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Wall Street Journal:
Unbundling Pay-TV Brings New Questions — ‘Cord-Cutting’ choices grow, but questions for consumers, companies swirl — The media industry is racing toward an Internet-TV future at a breathtaking pace. But the swift changes, highlighted by efforts from Apple Inc., Dish Network Corp. and others …
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Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Sources: Apple offers to share viewer data with partners for online TV service to enable better ad targeting — Apple offers to share TV data to entice programming partners — Apple is offering to share data with programming partners to get them on board with its cable-like TV network package, The Post has learned.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
NBC plans cable-dependent Apple TV app for second half of 2015
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TVNewser, Pocket-lint, The Verge, @9to5mac, App Advice, @markgurman, Engadget, Business Insider and Wall Street Journal
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Longtime political blogger Mickey Kaus quits Daily Caller after Editor in Chief Tucker Carlson pulls column critical of Fox News — Mickey Kaus quits Daily Caller after Tucker Carlson pulls critical Fox News column — The blogger Mickey Kaus has quit his job at The Daily Caller …
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TVNewser, Mediaite, Gawker, @kausmickey, @daveweigel, @brianstelter, @voxdotcom, Vox, @davidfolkenflik, @mattyglesias and @tomgara
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Jay Yarow named executive editor at Business Insider — Jay Yarow, formerly the deputy editor at Business Insider, has been named executive editor there, according to an announcement from Business Insider CEO and Editor-in-Chief Henry Blodget. Yarow replaces former Executive Editor Gus Lubin …
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Talking Biz News, @fmanjoo, @jyarow and @hblodget
Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Time Warner Inc. CEO Jeff Bewkes turned down merger pitch from CBS CEO Les Moonves last year — Moonves Said to Have Mulled Time Warner Deal as CBS Plots Future — (Bloomberg) — CBS Corp. Chief Executive Officer Les Moonves has been preparing for the future — and how Time Warner Inc. might be part of it.
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John Cook / Gawker Politburo:
Gawker launches Public Pool, a site that collates original White House pool reports; raw copy normally available only to media on WH email distribution list — Here Are All the White House Pool Reports — Much of the mundane, day-to-day media coverage of the president's activities …
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@nora_kelly, @johnjcook and @onthemedia
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Ex-Washington Post columnist Jason Reid has his new ESPN radio show halted after criticizing station owner in a column — ESPN radio suddenly halts ‘The Man Cave’, and some blame NFL's Redskins — Sports columnist Jason Reid said goodbye to his Washington Post colleagues on Wednesday …
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The Big Lead, Deadspin, Awful Announcing, NBCSports.com, ProFootballTalk and @sbnlukethomas
Molly Wood / The Molly:
NYT deputy tech editor Molly Wood leaving to join American Public Media's Marketplace — Next stop: Radio. I'm going to Marketplace! — A personal blog is a funny thing, in the age of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and every other way I choose to share information these days.
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@nickwingfield, @whatthebit, @mollywood, @kairyssdal, @fmanjoo and Talking Biz News
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Belgian ISPs win pirate tax case against music rights group SABAM, court rules that they cannot be taxed as a public broadcast medium — Internet Providers Win Court Case Over “Pirate Tax” — Over the past several years Belgian music rights group SABAM has pressured Internet providers to take responsibility for online piracy.
Neil Midgley / Guardian:
Scripps meeting with BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead, pressurizing corporation to sell its 50% stake in joint venture UKTV — Scripps steps up pressure on BBC over UKTV bid — US cable TV company arranges meeting with BBC Trust chair to persuade her that corporation should offload its 50% stake in pay-TV provider
Jim Romenesko:
Gannett CEO Gracia Martore's total compensation: $12.4M in 2014 vs. $7.9M in 2013 — via Gannett's Proxy Statement — . The figures were released Monday in Gannett's annual proxy filing with the SEC. — President/Broadcasting David Lougee -$2,487,680 — President Gannett Digital Ventures Jack Williams - $2,913,339
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rbj.net, @dancow, @grovesprof, @sveng and @indynewsguild
Eric Blattberg / Digiday:
The Economist Films: The UK magazine launches its first film studio — Nearly 172 years since publishing its first edition, The Economist has arrived at a clear video strategy. — On Monday, The Economist Group announced the launch of Economist Films, which will work with Economist journalists to produce original video content.
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Hollywood Reporter, @edwardboches and @snorthfield45
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
The FCC's internal watchdog has opened an investigation into agency's net neutrality rule-making process, according to a top Republican lawmaker — GOP: The FCC's inspector general has launched an investigation into net neutrality — The Federal Communications Commission's internal watchdog …
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