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Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Email newsletter TheSkimm, aimed at young women, raises $6.25M led by RRE Ventures and Greycroft Partners — TheSkimm, an Email Newsletter, Draws Fans Like Oprah Winfrey - and Investors — Online news start-ups have garnered buzz, and millions of dollars, over the last few years.
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Search Blog:
Long term success of a publication hinges on whether it's a must read, not pageviews and reach — What Media Must Do To Succeed — The post What Media Must Do To Succeed appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. — Wired Founder Louis Rossetto at work in the early days. — (image)
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Sam Biddle / Gawker:
Emails from Sony hack show how Sony PR people work with NYT reporters and editors — How Sony Gets Its Way With the New York Times — The unprecedented internal leak out of Sony has already showed us how cozy reporters can be with the industry they cover.
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Catherine Shoard / Guardian:
NYC premiere of Sony's “The Interview” is canceled, Carmike theater chain pulls movie, stars Rogen and Franco scale back appearances — The Interview New York premiere cancelled in wake of hacker threats — Manhattan premiere pulled, along with media appearances by stars Seth Rogen and James Franco
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Kate Knibbs / Gizmodo:
Former Employees Are Suing Sony Pictures For Not Protecting Their Data
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
News Corp UK suffers £3.5m loss after £51m profit the year before — Bleak results for Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers and book publisher — Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper and publishing division suffered an operating loss of £3.5m in the year up to June 2014 compared to a £51m profit the year before.
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Spotify CEO wants ‘to do a better job’ convincing musicians of its value — But Daniel Ek says his company remains unwilling to let Taylor Swift and her peers choose to keep their music off Spotify's free service — After a bruising year for streaming music service Spotify …
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Billboard, RAIN News and CNNMoney.com
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Expect A Gentler Valleywag In 2015 — “If I had my druthers, I'd write about AI, and supercomputers, and fusion energy. I don't really care about who's f**king whom,” new Valleywag editor Dan Lyons tells me, signaling a tone shift for the tech tabloid. “Even when I did the fake Steve stuff …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Comcast subscribers can now access HBO Go and Showtime on Roku — Comcast Will Finally Let Roku Owners Stream HBO, Showtime — Many people who own Roku Web video boxes can use the devices to watch shows from HBO and Showtime. But not Comcast subscribers: A dispute between Roku …
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Techdirt, @reddit_tech_new, corporate.comcast.com, Variety, ReadWrite, Multichannel News, BGR, Electronista, Gizmodo, The Verge and Engadget
Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:
Jury finds Apple not guilty of harming consumers in iTunes DRM case — Apple cleared in potential $1 billion court case — An eight-person jury has decided that Apple is not on the hook for what could have been more than $1 billion in a trial centering on extra security measures …
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New York Times, Forbes, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, GeekWire, The Mac Observer, CNET and AppleInsider
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Univision, Tribune Media, Fox Stations Join to Devise Alternate Local TV Audience Measure — Fox Television Stations, Tribune Media and Univision Communications have started NewCoin LLC, a new data venture aimed at creating an alternative to measuring local audiences across TV and digital media.
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TVNewsCheck.com, Deadline, TVSpy and Broadcasting & Cable
Mark Bergen / AdAge:
Twitter Lets Advertisers Target By Wireless Carrier, New Devices — Heated competition in the wireless world has been a boon to Twitter. Now Twitter is tossing more fuel on the fire. — Starting today, the social-media company is introducing two new ad features: one that lets advertisers …
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The Twitter Blog and VentureBeat
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
NowThis Media Raises Another $6M To Deliver Video News Stories In Less Than A Minute — NowThis Media, which covers the news with videos that are usually around 15 or 30 seconds long, is announcing that it has raised $6 million in Series C funding. — NowThis was founded by Kenneth Lerer …
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
NYT layoffs begin today, already exceeds goal of 100 newsroom positions eliminated — Layoffs begin today at The New York Times — Job cuts at the New York Times will exceed the stated goal of 100 newsroom positions eliminated, the Newspaper Guild of New York said yesterday in a memo to union members.
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New York Times, @steve_katz, AdAge, FishbowlNY, The Huffington Post, Poynter, @colmorrisdavis, @jbenton, @chaykak, @tmcgev and @aubernalevy
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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Times ‘media pod’ slims down more with Leslie Kaufman exit
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