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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 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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Broadcasting & Cable, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Reuters, @matthias_stork, @pkafka, CNET, Hollywood Reporter, TechCrunch, Tech Trader Daily, @waltmossberg and @kenli729
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Netflix will begin streaming “The Interview” on Saturday for US and Canadian subscribers
Netflix will begin streaming “The Interview” on Saturday for US and Canadian subscribers
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CNNMoney.com, Variety, Washington Post, CNET and Mashable
Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
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 …
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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Hollywood Reporter and Variety
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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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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Music Ally, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Tech Trader Daily, Wall Street Journal, Electronista, CNET, MacRumors, Music Week, hypebot, Business Insider, AppleInsider, Engadget, 9to5Mac, App Advice and iMore
Tara Conlan / Guardian:
Running costs of BBC's London headquarters are triple UK average — National Audit Office tells corporation to ‘make better use of space’ as report reveals New Broadcasting House accounts for third of BBC's property running costs while housing fifth of its staff — Read the full NAO report on the BBC's property management
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
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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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, Home Media Magazine, Bloomberg, Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap and Deadline
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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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 …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News calls Paris mayor's lawsuit threat ‘misplaced’ — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has threatened to sue Fox News over its erroneous reports that France and other European countries were plagued by Muslim-dominated “no-go zones” in which Sharia law held sway.
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CNNMoney.com:
Paris mayor: We intend to sue Fox News
Paris mayor: We intend to sue Fox News
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