC management has finally submitted plans to the corporation's governing body setting out formal proposals …
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Jason Deans / Guardian:
BBC Radio 4 Extra to broadcast hit US podcast Serial — US podcast to be broadcast daily at 9pm on digital station, beginning with Sarah Koenig re-investigating 1999 murder of high-school student Hae Min Lee in Baltimore — BBC Radio 4 Extra is to bring Serial, the critically lauded US podcast …
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Alexis C. Madrigal / Fusion:
Facebook mobile apps drive up to about half of unattributed mobile traffic, or “dark social”, to some media sites — Dark social traffic in the mobile app era — About two years ago, I wrote a story about a strange phenomenon on the web: in a medium known for its ability to track people …
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Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Starz Said to Consider New Options as It Fails to Find Buyer — Starz LLC (STRZA), the pay-TV channel with more than 50 million subscribers, is considering alternatives to a sale after reaching out to potential bidders who passed on making an offer, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Matt Boggie / Medium:
Metrics should support a strategy, not be a strategy — On July 5, 1989, a pilot episode of a new sitcom called The Seinfeld Chronicles aired on NBC. It received good, but not great, ratings for the time, coming in second on the night overall. The network debated whether or not to purchase more episodes …
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Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
Internet Freedom Under Global Attack; Report Finds Governments Around the World Expanded Online Control, Surveillance Last Year — Internet Freedom Under Global Attack; Report Finds Governments Around the World Expanded Online Control, Surveillance Last Year
Nick Statt / CNET:
Eddy Cue testimony in antitrust trial: Apple's iPod updates, DRM strategy were to prevent hacks, piracy — Apple defended iPod from hackers, iTunes chief says in antitrust trial — In a trial questioning Apple's use of software updates, iTunes chief Eddy Cue says they were necessary …
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