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Pervaiz Shallwani / Wall Street Journal:
Former Fox News employee Phillip Perea dead after shooting himself outside network's NYC offices, accused Fox of ending his career — Former Fox Station Employee Shoots Himself Outside News Corporation Building — A former employee of a Fox station in Texas shot and killed himself outside …
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
BBC launches Taster, a new website to test early concepts and experiments — BBC Launches Taster to Incubate Content, Technology Ideas — The BBC on Monday unveiled BBC Taster, a new web site that it described as “a space to develop its latest ideas for digital content and emerging technology.”
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Since his return, Michael Bloomberg has been deeply involved in company strategy and plans — Michael Bloomberg Shakes Up Newsroom Side of His Company — Things have changed at Bloomberg since its founder, Michael R. Bloomberg, returned to the office. — Some of the changes are small.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Sling TV, Dish's $20 Web TV Service, Rolls Out Today. Here's What It's Like. — This is the first week in history that Americans can get subscription TV, over the Web, without having to sign up for cable. I don't think it's the end of traditional pay TV, but I do think it's a very big deal.
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Bryan Bishop / The Verge:
Oculus announces Story Studio to make its own virtual reality movies, first film “Lost” debuts this week — Oculus is now making its own virtual reality movies — Story Studio is the company's internal team exploring what it calls ‘VR cinema’
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
11 of 14 projects in Sundance Film Festival's experimental showcase use virtual reality
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
In response to rise of programmatic advertising, AOL drastically restructures ad sales staff — As Ad Business Shifts to Machines, AOL Restructures Its Sales Staff in a Major Reorg — According to numerous sources, AOL is now initiating long-planned changes to drastically reorganize …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Google signs deal with NFL to show highlight clips in YouTube and Search, will share ad revenues — NFL Video Highlights — And More — Come to YouTube and Google — It took a long time but it's finally done, just in time for the Super Bowl: Pro football finally has a deal with Google to distribute some of its video.
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Austin Smith / Mediashift:
Why It's Risky Business for Publishers to Build Their Own CMS — The following piece is a guest post. Read more about MediaShift guest posts here. — 2014 was a crazy year for news technology. A new wave of publishers running custom software gained traction, while established news …
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Guardian:
WikiLeaks demands answers after three staffers notified Google handed their emails to US government in 2012 — WikiLeaks demands answers after Google hands staff emails to US government — Search giant gave FBI emails and digital data belonging to three staffers
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Lisa Campbell / The Bookseller:
blinkbox Books to close after Waterstones talks fail — Tesco will close its e-books service blinkbox Books at the end of February after talks with Waterstones to buy the platform broke down. — All 60 core staff who work on the blinkbox Books platform are now expected to enter …
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Jonathan Schwarz / The Huffington Post:
Investigative reporter Laurent Léger, survivor of Charlie Hebdo massacre, says he's happy the President didn't come to Paris march — Survivor of ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Massacre 'Very Happy Obama Didn't Come to Paris' — In a new interview Laurent Léger, an investigative reporter …
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Buzzfeed UK appoints editor for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender content — Buzzfeed UK has appointed an editor to cover lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) stories. — The appointment of Patrick Strudwick, who is currently a national newspaper freelance …
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