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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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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 — Netflix Shows a Surprising Profit, and Delivers the Subscriber Numbers Wall Street Wanted — A quick look at Netflix's Q4 numbers: $1.48 billion and earnings …
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Broadcasting & Cable, VentureBeat, Business Insider, CNET, @pkafka, TechCrunch, Tech Trader Daily and Hollywood Reporter
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Netflix will begin streaming “The Interview” on Saturday for US and Canadian subscribers
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
The Sun's Page 3 website enjoys surge in traffic — Readers go online to see topless pictures no longer published in the newspaper — The Sun's Page 3 website has enjoyed a flood of traffic since the newspaper stopped publishing its daily pictures of bare-breasted women.
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Washington Post, People.com, Washington Post, Guardian, The Independent, New York Times, New York Magazine, NBC News and The Daily Beast
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John Eggerton / Multichannel News:
FCC upholds fines against Viacom and ESPN for misuse of emergency alert tone in movie trailer — FCC Won't Reduce Fines on Viacom, ESPN Over EAS Misuse — Companies had sought reduction in penalties — The FCC has refused to reduce the fines it proposed against Viacom and ESPN for misuse …
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Washington Post, Deadline, Variety and The Wrap
Bloomberg:
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.
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Judge Rules That Dish's Sling Features, Ad-Skipping Don't Violate Copyright — A federal judge said Dish Network's offering of features that automatically skip ads and another that allows subscribers to watch live broadcasts remotely do not violate copyright law.
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Broadcasting & Cable, AdAge, Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg, Deadline, Home Media Magazine and The Wrap
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
From the publisher of Discover comes Drone 360 — Keeping print publications alive is an uphill battle, but it still seems—as the old adage goes—like there's a magazine for everything: modern cats, family handymen, sneakers, the apocalypse, etc. — The latest niche to hit newsstands? Drones.
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Alan Yuhas / Guardian:
White House breaks own State of the Union embargo for online audience — Obama administration posts full text of president's speech before its own media embargo in unprecedented decision targeting internet-savvy readers — The White House posted the entire text of President Obama's 2015 State …
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Medium, Mediaite, New York Times, CBS News, Slate, Bloomberg.com, NBC News, @monkbent, @lisenstromberg, @markknoller, @ryan, VentureBeat, @pfeiffer44, National Journal, Washington Post and @gov
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Plex Arrives On PS4 And PS3 In The U.S And Canada Today — Plex is coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 today. The personal media hub software originally came to Sony's consoles back in mid-December of 2014, with a U.S. launch promised for a later date.
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PlayStation.Blog, Plex Blog, The Next Web and Joystiq
Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
Greenpeace asks Peru to exclude AP photographer and Reuters video journalist from prosecution in Nazca Lines case — GREENPEACE SEEKS TO EXCLUDE JOURNALISTS FROM PERU CASE — LIMA, Peru (AP) — Greenpeace said Tuesday it has given prosecutors the names of four people involved in a protest …
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
The Verge will run a $700 Super Bowl ad in one Montana market with 30K people — Super Bowl Ad for Tech Website The Verge? Vox Says Yes, but... Won't Say Whether Regional or National Buy — A rumor erupted on Twitter Tuesday afternoon that Vox Media had bought a Super Bowl commercial to promote its tech website The Verge.
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Slate, @bankoff, New York Times, @jason_kint, @lks_kln, @tcarmody, FishbowlNY, The Verge, Advertising & Branding, Wall Street Journal, Daring Fireball, Gawker, @arcadehighmusic and PRNewser
John McDuling / Quartz:
Google is now a more trusted source of news than the websites it aggregates — Here is some sobering news for anyone in the journalism industry: — Online search engines have overtaken traditional media as the most trusted source for general news and information, according to a global survey …
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Hit & Run, PandoDaily, @mathewi, Search Engine Land, @aggiejournalist and @aparanjape
CNNMoney.com:
Paris mayor: We intend to sue Fox News — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told CNN Tuesday she intends to sue Fox News in the wake of the channel's coverage of supposed “no go” zones for non-Muslims. — She said the channel “insulted” her city. — “When we're insulted, and when we've had an image …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News calls Paris mayor's lawsuit threat ‘misplaced’
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David Lieberman / Deadline:
Surprise CEO Change At Redbox Parent Sends Shares Tumbling — Shares of kiosk giant Outerwall are down more than 11.6% in pre-market trading after the company disclosed without explanation that J. Scott Di Valerio has resigned. Board member Nora Denzel will serve as interim CEO while the board searches for a long term replacement.
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