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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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Deadline, @pkafka, @pkafka, @edmundlee and VideoNuze Analysis
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
HBO's $14.99 streaming service HBO Now will launch before April 12, exclusively on Apple devices for three months — HBO on the Web is Coming in April, Exclusively on Apple TV — HBO CEO Richard Plepler announced the news at the Apple Watch event this morning. More shortly.
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Gigaom, Variety, @pkafka, The Next Web, Mediaite, AdAge, Guardian and @mogwai_poet
Edgar Alvarez / Engadget:
Apple TV price drops from $99 to $69
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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TVNewser, Forbes, TechCrunch, AdAge, Bloomberg View, streetfightmag.com, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, AgencySpy, Zero Hedge, USA Today, CNN, Guardian and Pocket-lint
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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AppleInsider, Business Insider, The Verge, MacRumors, @sterlewine and App Advice
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 …
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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FishbowlNY, @lheron, Poynter and @mikeisaac
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.
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 …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Guardian claims more US than UK unique browsers as GMG reports 20 per cent rise in digital revenue to £80m — The Guardian now claims more unique website browsers in the United States than in the United Kingdom. — In a full-year trading update published today …
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Reuters, @wturvill and @notscientific
John Hopewell / Variety:
Netflix Negotiates 2015 Spain Launch — Internet SVOD giant faces weighty competitors in Telefonica, Canal Plus — MADRID - Adding another major territory to its European roll-out agenda, Netflix looks to be negotiating for a second-half bow in Spain either late summer or fall.
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