Mediagazer: How Fox News is betting on anchor Megyn Kelly to maintain its viewer base and grow young audiences (Jim Rutenberg/New York Times)

5:45 PM ET, January 21, 2015

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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:

How Fox News is betting on anchor Megyn Kelly to maintain its viewer base and grow young audiences — The Megyn Kelly Moment — On a gray Wednesday in November, the Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and four producers gathered around a conference table on the 17th floor of the News Corporation building in Manhattan.

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moot / 4chan.org:

Christopher Poole announces retirement from 4chan, says “senior volunteers” will run site — THE NEXT CHAPTER — I founded 4chan eleven and a half years ago at the age of 15, and after more than a decade of service, I've decided it's time for me to move on. 4chan …

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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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Reuters:

Netflix's accelerated global rollout catches Wall Street off guard — (Reuters) - Netflix Inc's faster-than-expected rollout in overseas markets surprised many analysts, who scrambled to raise their price targets on the stock. — Shares of the video streaming service …

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Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Netflix wants to complete its global expansion within two years, expanding to 200 countries

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Leo Kelion / BBC:

BBC revamping news app for iOS, Android with specialized feeds of user's choice and local news — BBC News app revamp offers personalised coverage — WATCH: Rory Cellan-Jones tries out the new BBC News app — The BBC's News app has been given a major overhaul with the goal of offering a more “personalised” service.

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

The New Republic loses five staffers: COO, production, design, and comms directors, plus story editor — Five more resign from TNR — Five more high-level staffers resigned from The New Republic over the last week: Chief operating officer Sloan Eddleston, production director Trina Robertson …

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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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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.

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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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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 …

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John McDermott / Digiday:

Facebook's opaque hoax fix lacks human verification, and could let users work en masse to suppress news — Facebook's problematic fix to its hoax problem — Facebook wants to solve digital publishing's problem with the truth. But in trying to rid the world of viral hoaxes, the social network has introduced some new concerns.

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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 …