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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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Dave Pell / Medium:
Apple Watch is yet another platform on which incumbent publishers got access ahead of indies — The Internet is Rigged — This isn't the Internet we signed up for... It was the inherent beauty of the web. I had access to the same tools and the same publish button as any big time brand.
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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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Wikimedia blog:
Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA to challenge upstream mass surveillance — Justice presides with her scale and sword at Frankfurt am Main. — Photo by Roland Meinecke, licensed under a Free Art license. — Today, the Wikimedia Foundation is filing suit …
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC risks having to cut more services after it misses long-term targets — The BBC risks having to cut more of its services after it missed targets on long-term cost cutting and boosting commercial revenue, the public spending watchdog has warned. — The National Audit Office …
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 …
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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Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
Thrillist Media Group Is the Latest Media Company to Launch an In-House Agency — Want to get through to the hard-to-reach millennial male? Thrillist Media Group thinks it knows the formula. The digital publisher announced the creation of The CoLab, its own in-house agency that will work …
Vindu Goel / New York Times:
Nielsen brain study shows close correlation between the volume of tweets about a TV show and neurological engagement during viewing — Study of TV Viewers Backs Twitter's Claims to Be Barometer of Public Mood — Twitter might not be a window into the soul, but it does provide a clear view …
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Todd Cunningham / The Wrap:
China's weekend box office eclipses the US but strategic partnerships and increased opportunities for crew and talent could revitalize US film industry — 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 …
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Gerry Shih / Reuters:
Twitter opens Hong Kong office, gains China foothold — (Reuters) - Twitter Inc has opened a Hong Kong office, its first in the Greater China region, the company whose microblogging services are blocked on the mainland said on Tuesday. — The office, to be headed by Twitter executive Peter Greenberger …
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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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