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Variety:
Variety Hires Veteran L.A. Times Journalist Jim Rainey As Senior Film Reporter — Award-winning journalist Jim Rainey, who spent most of the last 30 years working as a reporter, editor, columnist and blogger for the Los Angeles Times, has joined Variety as a Senior Film Reporter.
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LA Observed, @awallenstein, @foundasonfilm, @latimesrainey and @lfung
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Politico's deputy managing editor Dianna Heitz leaves for editor role at CNN Politics Digital — Politico's Dianna Heitz Joins CNN Digital Politics Team, The Latest In String of Departures — NEW YORK — Politico deputy managing editor Dianna Heitz is joining CNN Politics Digital …
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@erikwemple
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Dish Sling TV: stream channels like ESPN, CNN, more, over internet for $20/month without cable — You Can Finally Get ESPN on the Web, For $20 a Month — Lots of people say they want to ditch cable TV for the Web, but can't because they want to watch sports — specifically the stuff on ESPN …
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Broadcasting & Cable, Gigaom, @sherman4949, @nsj, @waltmossberg, @pkafka, Gizmodo and The Verge
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Netflix Cracks Down on VPN and Proxy “Pirates” — Due to complicated licensing agreements Netflix is only available in a few dozen countries, all of which have a different content library. — Some people bypass these content and access restrictions by using VPNs or other circumvention tools that change their geographical location.
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The Next Web, C21Media, Variety, BetaNews, PCMag UK, UPROXX, @andrevr, @oohgaryc, @latentexistence, @pernillet, @baekdal, mUmBRELLA, @adrianweckler, SlashGear, Engadget, Digital Trends, The Verge, @vikram_nz, @chriskeall and Gizmodo
Capital New York:
The 60-second interview: Tim Carmody, independent technology journalist — CAPITAL: You were a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania before becoming a journalist. Why did you decide to leave academia? — CARMODY: “Decide” might be the wrong word. I was on the academic job market …
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@tcarmody, @gsvoss, @jayrosen_nyu, @robinsloan, @pkafka, @mathewi, @jeffjohnroberts, @jomc and @gitagovinda
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Skeptical About North Korea's Role in Sony Hack? Don't Be — If the mounting skepticism regarding North Korea's involvement in the Sony hack was expected to weaken the resolve of President Obama, that's not what happened last week. — Days after the FBI reaffirmed its initial contention …
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@devincf, The Verge, Rolling Stone and PCMag UK
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Christopher Massie / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Joe Weisenthal on his new job at Bloomberg, his time at Business Insider — Boosting Bloomberg's ‘shares’ — Joe Weisenthal on what he learned at Business Insider, his love for charts, and his new job — In October, Bloomberg hired Business Insider's Joe Weisenthal amid …
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@thestalwart and @niemanlab, Thanks:@amandabcowie
Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:
Roku teams up with Insignia and Haier for Roku TV and announces future 4K support — Roku's foray into partnering up with TV manufacturers is expanding while it's committing to the future of 4K. — Today the company announced two new Roku TV partners; Haier and Best Buy's Insignia brand.
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Re/code, The Official Roku Blog, TechRadar.com, Wall Street Journal, PCMag UK tv-home-theaters, TechCrunch, Variety, VentureBeat, Gigaom, Pocket-lint, Mashable and Engadget
Jane Martinson / Guardian:
The virtues of Vice: how punk magazine was transformed into media giant — It's a hit with the millennial generation and predicts revenue of $1bn this year, so what can young company teach its rivals? — In a break from making millions as the world's richest ad man, Sir Martin Sorrell …
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@venkatananth and @girllostincity
Steve Buttry / The Buttry Diary:
Dean Baquet needs to get mad about NY Times' use of unnamed sources — I have more advice for Dean Baquet: It's time to pound a wall again. You need to get angry about the promiscuous use of unnamed sources by the New York Times staff and let your staff know that the practice is hurting …
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@jayrosen_nyu, @froomkin, @stevebuttry, @sulliview and @stevebuttry
Patrick de Laive / The Next Web:
The Next Web announces closed beta of tool to track progress of noteworthy startups — The product we've been secretly working on: TNW Index — In the past 12 months around 8,000 different tech companies have pitched story ideas, product launches, and their latest hot news to us.
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@martinsfp
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
London's police force has spent £33.5M investigating journalists — Met Police has spent £33.5m investigating journalists, figures show — The Metropolitan Police has spent £33.5m on investigations into journalism, figures obtained by Press Gazette show.
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