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Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Mashable raises $17M led by Time Warner, Business Insider raises $25M led by Axel Springer — Mashable and Business Insider close large new financing rounds — Mashable announced late Wednesday night that it has closed a new round of financing worth $17 million, led by Time Warner Investments …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
The New Republic's next issue to discuss its “perceived legacy of racism”, directly addresses past criticism — The New Republic addresses its ‘perceived legacy of racism’ — The forthcoming issue of The New Republic — its first since a mass staff shakeup in December …
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Mediaite, FishbowlDC, Talking Points Memo, @ggreenwald, @jayrosen_nyu and @blakehounshell
Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:
Andrew Sullivan to give up blogging; future of The Dish unclear — A Note To My Readers — One of the things I've always tried to do at the Dish is to be up-front with readers. This sometimes means grotesque over-sharing; sometimes it means I write imprudent arguments I have to withdraw …
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Andrew Sullivan fueled a blog ecosystem that rose from troublemaking to fatal respectability — My Life In The Blogosphere — One of the first, and last, great bloggers pulled the plug today. — John Gara/BuzzFeed — I first really understood the secret power of the early 2000s political blogosphere …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
BBC releases report looking at its plans to cover news as it prepares for 2017 charter renewal — Here's how the BBC, disrupted by technology and new habits, is thinking about its future — As the United Kingdom's national broadcaster, the BBC operates under a royal charter …
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James Harding / BBC:
BBC News director James Harding's multimedia look at the past, present, and future of news
BBC News director James Harding's multimedia look at the past, present, and future of news
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Jon Slattery, Press Gazette, @joannauk, allmediascotland and Washington Post
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Super Bowl Halftime: Katy Perry to Pitch Merch on YouTube, Twitter, Roku and Connected TVs — Katy Perry will use her time in the spotlight of the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show as a launchpad to flog limited-edition products to her fans. — The songstress, in partnership with Universal Music Group …
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Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
Days before kickoff, NBC sells out of Super Bowl ad space
Days before kickoff, NBC sells out of Super Bowl ad space
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Broadcasting & Cable, The Wrap, Marketing Charts …, Adweek and Business Insider
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Snapchat's new Discover feature could be a significant moment in the evolution of mobile news — You may have missed it in the #snowpocalpyse that wasn't1, but Snapchat unveiled a new feature called Discover Tuesday that puts news into the ephemeral chat app so popular among American teens and young adults:
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Michael Sippey / Medium:
Snapchat's Discover feature for news could also function more broadly as an app platform
Snapchat's Discover feature for news could also function more broadly as an app platform
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@besvinick, @buster, @caseynewton and @calebgarling
New York Times:
Talks with ISIS for release of Japanese journalist and Jordanian pilot said to have failed — Jordan's Talks With ISIS for Hostage Release Said to Fail — AMMAN — Negotiations between Jordan and the Islamic State over the fate of two hostages appeared to have collapsed on Thursday …
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Henry Tricks / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Kenji Goto's reporting is voice of humanity in times of atrocity
Kenji Goto's reporting is voice of humanity in times of atrocity
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@ishaantharoor, @camanpour, @dgisserious, DW.DE and Reuters
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nickelodeon to Unveil Stand-Alone Subscription Video Service in February — Kid-entertainment giant Nickelodeon intends to follow the example of HBO and unveil a direct-to-consumer subscription service in February, the chief executive of Nickelodeon's parent, Viacom, said during a call with investors Thursday morning.
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CNBC, Deadline, AdAge, Broadcasting & Cable, Hollywood Reporter, Gizmodo, Mashable, Consumerist and The Verge
Emily Bell / Guardian:
Emily Bell says digital news is askew, journalists need to be technically proficient and technologists need to be adept at news — Emily Bell's 2015 Hugh Cudlipp lecture - full text — The 12th annual Hugh Cudlipp lecture, as delivered by the director of Columbia University's Tow centre for digital journalism
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@dgtedford, @lisaocarroll, @acuity_design, @miskaknapek, @mattmcalister, @lisaocarroll, @emilybell, @rifish, Guardian and Press Gazette
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Viacom Q1: profit down 8.6% to $500M, ad revenue down 6%, revenue up 4.4% to $3.34B but missing estimates — Viacom Net Drops 8.6% Even As ‘Interstellar,’ Cable Fees Boost Revenue — Viacom said profit in its first quarter profit fell nearly 9% despite a 4.4% rise in revenue in the period sparked …
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Home Media Magazine, Reuters, Bloomberg Business and Wall Street Journal
Pew Research Center:
New study finds 60% of Americans who have heard of Hebdo attack are okay with published cartoons of Prophet, with 70% citing freedom of speech/press — After Charlie Hebdo, Balancing Press Freedom and Respect for Religion — Majority Says Publishing Cartoons Was ‘Okay,’ But About Half of Non-Whites Say ‘Not Okay’
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Forbes, Washington Post, @mlcalderone and The Week
Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
HBO tech executives leave ahead of Internet launch as network's strategy changes — (Reuters) - Time Warner's TWX.N HBO is preparing to sell a standalone service over the Internet for the first time, in one of the most closely watched moves in pay TV history.
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Chair of IPSO's funding body blasts new press regulator for failing to set up whistleblowers' hotline four months on — The Independent Press Standards Organisation has been widely criticised for failing to so far establish a whistleblowers' hotline. — The new press regulator …