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Aggressive defence of Bill O'Reilly by Fox News shows the networks broader strategy to strike back against rival media outlets — Bill O'Reilly and Fox News Redouble Defense of His Falklands Reporting — The Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Monday stepped up his defense against reports …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Salaries and staff poaching rise as US news outlets prepare for 2016 presidential race — 2016 campaigns are beefing up staffs. So are the media who will cover them. — And more politics. — Forget about 2016. With the presidential campaign just getting started …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How The Huffington Post, Fusion, Mashable, NPR, Philly.com, and The Verge are using Snapchat — Snapchat stories: Here's how 6 news orgs are thinking about the chat app — When Sam Sheffer, The Verge's social media editor, launched the site's Snapchat account at the end of July last year, he meant it to be a small-scale experiment.
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@ylichterman, @joesteel, @btrpkc, Gigaom, @digitalshields and @noahchestnut
Google:
Google's Blogger bans public sharing of images or video that are sexually explicit or show graphic nudity after March 23 — Adult content policy on Blogger — Starting March 23, 2015, you won't be able to publicly share images and video that are sexually explicit or show graphic nudity on Blogger.
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Global News, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Engadget, ZDNet, ZDNet, The Next Web, @wexler and The Verge
Isabell Hülsen / Spiegel Online:
Washington Post becoming a Silicon Valley laboratory for newspapers under Jeff Bezos leadership — Jeff Bezos Takes Washington Post into Digital Future — A spirit of enthusiasm has infused the office of the once troubled Washington Post following its purchase in August by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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@kevinloker, @kevinloker, @maurowhiteman, @krystlekopacz, @dankennedy_nu, @niemanlab and Media Nation
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Internal Guardian editor candidates release vision statements as news org. talks with outside talent like Buzzfeed's Ben Smith and ex-NYT editor Jill Abramson — Guardian headhunters reach out to New York for ideas, candidates — The four insiders publicly vying to be The Guardian's next editor …
Steve Cohn / MinOnline:
Paul Jowdy Elevated to Women's Wear Daily VP and Group Publisher — Paul Jowdy, publisher of Women's Wear Daily since Nov.. 2011, was given the added responsibilities of overseeing the business management of all Fairchild Fashion Media (FFM) properties—WWD, Footwear News, Fairchild Summits & Events …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
MLB considers spinning off its powerful streaming business — MLB Advanced Media, the baseball league's booming technology division, is quickly growing into one of the most crucial companies in all of streaming. It powers MLB.TV. It powers WWE Network. It powers Sony's PlayStation Vue internet TV service.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Nielsen: TV Oscar audience dropped by 16% this year, but Twitter's numbers dropped only by 6.5% — Twitter Oscar Numbers Drop, but TV Ratings Sink Much Lower — You're going to see a few sets of numbers about Twitter's performance during the 2015 Oscars.
Sarah Thompson / Financial Review:
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox held merger talks with Discovery — Rupert Murdoch's US entertainment company, 21st Century Fox, has held preliminary discussions about a tie-up with Discovery Communications that would create a $US100 billion sports, movie and entertainment giant.
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Hollywood Reporter, Quartz, Reuters, USA Today, Deadline, Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable
Tina Nguyen / Mediaite:
Comcast Accused of Paying Off Al Sharpton in $20 Billion Racial Discrimination Lawsuit — Today, Comcast and Time Warner Cable were served with a lawsuit from a group of African-American media owners seeking $20 billion — yes, “billion,” with a “b” — for discriminatory practices …
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Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Broadcasting & Cable and The Wrap
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube Kids Free App Launches on Apple's iTunes, Google Play — YouTube has officially launched a free app designed for kids 5 and younger, in a bid to capture more viewing from the ankle-biting demo — in a safe and secure walled garden. — The free YouTube Kids app includes videos from Jim Henson Co. …
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The Next Web, The Official Google Blog, louisgray.com, CNET, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, 9to5Google and Guardian
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:
In 2014 Q4, Dish loses 65K subscribers but revenue rises 5.3% to $14.6B, net income up 17% to $945M — Dish Loses Subscribers, But Ups Revs 5% — Dish Network was hit with a net loss of subscribers for the fourth quarter 2014 — a reversal of a slight gain a year ago.
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CBC News:
Mohamed Fahmy's retrial in Egypt adjourned until March 8 — 'It's another circus of a retrial,' after 2 witnesses don't show, says Fahmy, seeking deportation to Canada — Fahmy's retrial in Egypt adjourned until March 8 2:23 — The retrial of Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy …
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