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Mat Honan / Wired:
Inside Circa, BuzzFeed, and First Look Media: the battle for attention from the news startups — Inside the Buzz-Fueled Media Startups Battling for Your Attention — It's like a parody, spending time in a well-funded startup's office, with exposed brick walls and Great Big Screens Showing User Numbers …
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@kevinroose and @digiphile
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How Philly's Billy Penn is building a local news audience from scratch — HILADELPHIA — Armed with a Kindle Fire tablet, Anna Orso stood just inside the front door of an Irish pub last Monday night welcoming guests to a happy hour in Center City, Philadelphia.
Discussion:
@ceodonovan, @ylichterman and @samkirkla
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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@axelletess, @erickschonfeld and @rafat
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish Cuts Deal with Netflix to Bring Service to Set-Tops — Dish Network is the first major U.S. pay-TV provider to integrate Netflix into its set-top box — giving the No. 2 satcaster's customers direct access to the streaming video provider's service. — Netflix will be available …
Discussion:
Gigaom and Home Media Magazine
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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Nieman Lab, @mathewi, @melbournecoal, @theskimm, @alfredliveshere, @ylichterman, @myurow, @s_m_i and @herbscribner
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
21st Century Fox to Acquire Ad Tech Firm TrueX for $200 Million — 21st Century Fox Inc. has agreed to acquire the online advertising technology company TrueX Media, people familiar with the matter said. — 21st Century Fox is paying a sum approaching $200 million for TrueX, said a person familiar with the deal.
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Broadcasters try to block Aereo asset sale, $90M tax transfer — The TV industry has already shut down Aereo at the Supreme Court and driven it into bankruptcy, but that's apparently not enough: now CBS, Fox, NBC and other big broadcasters are asking a judge to block any asset sale …
Discussion:
Plagiarism Today
Shazdeh Omari / Committee to Protect Journalists:
China is world's worst jailer of the press; global tally second worst on record — Also Available in Português, Türkçe, Español, Français, , — More than 200 journalists are imprisoned for their work for the third consecutive year, reflecting a global surge in authoritarianism.
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Guardian, FishbowlNY, Poynter and The Huffington Post
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar opens Creator Preview for YouTube rival Vessel to lure stars; $2.99/month service includes ads, offers up to $50 CPM for creators — Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar Pulls Back the Curtain on Vessel, His YouTube Rival — Six years ago Jason Kilar made a big splash in Web video when he launched Hulu.
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AdAge, TechCrunch, Gigaom, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, VideoNuze Analysis, Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg, Guardian, Variety, Gizmodo, @nathanchubbard, @pkafka, The Next Web, Tubefilter and The Verge
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 …
Discussion:
Billboard, RAIN News and CNNMoney.com
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.
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Press Gazette, Tvnews4u and City A.M.
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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The Huffington Post, Poynter, @alexia, @jasonrapp, @hblodget, @jcrispizzle, @kateaurthur, @variety_dscohen, @laurenlacapra, @marlownyc, @edmundlee and @peterapeel
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