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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Watchup app woos millennials with custom-curated news streaming — TV news has a problem with younger viewers: It doesn't have enough of them. — It's why some outlets have signed on with tech entrepreneur Adriano Farano, who is betting he can bring video journalism to young viewers …
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@watchup, @tvnewslab and @kevglobal
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Tribune to Stream Local TV News Reports to Watchup Internet Apps — Tribune Broadcasting will deliver online video reports from 30 of its TV stations to users of Watchup, a startup whose service delivers personalized newscasts to Internet-video devices. — Tribune Media last fall led a $2.75 million round of funding in Watchup.
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The Wrap, TVSpy and LostRemote
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Millennials say keeping up with the news is important to them — but good luck getting them to pay for it — Most millennials don't seek out news on social media, but the vast majority of them get news from social networks once they see it there, according to a report released today …
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Poynter, Columbia Journalism Review, Random Pixels Blog, PRNewser, @buckleup, @journodave, @jakeharris4, @andysherry, @christophclarey, @kenvogel, @ylichterman, @tomcheshiresky, @reedkath, @madayo, @_alastair, @jonswaine, @lukekerrdineen, @mediatwit, @connortryan, @latlands, @citizenmurphy, @laura_nelson, @lavrusik, @sarahnemerson, Associated Press and American Press Institute, Thanks:@steverubel
Forbes:
Forbes Media Acquires Private Photo Sharing App Camerama — New York, NY (March 16, 2015) - Forbes Media today announced the acquisition of the private photo sharing app Camerama. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Effective immediately, the founder of Camerama Salah Akram Zalatimo …
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VentureBeat, Media Wire Daily, FishbowlNY and The Next Web
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
ESPN's Bill Simmons Talks Podcasts, Grantland and His Next Contract — Bill Simmons, ESPN's popular and controversial multimedia star, is in Austin this weekend at the annual South by Southwest interactive festival, taping a series of podcasts — a longtime focus for him — for his Grantland site.
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
White House exempts from FOIA its Office of Administration, which keeps visitor logs — White House office to delete its FOIA regulations — WASHINGTON — The White House is removing a federal regulation that subjects its Office of Administration to the Freedom of Information Act …
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@chrispycruiser, @jkelly3rd, RedState, @blakehounshell and @bartongellman
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Cablevision to Offer HBO Now to Broadband-Only Customers — Cablevision Systems is the first pay-TV provider to agree to offer HBO's standalone Internet-streaming service — available without a cable TV package. — Pricing for HBO Now as purchased through Cablevision's Optimum service was not announced.
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The Wrap, Home Media Magazine, AdAge and Wall Street Journal
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
BuzzFeed's New Strategy: Fishing for Eyeballs in Other People's Streams — BuzzFeed doesn't have any problem attracting Web traffic — the people who brought you The Dress say they're getting 200 million visitors a month, even when they don't have an astonishing viral phenomenon on their hands.
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TechCrunch, AdAge, @joshconstine, @jbenton and @mccollumashley
Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web:
YouTube's reportedly planning a subscription service for on-demand video — YouTube may soon offer viewers a subscription-based video-on-demand (SVOD) service. A content creation studio's comment to Variety reveals that the video platform is “exploring the prospect of launching its own subscription VOD service.”
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Telegraph, The Verge and Digital Spy
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
David Cameron interview will help BuzzFeed win advertisers' vote — Like Vice's Barack Obama coup, site's grilling of the prime minister is aimed at not just boosting traffic, but gaining commercial credibility — David Cameron is to be interviewed live on Monday afternoon …
Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch:
Patreon Acquires Artist Subscription Competitor Subbable — Patreon co-founder Jack Conte had a feeling that his company might someday join forces with Subbable, which is another subscription-based funding site for artists. That's exactly what happened today.
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Forbes, Digital Music News, hypebot and The Daily Dot
Karen Fratti / LostRemote:
ABC News Available on Roku, and Apple TV Internationally — It's a big news for television and journalism between the Robert Durst arrest after his HBO documentary and Watchup adding Tribune's cache of local news to its app. Not to be left out, ABC News went ahead and announced that it's …
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New York Times, TVNewser and Vulture
Henry Mance / Financial Times:
BuzzFeed replaces Will Hayward as head of European operations, hiring ex-Googler Kate Burns — BuzzFeed changes European head — BuzzFeed's breakneck growth appears to have hit a bump, after the viral news site abruptly replaced the head of its European operations.
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