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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
New York Times operating profit down to $92M from $156M in 2013, digital ad revenue up 12% — New York Times Co. Profit Falls as Company Makes Strides in Digital Ads — The New York Times Company said on Tuesday that its annual operating profit declined in 2014 because of investments …
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New York Times Co., NetNewsCheck Latest, @myurow, @hblodget, @edmundlee, @jeffjarvis and @romenesko
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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
NY Times Has 910,000 Digital Subscribers — The New York Times' investment in digital is finally paying off. The company's ad revenue for 2014 was flat compared to 2013; thanks in large part to sponsored content, growth in digital ads, and an ever-increasing digital subscriber base.
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Poynter, AdExchanger, NetNewsCheck Latest and Capital New York
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic Online:
With relaunched site and new digital focus, Fusion aims to expand beyond Hispanic audience to all millennials — What Is Fusion? — Its cable channel has been on the air for over a year. It has netted some of the best-known names in digital journalism.
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Fusion, @yayitsrob, @helenlewis, @nero and Mashable
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Jessica Roy / New York Magazine:
Jane Spencer on Fusion's Relaunch, Building a Diverse News Operation, and What It's Like to Be Post-Post Text — “It’s rare to get to work in a place that’s committed to serious journalism, innovative experimental projects, and has a mission associated with social justice and social values.”
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@jayrosen_nyu, @lainnafader, @kevinroose, @jessicakroy and Digiday
Paul McNally / news:rewired:
Guardian digital chief Aron Pilhofer claims turning off comments is a ‘monumental mistake’, says BuzzFeed, others are ‘eating our lunch’ — Guardian digital chief: Killing off comments ‘a monumental mistake’ — The Guardian's executive editor for digital has described …
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Gigaom, @anjdelgado, @henkvaness, @benwhitelaw, @joannauk, @garykemble, @vivian, @digiphile, @lavrusik and @jayrosen_nyu
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Gilbert Cruz named television editor at The New York Times — The New York Times Company — Gilbert Cruz, formerly the editorial director at Vulture.com, has been named television editor at The New York Times. — Cruz, who was a senior editor and staff writer at Time magazine before joining Vulture …
Discussion:
FishbowlNY, @hels and The New York Times Company
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Cable TV viewing declined by more than 12 percent in January — Looks like Netflix and other streaming services are starting to have an impact on traditional TV viewing: Total live TV ratings were down 12.7 percent year over year across the networks of major media companies …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
With an Eye on Wall Street, Twitter Starts Selling Twitter Ads Outside of Twitter — Twitter is rolling out plans for a new revenue stream: Twitter ads that don't appear on Twitter. — Starting today, the company will start running its core “Promoted Tweet” ad unit on other people's apps and sites.
Brian Ries / Mashable:
How the White House found a publishing ally in Medium — The White House published President Obama's 2016 fiscal budget on Monday using a medium that's become increasingly popular among its advisors: Medium, the three-year old self-publishing platform. — In the past three months …
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@jeffjarvis, @bgrotta, @ks44, Engadget, VentureBeat and White House.gov Blog
Associated Press:
Egypt's most popular satirist Bassem Youssef joins Harvard, eight months after ending TV show over fears of personal safety — Bassem Youssef joins Harvard eight months after ending his TV show — Political satirist, who was often described as the Jon Stewart of Egypt, becomes a resident fellow
Brent Lang / Variety:
Aspire Entertainment, Newsweek Partner to Develop Magazine Stories for TV, Movies (EXCLUSIVE) — Aspire Entertainment has inked an exclusive two-year development deal with Newsweek to create and distribute films, TV series and other content on various platforms based on stories published in the magazine.
Discussion:
FishbowlNY
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
UK magazine Press Gazette barred by London police from asking questions about use of RIPA against reporters under the FOI Act — ‘Vexatious’, ‘annoying’ and ‘disruptive’ Press Gazette barred by Met from asking more RIPA questions — The Metropolitan Police has barred Press Gazette …
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Guardian, National Union of Journalists, @martinstabe, @jonslattery, @thenewsham, @stigabell, @superglaze and @neilwallis1
BBC:
Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy gives up Egypt citizenship — Mohamed Fahmy, one of two al-Jazeera journalists still held in Egypt, has renounced his Egyptian citizenship to secure his release, his family say. — Mr Fahmy's brother said the journalist, who is also Canadian, was told to give up his nationality or his freedom.
Discussion:
@sultanalqassemi and @arablit
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Don Reisinger / CNET:
Facebook, Twitter report records for Super Bowl posts — Both social networks say Sunday's football spectacle was the most discussed/tweeted Super Bowl in their histories. — Super Bowl 49, pitting the Seattle Seahawks against the New England Patriots, was a nail-biter on the field …
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The Twitter Blog, Adweek, SocialTimes, SocialTimes and CNBC
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Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed:
Super Bowl XLIX was the most watched US TV show ever with 114.4M viewers
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Forbes, ProFootballTalk, The Wrap, Super Bowl XLIX Ad Meter, NetNewsCheck Latest, AdAge, Washington Post, The New York Observer, Variety, Multichannel News, The Huffington Post, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, Mediaite, Aljazeera, Deadline, Associated Press, Marketing Land, @bryanwesttv and @lt
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
FCC denies GOP request for early release of web rules — The Federal Communications Commission will not publicly release Internet regulations before they are voted on later this month. — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler on Monday formally denied a request …
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Vox
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