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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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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Gigaom's challenges: poor leadership, spending beyond means, inattention to longterm problems — Digital Media Darlings Unfazed by the Fall of the News Site Gigaom — In the week and a half since the technology news site Gigaom stopped publishing, it has been held up as a cautionary tale for media in a go-go era.
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@rafat, @mathewi, @dangillmor, @ravisomaiya and @jayrosen_nyu
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Inside New York Times Reporter James Risen's Seven Year Fight Against the Government — For seven years, Risen lived under the threat of jail for refusing to reveal a confidential source. When the government backed off, some saw a victory for freedom of the press.
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@cgasparino, @michaeloreskes, @peacockc, @cressman and The Newspaper Guild
Michael Fitzgerald / Nieman Reports:
What Reporters Need to Know About Covering Net Neutrality — With news audiences moving online, journalists have a vested interest in coverage of this complicated topic — Imagine that the water in your home runs more slowly in the morning, when you most need it.
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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
The FCC's internal watchdog has opened an investigation into agency's net neutrality rule-making process, according to a top Republican lawmaker
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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.
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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
NBC plans cable-dependent Apple TV app for second half of 2015
NBC plans cable-dependent Apple TV app for second half of 2015
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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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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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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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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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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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@johnjcook, @nora_kelly and @onthemedia
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Kantar report: Biggest advertisers cut spending by 4.2% in 2014 amid shift to digital media — Biggest Advertisers Are Sending Their Dollars to Digital — The country's largest marketers are slashing their advertising budgets as they shift a larger portion of their spending to digital …
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.