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Horace Dediu / Asymco:
Market saturation, rising monthly fees, lack of innovation, and broadband expansion make cable TV's decline inevitable in the US — Peak Cable — Paying for TV has been a curious consumer phenomenon. There was a time when TV was free to consumers. It was delivered as a broadcast …
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Beyond Search, Mashable, Medium and TechCrunch
Guardian:
Guardian appoints Katharine Viner as editor-in-chief — Guardian US chief who also set up Australian operation will take over from Alan Rusbridger this summer — Katharine Viner has been appointed the editor-in-chief of the Guardian, the first woman to run the newspaper in its 194-year history.
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Power of NYT print subscribers: provide more than 70% of revenue, very engaged in digital offerings too — The Curious (and Vital) Power of Print — WHO buys the print edition of the newspaper? Just a few Luddites who wouldn't know a smartphone if their horse-drawn buggy crushed it on the cobblestones?
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@mediadissector, @jbenton, @sulliview, @veitdengler, @jswatz and @mathewi
Sam Thielman / Adweek:
Google to test TV ad-tracking in Kansas City Fiber homes; buyers only pay for ads shown, and ads will appear on DVRed programs — Google Fiber May Have Created a Game-Changer: Real Measurement of TV Ad Views — Want to know exactly how many people saw your ad on TV? Want dynamic insertion?
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David Pitt / Associated Press:
Meredith, which focuses mostly on women's magazines, has 8M monthly subscribers across titles — Magazine publisher Meredith finds success focusing on women — 7 photos — DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The nation's top publisher of magazines and websites for women has its origins …
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Media Wire Daily
Ahmed Maher / BBC:
Iraqis believe foreign reporting contributes to worsening sectarianism, creates dilemma for journalists — The quandary of reporting in ‘sectarian’ Iraq — Shia-Sunni tensions are rising again amid the offensive against IS — Six years after the sectarian war between the Shia …
Chris Ip / Columbia Journalism Review:
Legacy news organizations vacillate on minority coverage while digital media makes it key, winning over both millennials and advertisers — Why digital media and identity issues are a match — Today's digital outlets have made identity issues—on race, gender, and sexuality—core to their reporting.
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@cjr
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Bloomberg's management changes signal a return to basics with focus on Bloomberg Terminal — Smith, Tyrangiel reined in at Bloomberg — This time last year, Bloomberg Media — the consumer-facing side of Bloomberg LP — was being run by Justin Smith and Josh Tyrangiel …
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@daschles, @blakehounshell and Talking Biz News
Alex / digiphile:
“Meerkat Election” hype ignores lessons and tools from prior years and overlooks the app's missing features — As “Meerkat Election” hype grows, the presidential primary winner is Twitter — The New York Times “First Draft” and Politico Playbook picked up the “Meerkat Election” …
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TVNewser, @alexandertrow, Washington Post, PandoDaily, Wall Street Journal, SocialTimes and rjionline.org
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Vocativ's Chief Business Officer Steve Alperin steps down to work on his own video business — Vocativ's chief business officer steps down — Steve Alperin, chief business officer at the news startup Vocativ, has left the outlet effective immediately, he confirmed to Poynter Friday.
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Capital New York
John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:
Apple to launch new Apple TV set top box at WWDC with A8 chip, increased storage, enabling App Store, Siri, and HomeKit integration — New Apple TV Set Top Will Debut This Summer With App Store, Siri — Apple intends to show the device off at its annual World Wide Developers Conference in June
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Former NoW reporter faces jail for paying soldier for Prince Harry stories — It can now be revealed that Ryan Sabey received a string of leaks from Paul Brunt, who raked in £16,000 from the News of the World and the Sun — A former star reporter at the News of the World is facing jail …
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