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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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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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Columbia Journalism Review, Poynter, @andysherry, @connortryan, @ylichterman, @madayo, @latlands, @jakeharris4, @journodave, @christophclarey, @kenvogel, @tomcheshiresky, @reedkath, @_alastair, @jonswaine, @lukekerrdineen, @mediatwit, Associated Press, @citizenmurphy, @laura_nelson, @lavrusik, @sarahnemerson and American Press Institute, Thanks:@steverubel
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.
Michael Wolf / Medium:
Gigaom's former VP of Research on how venture capital and the growth expectations that come with it contributed to Gigaom's demise — Gigaom: The Life and Death of a Venture Funded Media Startup — As most know, we lost Gigaom last week. It was a sudden passing of a widely beloved tech media company …
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@pkafka, @carnage4life, @gsterling, @raju, @johnhcook, @bmorrissey, @mobilemaggie and @jowyang
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Gigaom struggled with significant debt for years, recently spent $400K/month on rent and interest; unprofitable research arm became a drag on the company — The Long Story Behind GigaOm's Sudden Demise — When GigaOm's managers announced the tech news publisher was laying off …
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Guardian, Medium, @moorehn, Disruptive Telephony, @thekarami, @pkafka, @reformedbroker, @dangillmor, @mathewi, The Wrap and Beyond Search
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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Media Wire Daily, VentureBeat, FishbowlNY and The Next Web
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 …
David Kushner / Rolling Stone:
Chris Poole hopes to sell 4chan, says Fappening and Gamergate stress triggered his departure — 4chan's Overlord Christopher Poole Reveals Why He Walked Away — His website made him an unlikely teenage celebrity — then it spun out of control — At 11 a.m. on January 21st …
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@mlaaff, @hakantee and @ballardian
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.
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.”
Alex Hern / Guardian:
The dual personality of Reddit: a problem for CEO Ellen Pao should she try to cleanse the site — Reddit: can anyone clean up the mess behind ‘the front page of the internet’? — The social news site is almost as famous for its never-ending supply of creepy subforums as it is for memes, pictures and assorted lols.
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@howtogeek, Bloomberg View and @adrianchen
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