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Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
How Emerson Spartz builds viral sites that grab Facebook traffic using headline testing and other people's memes — The Virologist — How a young entrepreneur built an empire by repackaging memes.
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JIMROMENESKO.COM, @mathewi, @kevinroose, @patrickjhoran, @jamestylerespn, @mollywood, @thetomasrios, @karaspita, @marta_gomezc, @rmc031, @michellerobbins, @rosshudgens, @ryanchittum, @thestalwart, @john_self, @danielwcarlson, @megan, @brook, @thisisdavid, @rhodri, @timjhanrahan, @fredericl, @davidu, @andrewhunterm, @buckweaver, @adrianholovaty, @phil_rosenthal, @id4ro, @davidsirota, @mmasnick, @hemantmehta, PandoDaily and @mattdpearce
Ben Preston / RadioTimes:
BBC pulls controversial documentary about death of Princess Diana after Royal family lawyers intervene — BBC pulls controversial royal documentary about spin after death of Princess Diana — Radio Times reveals last-minute decision to postpone BBC2 broadcast followed legal intervention
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Variety, Guardian, Hollywood Reporter, Daily Mail, Digital Spy, ITV, International Business Times, Telegraph, The Week, mirror, The Times, @re_dailymail, @queenvicmirror and The Independent
Dave McNary / Variety:
The Interview is a top seller on YouTube Movies and Google Play — ‘The Interview’ Becomes 2014's Top Seller on Google Sites — In six days, Sony's comedy “The Interview” has become 2014's bestseller on a pair of Google streaming sites — Google Play and YouTube Movies — according to a Google spokesperson.
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Steve Kovach / Business Insider:
Sony says ‘The Interview’ was rented or purchased more than 2M times, generated over $15M in online sales
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TorrentFreak, Variety, Reuters, The Wrap, New York Times, PandoDaily, Engadget, VatorNews, @stevekovach, The PJ Tatler, @guyraz, @pkafka, @reckless, @pkafka, The Inquisitr News, The Verge, TechCrunch and Gigaom
Eugene Kim / Business Insider:
Washington Post hopes to generate more revenue by licensing its content management system to other news organizations — Here's A New, Inventive Way Jeff Bezos Plans To Make Money From The Washington Post — When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post for $250 million in 2013 …
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Bloomberg, Street Fight, @elanazak, PandoDaily, @msager, @derekwillis, @jgreendc, @michaelroston, @derekwillis, @anildash, @rafat, @fmanjoo, @anildash, GeekWire, @alexjamesfitz and @taylor_soper
David Carr / New York Times:
NYT CEO Mark Thompson, Phil Griffin, and other media execs face myriad challenges in 2015 — Media Companies (and Executives) on the Hot Seat in 2015 — While it's great news that the economy is (slowly) coming back, it's important to remember that a rising tide does not necessarily lift all boats.
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Los Angeles Times, TVNewser, bookforum.com, @joshsternberg, @auerbachkeller, MinOnline, @tedhope, FishbowlNY and The PJ Tatler
Karl Bode / Techdirt:
Dish, Fox News Feud Again Illustrates How The Cable TV Industry Is Digging Its Own Grave — If you have cable you've probably been exposed to one of the increasingly ugly retransmission fee disputes occurring between cable operators and broadcasters. They usually go something like this …
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bizjournals, Mediaite, @bluedevilnation and @scareduck
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Apple introduces 14-day no questions asked refunds for App Store & iTunes in EU countries — Apple has recently introduced a new 14-day no questions asked return policy for iTunes, App Store and iBooks purchases in Europe including the UK, Germany, Italy, France, and many other EU countries.
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Engadget, The Next Web, Ars Technica, ReadWrite, Good E-Reader, Business Insider, AppleInsider, MacRumors, BGR, Polygon and Gigaom
Aida Cerkez / Associated Press:
On court order, police raid Bosnian news portal — SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Police raided the offices of a news portal Monday searching for clues about how journalists had obtained a recording of a phone conversation that said the governing Bosnian Serb party allegedly bribed …
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OSCE, InSerbia News and @marcelvdsteen
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
U.S. court approves Condé Nast $5.85 mln intern pay settlement — Condé Nast on Monday won a federal judge's preliminary approval to pay $5.85 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by thousands of former interns who claimed the magazine publisher underpaid them.
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The Wrap, FishbowlNY, TIME and The Daily Beast
Kent Babb / Washington Post:
Donte Stallworth, former NFL wide receiver, working as a Huffington Post fellow — Donte Stallworth was on his morning commute last month, a five-block morning ritual in this attempt at a new life, when he walked past the White House's north lawn. He smiled as he recalled an old memory.
Discussion:
@leverageagency and @amandawills, Thanks:@steverubel
Anjali Shastry / American Journalism Review:
How news organizations like Washington Post, Newsweek, NPR, and BBC use Tumblr to connect with audiences and document experiments in journalism — The Growing Power of Tumblr — For News — On a recent day, The Washington Post Twitter account is a drumbeat of news about a Supreme Court …
Discussion:
@alexschelldorf and @alexlaughs
National Journal:
Analysis of Drudge Report in 2014 shows top headline terms and top linked sites: Yahoo News, Breitbart, AP, NYT, Washington Post, Daily Mail — 2014, According to the Drudge Report — We mined the Drudge Report archives for the top headline terms of the year. — Don't doubt the influence of Matt Drudge.
Discussion:
@b_resnick, @ajjaffe, @mlcalderone, @nationaljournal and @drudge_report
James Regan / Reuters:
Australian foreign minister says Egypt is sending mixed signals, hopes fading for Peter Greste's release — Hopes dim Egypt to release Australian Al Jazeera journalist soon — (Reuters) - Hopes are fading for the release of Australian journalist Peter Greste, who has been in jail in Egypt for a year …
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Associated Press, BBC, @abc, Middle East Eye, Toronto Star, The Independent, Voice of America and Huffington Post UK
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