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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Facing a 24% decline in prime-time ratings year-to-date, MSNBC shakeup to focus more on news — As ratings plunge, MSNBC faces shakeup — Insiders say to expect more news, less bombast and, fresh voices. — It would be hard to imagine a news event better tailored to MSNBC's Venn diagram of …
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Variety, Washington Free Beacon, BREITBART.COM, Newsmax, Classicalite, The Daily Caller, @rsmccain, @noahcrothman, @downwithtyranny, Inside Cable News and Mediaite
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Tech column by Nick Bilton exploring the research on cancer risks of wearable devices needed more vetting — A Tech Column on Wearable Gadgets Draws Fire as ‘Pseudoscience’ — Nick Bilton writes a tech-related column called Disruptions, but the name might have been changed to Eruptions this week …
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New York Times, Wired, The Verge, Slate, Mediaite, Washington Post, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Respectful Insolence, @alterwired, @charlesornstein, @ivanoransky, @michaelsurtees, @mhendr1cks, @paulfidalgo, @badastronomer, Tech Times, @xeni, Business Insider, Popular Science, Gawker and FishbowlNY
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Refinery29 hiring politics, tech reporters in general-interest news push — Refinery29 doesn't want you to think of it as a website devoted exclusively to fashion and style anymore. — The digital media site is adding to its editorial staff, with new hires covering politics, culture and technology.
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AdAge, @redgirlsays, @mlcalderone, @rafat and @meredithlclark
Justin Zaremba / New Jersey Online:
Body found in Long Hill ID'd as David Bird, reporter missing for 14 months — LONG HILL — Authorities have positively identified the body found in the Passaic River Thursday as David Bird, who has been missing for 14 months. — Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp …
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The Wrap, NY Daily News, Poynter, Wall Street Journal, @tracyconnor, New York Times and Talking Biz News
Mark Bergen / AdAge:
Apple opens iTunes Radio inventory to automated ad buying through iAd, includes granular targeting but emphasizes customer privacy — Apple Opens Up iTunes Radio Inventory to Automated Buying Through iAd — Advertisers Can Target Apple Listeners With Phone, Email Identifiers
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AppleInsider, 9to5Mac and RAIN News
David Folkenflik / NPR.org:
NPR Appoints Michael Oreskes As News Chief — NPR has named Michael Oreskes, a top Associated Press executive and former New York Times editor who has led newsrooms in such global centers as New York, Washington and Paris, to run its news division. — Officially, Oreskes …
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FishbowlNY, WBAA, Poynter, @davidfolkenflik, Politico and @currentpubmedia
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Inside the Guardian's search for a new editor in chief in advance of Friday's announcement — Guardian game of thrones — Guardian journalists are bracing for a Friday announcement that will be a major victory for one of two long-standing opponents. — The three-month contest …
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@petersterne, @joepompeo, @mathewi and BuzzFeed
Leah Schnurr / Reuters:
Canadian TV cable and satellite firms must offer a la carte TV and basic $19.70-a-month package by 2016 — Canadians to be allowed to ‘pick and pay’ TV channels — (Reuters) - Canadian television viewers will no longer be forced to pay for vast numbers of channels they do not watch …
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Global News, CBC News and Quartz
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Interview with NYT Now Editor Cliff Levy on the future of the app, mobile, and curation — New York Times Shifting Resources from ‘Every Division’ to Mobile — Conversation with Cliff Levy, Editor of NYT Now — How to Make Credible Green Marketing Claims — NYT Now is The New York Times' lower-priced subscription app.
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Gawker, Politico and Capital New York
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
A Plus raises $3.5 million at a $30 million valuation cap — In April 2014, Evan Beard and Kendall Dabaghi launched a website, A Plus, in Ashton Kutcher's living room. They worked from the actor's Los Angeles pad for the next six months tirelessly, building a media site they hoped could become the next BuzzFeed.
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The Awl, @mandy_velez, @lauraolin and @mattbuchanan
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The New Republic to announce content marketing veteran Kayvan Salmanpour as chief revenue officer in native push — The New Republic's comeback plan: native ads — The New Republic CEO Guy Vidra has called for massive changes at the 100-year-old institution, contributing …
Anthony Harrup / Wall Street Journal:
Regulations could be placed on Mexico's Televisa after being deemed dominant in cable, satellite markets — Mexican Regulator Says Grupo Televisa Dominant in Cable, Satellite Markets — Ruling could lead to specific regulations placed on country's largest TV company
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Reuters, Bloomberg Business and C21Media
Michael Pascoe / Sydney Morning Herald:
With its APN buy, is Rupert Murdoch's News Corp tuning in to radio? — Because his father controls the company with a voting gerrymander that would have made Joh Bjelke-Petersen blush, Lachlan Murdoch was made non-executive co-chairman of News Corp a year ago. — On Thursday he did something, buying 14.9 per cent of APN.
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Sydney Morning Herald, Reuters, Scoop, AdNews, Bloomberg Business, Business Insider Australia and ABC
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