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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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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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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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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Emily Yoshida / The Verge:
In a future fueled by hacks and leaks, will we be sedated by our own transparency? — In Los Angeles, you spend a lot of time looking at the outside of things. From Los Feliz to West Hollywood, an embankment of multimillion-dollar residences rise up on the right of your peripheral vision …
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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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Caroline Bottger / Digiday:
Rusty Foster, creator of Today in Tabs newsletter, on new digital news sites, newsletters, hate reads, and more — Today in Tabs editor Rusty Foster: ‘2014 was a terrible year!’ — Hate-reads and outrage are the Internet's furniture. And Rusty Foster is a comfy chair.
Kashmir Hill / Fusion:
FBI talks with Tennessee man who copied style of Sony hackers' Pastebin posts and then mocked CNN — The FBI thought this Tennessee prankster was a Sony Pictures hacker — After an ill-advised prank, David Garrett Jr. spent an hour on New Year's Day at an FBI bureau in Tennessee explaining …
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
US sanctions North Korean intelligence agency, an arms dealer, and 10 individuals working for the government over Sony cyberattacks
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