Mediagazer: Flipboard Introduces New Ad Unit: Promoted Items (Maureen Morrison/AdAge)

4:00 PM ET, January 21, 2015

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Maureen Morrison / AdAge:

Flipboard Introduces New Ad Unit: Promoted Items — Creativity Reimagined — First Flipboard used ad templates taken from print and TV. But now the mobile news reader is adding what it's calling Promoted Items, a service that lets brands distribute content inside users' personal magazines.

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Shazam raises $30M at a valuation of over $1B, has over 100M monthly active mobile users — Shazam Music App Valued at More Than $1 Billion in New Funding — Shazam Entertainment Ltd. raised $30 million in a new financing that values the music-finding application at more than $1 billion.

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Mic hires three former Vox producers for new video team — Millennial-focused media company Mic has hired three former Vox Media producers to form the core of its new video team, editor in chief Jake Horowitz announced in a memo to staff on Monday. — Billy Disney, Regina Dellea …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Vessel Signs More YouTube Stars to Subscription Service, Launches Limited Beta Test — Vessel, the digital subscription-video startup founded by ex-Hulu CEO Jason Kilar, has signed more than a dozen YouTube stars and other partners to its service as it opens up the service in an invitation-only beta test.

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The New Republic loses three more staffers: design director, communications director, and story editor — Three more resign from TNR — Three more high-level staffers resigned from The New Republic over the last week: Design director Erick Fletes and communications director Annie Augustine resigned …

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Nicole Levy / Capital New York:

Fortune expanding video programming — Fortune magazine is stepping up its game in the digital video and print design arenas, editor Alan Murray told staff in a memo this morning. — To expand its video output on Fortune.com, the Time Inc. magazine has hired Susie Gharib …

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Netflix wants to complete its global expansion within two years, expanding to 200 countries — Netflix wants to expand to 200 countries within the next two years — Credit: Twin Design / Shutterstock.com — Credit: Twin Design / Shutterstock.com — Netflix wants to complete …

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Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Netflix will begin streaming “The Interview” on Saturday for US and Canadian subscribers

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Netflix Q4 earnings beat estimates with $1.48B in revenue and $0.75 EPS; now has 39.11M US subscribers and 18.28M more globally

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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:

Apple acquires UK startup Semetric, which runs music analytics service Musicmetric — Apple buys the British startup behind music analytics service Musicmetric — Company helps record labels track digital sales, streams and social stats, and could become part of Beats Music relaunch

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Greg Gilman / The Wrap:

Sony's Crackle will stream ad-supported “The Interview” for free “as soon as next year” — ‘The Interview’ Will Stream for Free on Crackle — “The Interview” will stream on Crackle. Eventually. — The Sony-owned service announced its intentions to distribute …

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David Meyer / Gigaom:

Dutch court orders ebook resale site Tom Kabinet to shut down until it can remove illegally obtained content — Secondhand ebook outfit Tom Kabinet races to purge illegal wares — The Dutch secondhand ebook marketplace Tom Kabinet has been ordered by a court to shut up shop this week …

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Julie Makinen / Los Angeles Times:

U.S. TV shows pulled from Chinese video portals — U.S. TV shows including “Agent Carter,” “Empire” and “Shameless” have suddenly been removed from Chinese video streaming sites this week, a sign that government regulators are pressing ahead with vows to exercise greater censorship of online video content.

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