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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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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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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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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Rolling Stone expects Columbia University's review of its controversial campus rape article in about two weeks, will publish in full — Rolling Stone to publish review of campus rape article soon — Columbia University's review of Rolling Stone's disputed article about a college gang rape …
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Emily White / Medium:
The shortcomings of digital audio: no sharing, saving, or playlist creation, but plenty of ads — Where is the Instagram for Audio? — An invested listener envisions an upgraded podcast sharing experience — When I listen to a really excellent episode of a podcast, I rarely share it with anyone.
Financial Times:
Universal pushes Spotify to add limits to its free tier during licensing negotiations — Universal takes on Spotify freemium model — The “freemium” model used by Spotify to amass 60m users and 15m paying subscribers around the world is facing a new challenge just months …
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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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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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Google Fiber, Digital Trends, @adweek, Global Vue, Engadget, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable
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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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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