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Todd Cunningham / The Wrap:
Carmike Theater Chain Drops Sony's ‘The Interview’ After Hackers' Terror Threat — Carmike Cinemas has canceled the nationwide Christmas Day release of Sony's “The Interview,” the first theater chain to do so on the day hackers threatened 9/11-like attacks on theaters that showed the movie …
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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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Kate Knibbs / Gizmodo:
Former Employees Are Suing Sony Pictures For Not Protecting Their Data
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
US attorney general allows court to subpoena journalist James Risen to answer limited questions; next hearing is Jan. 5 — Holder OKs limited Risen subpoena — Attorney General Eric Holder has authorized federal prosecutors to subpoena New York Times reporter James Risen in connection …
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Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
NBC is launching streaming of network shows for people with pay-TV logins — NBC will begin live streaming — but not so fast, cord cutters — Saturday Night Live isn't live streaming just yet. — NBC has announced plans to begin live streaming its network shows, but cord cutters won't have access to the new service.
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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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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Times ‘media pod’ slims down more with Leslie Kaufman exit
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David Gilbert / International Business Times:
Sentencing delayed until Jan. 22 for journalist and Anonymous advocate Barrett Brown — Barrett Brown sentencing delayed until January — Journalist and activist Barrett Brown has has his sentening delayed once again by a Dallas court. — Brown was due to be sentenced on Tuesday …
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New York Magazine:
An Apology to Our Readers — An Apology to Our Readers — In the most recent edition of New York, its annual Reasons to Love New York issue, the magazine published a story about a Stuyvesant High School senior named Mohammed Islam, who was rumored to have made $72 million trading stocks.
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Jim Romenesko:
Reporter behind NY Mag's high school investor story to join Bloomberg's investigative unit; Bloomberg declines to comment on scandal
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Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:
EXCLUSIVE: New York Mag's Boy Genius Investor Made It All Up
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