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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, @briansteffen, PandoDaily, @msager, Street Fight, @derekwillis, @elanazak, @jgreendc, @michaelroston, @derekwillis, @anildash, @rafat, @fmanjoo, @anildash, @alexjamesfitz, @taylor_soper and GeekWire
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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Guardian, Variety, The Times, ITV, @re_dailymail, Hollywood Reporter, @queenvicmirror, mirror, Digital Spy, Telegraph, The Independent, International Business Times, Daily Mail and The Week
Dylan Byers / Politico:
The New Republic's managing editor Linda Kintsler and three others resign — Four more resign from TNR — Four more members of The New Republic's masthead resigned this week, dealing yet another blow to the already depleted magazine, POLITICO has learned.
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FishbowlDC, FishbowlNY, @imillhiser, New York Magazine, @laurie_garrett, @yair_rosenberg and @jeffreygoldberg
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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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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NPR, ReadWrite, FierceOnlineVideo News and Forbes
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, @tedhope, @auerbachkeller, MinOnline, 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, Variety, Mediaite, Western Journalism, @bluedevilnation and @scareduck
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Tim Marchman named editor of Deadspin — Tim Marchman is to be the next editor of Deadspin, the Gawker Media sports blog, outgoing editor Tommy Craggs confirmed to Capital. — Craggs, who is moving to a new position as executive editor of Gawker Media, announced the news on …
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@atotalmonet, @gregorydjohnsen and @antderosa
Ismail Saymaz / Hurriyet Daily News:
Turkish anchorwoman detained for tweet about corruption — Turkish journalist and anchorwoman Sedef Kaba has been released on probation after being detained following her tweet in which she called on citizens not to forget the name of the judge who dropped the Dec. 17, 2013 corruption probe …
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@nickkristof and Associated Press
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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BetaNews, Pocket-lint, The Next Web, Ars Technica, The Verge, Engadget, Good E-Reader, ReadWrite, Business Insider, BGR and Gigaom
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.
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@leverageagency and @amandawills, Thanks:@steverubel
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, TIME, The Daily Beast and FishbowlNY
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, @abc, BBC, Middle East Eye, Toronto Star, The Independent and Voice of America
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