Mediagazer: Spike Lee is selling his new movie on Vimeo one month before it hits theaters (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)

7:00 PM ET, January 13, 2015

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Publisher Macmillan Signs On With E-Book Subscription Services Oyster And Scribd — Macmillan, one of the “Big Five” book publishers in the United States, is making its titles available on subscription e-book services Oyster and Scribd, starting today. — The news isn't exactly a surprise …

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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

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Bloomberg:

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Knight Foundation:

Columbia University's Tow Center gets $3M Knight grant to fund newsroom innovation research — Columbia University's Tow Center for Digital Journalism to foster news innovation with $3 million in new support from Knight Foundation — Recruitment for new Knight News Innovation Fellows begins this month

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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:

A.J. Daulerio's ‘Ratter’ has raised more than a million — Ratter, a network of city-specific news sites, raised between $1.1 million and $1.2 million in a fundraising round that ended Oct. 15, founder A.J. Daulerio told Capital. — The site has received funding from Gawker Media C.E.O. Nick Denton …

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Mario Aguilar / Gizmodo:

Neil Young's PonoPlayer promises high-res audio, but with no discernible sound improvement and massive file sizes, it's not worth the $400 price tag — Don't Buy What Neil Young Is Selling — Neil Young's “high resolution” PonoPlayer goes on sale for $400 today. You shouldn't buy it.

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Adam Rose / Reuters:

China shuts 50 websites and social media accounts — (Reuters) - China has closed 50 websites and social media accounts for violations ranging from pornography to “publishing political news without a permit”, Beijing's cyberspace watchdog said on Tuesday. — The government is pursuing a crackdown on unwanted material online.

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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Spike Lee is selling his new movie on Vimeo one month before it hits theaters — Spike Lee's latest movie wouldn't exist without the internet, and now Lee is going online to distribute the film, too. Lee's new film, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, is today being made available to rent and buy on Vimeo …

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Business Wire:

Adweek Integrates Mediabistro Editorial Properties to Form the Adweek Blog Network — With migration of nine popular industry blogs, Adweek bolsters its coverage of marketing, advertising, public relations and social media; Mediabistro to focus exclusively on professional development and recruitment services

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