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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, @kevinroose, @lainnafader and @jessicakroy
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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, @helenlewis, @yayitsrob, @nero and Mashable
New York Times:
Reporter publishes leaked diary of James Brown's wife, now faces a subpoena seeking her notes to find her source — Reporter Fights to Air Diary of James Brown — NEWBERRY, S.C. — Sue Summer may seem at first glance an unlikely candidate to be involved in one of South Carolina's …
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@coreyhutchins
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Analyst Gordon Borrell sees local digital ads soaring in 2015, but not for newspapers — Gordon Borrell, among the best known of digital advertising analysts, was predicting two years ago that the newspaper business would stabilize, with some companies growing their digital revenues 30 percent a year.
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@poynter, @poynter, Street Fight and Adweek
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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 operating profit down to $92M from $156M in 2013, digital ad revenue up 12%
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Poynter, New York Times Co., News Bureau, @edmundlee, NetNewsCheck Latest, @myurow, @hblodget, @romenesko and @jeffjarvis
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
NY Times Has 910,000 Digital Subscribers
NY Times Has 910,000 Digital Subscribers
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WWD, AdAge, Poynter and AdExchanger
David French / Reuters:
Saudi's Kingdom Holding sells 5.6 percent stake in News Corp — (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding 4280.SE, the investment firm owned by billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, sold most of its stake in media giant News Corp (NWSA.O) as part of a portfolio review, it said on Wednesday.
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Reuters, Bloomberg Business, Hollywood Reporter and Financial Times
David Lieberman / Deadline:
Disney CEO Bob Iger mulling possible direct-to-consumer streaming services for ESPN, Marvel, and Star Wars — Bob Iger Hints At Streaming Service Plans For Marvel And ‘Star Wars’ — The Disney CEO tossed in the possibility of new direct-to-consumer offerings in response to a question …
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The Wrap, Financial Times and TechCrunch
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Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Disney blows past estimates in Q1, revenue of $13.39B, $1.27 EPS; broadcast up 35%, cable down
Disney blows past estimates in Q1, revenue of $13.39B, $1.27 EPS; broadcast up 35%, cable down
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Forbes, The Wrap, @jboorstin, @alexweprin, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Hollywood Reporter, Business Wire and @berkowitzbt
Mitsusada Enyo / Asahi Shimbun:
Editor of Hong Kong daily under fire for bumping Tiananmen story — HONG KONG—Staff at a liberal newspaper here cried foul after the chief editor decided to swap a top story on the Tiananmen Square bloodshed with a business piece moments before the paper went to press.
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The Standard, New York Times, RFA and The Epoch Times
John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC Trust to look into £100m bid to save BBC3 channel — Rona Fairhead says bid by independent producers and decriminalising non-payment of licence fee will form part of consultation into trust's future — BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead has said the controversial £100m bid …
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Sky half-year results see 5% revenue rise to £5.6B and operating profits up 16% to £675M — Sky profits rise 16% after strong UK and German demand — Pay-TV group beats analysts' forecasts in its first results as a European operation — Strong demand for pay-TV in the UK …
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Financial Times, London Evening Standard, BBC, Proactiveinvestors …, City A.M., campaignlive.co.uk and The Drum
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
BuzzFeed grew its Latino audience the old-fashioned way: with content — BuzzFeed has had a goal for the past year: Grow its Latino audience. Its mix of content did better among young whites than non-whites, and it was showing up in its traffic. The site decided to take action …
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BuzzFeed, @cvvalencia and @itstheannmarie
Margaret Rhodes / Wired:
Joshua Topolsky, editor of Bloomberg Digital, explains the reasoning behind Bloomberg's bold, fluid redesign — Haters to the Side: Bloomberg's Loud Redesign Touts the Future of Web News — Not everyone loves the new Bloomberg Business site. On Twitter, pundits have pilloried it …
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@henrymance, @manderson_140 and @ow, Thanks:@amandabcowie
Al Tompkins / Poynter:
How a listener's complaint improved NPR's reporting — National Public Radio's Dan Charles taught journalists two lessons Monday morning. One lesson is that simple solutions to complex problems usually don't work. The other lesson is when your public takes the time to contact you about your reporting …
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@kristenhare, @monikabauerlein, @nprrussell, @dangillmor and @jayrosen_nyu
Deron Lee / Columbia Journalism Review:
Meet the 22-year-old journalism prodigy shaking up Missouri political reporting — PoliticMo's Eli Yokley strives to fill the state's coverage gap—and finish college — It's not easy to steal a few minutes with PoliticMo's Eli Yokley. — His startup political news site …
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@janebsinger, @ryanjreilly and @jmaz