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Om Malik:
Om Malik confirms Gigaom, the pioneering tech news site he founded, is shutting down — A statement about Gigaom — Gigaom is winding down and its assets are now controlled by the company's lenders. It is not how you want the story of a company you founded to end.
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Gigaom:
Gigaom, unable to pay creditors in full, ceases all operations, does not currently intend to file for bankruptcy — About Gigaom — Gigaom recently became unable to pay its creditors in full at this time. As a result, the company is working with its creditors that have rights to all of the company's assets as their collateral.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
HBO CEO approached Apple about HBO Now deal, calls the plan “additive” and not an inducement to cut pay-TV cord — Apple's HBO Now Deal Has Been in the Works for a Year — The Apple-HBO deal announced today was set in motion a year ago. — In the spring of 2014 …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Not much new detail for news organizations in the final unveiling of the Apple Watch — Apple just concluded its final unveiling of the Apple Watch — along with some other interesting business — Monday afternoon. The Verge has as good a roundup as any of all the announcements, and video will be posted shortly.
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Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Sources: Apple backs down in effort to offer $7.99/month rate for its upcoming subscription music service as labels reject pricing below $9.99/month — Fight Between Apple and Spotify Could Change Digital Music; Labels Said to Reject Pricing Below $9.99 — A renewed focus on the value …
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Susannah Nesmith / Columbia Journalism Review:
With more police wearing cameras, fight over privacy vs. public records law begins in Florida; who gets access and at what cost — With more police wearing cameras, the fight over footage has begun in Florida — MIAMI — As more police departments equip their officers with body-worn cameras …
Todd Cunningham / The Wrap:
China's Weekend Box Office Eclipses the U.S. - And That's Not a Bad Thing — The box office grosses of China's leading movies were bigger than North America's this weekend, Rentrak reported Monday. — With “Jupiter Ascending” and “Big Hero 6,” along with local titles “From Vegas to Macau” …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
News Corp CEO Robert Thomson sees opportunity for Realtor.com, also expects revenue growth in book publishing — News Corp C.E.O. on exploiting ‘mayhem’ at Trulia, online news ‘kleptocracies’ — As News Corp. expands its presence in the real estate arena, the company plans to exploit the recent combination of Zillow and Trulia.
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Coming soon to The Huffington Post: documentaries and scripted shows — Expect to see more videos when you visit The Huffington Post. A lot more. — The popular news web site, which already has a live streaming channel called HuffPost Live, now says it also wants to make documentaries …
Carolyn Giardina / Hollywood Reporter:
Director Christopher Nolan calls on Hollywood to preserve film as a medium, says that we'll need film prints and projectors forever — Christopher Nolan Urges Hollywood to Step Up Efforts to Preserve Film — One month after Kodak announced deals with the Hollywood studios to keep film alive …
Telegraph:
Rona Fairhead told to resign as BBC Trust chairman over HSBC controversy — The chairman of the BBC Trust was told: ‘You are either incredibly naive or totally incompetent.’ — Rona Fairhead, the chairman of the BBC's governing body, had been told to resign because of her links with HSBC …
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Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
The New York Times has Instagram, but its biggest digital efforts may be under the hood — In August 2014, Alexandra MacCallum took a new role on the New York Times masthead, charged with overseeing audience growth and engagement. — Just three months earlier, the Times had endured …
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