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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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New York Times, Poynter, FishbowlNY, Talking Points Memo, WBAA and Charlottesville
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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@mirandareporter, @nxthompson, @carlazanoni, @sarahlaitner, @doctorsyntax, @mgsiegler, @antderosa, @sub8u, @nbj914, @jbenton, @veitdengler, @jswatz, @mathewi, @mediadissector and @sulliview
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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Mashable, @jayrosen_nyu, @cisco_mobile, Beyond Search, Medium and TechCrunch
Matthew Gilbert / Boston Globe:
Cable networks invest more in documentaries, driven by ratings successes like PBS's “The Roosevelts” and HBO's Monday programming — TV is giving documentaries their due — You'll be forgiven if you've felt rather glum about televised nonfiction in the past 15 years.
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New York Times
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Netflix Launch in Australia Gets Qualified Welcome From Producers Organization — The launch this week of movie subscription service Netflix in Australia and New Zealand got a qualified welcome from Australian producers. — Consumers will find that the service launches (Tuesday …
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Associated Press, TechRadar.com, Associated Press, Sydney Morning Herald, ZDNet, TechGeek, CNET, sbs.com.au, Business Insider Australia, Mashable and Guardian
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.
Discussion:
@gbullard
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Brian Williams Makes First Public Appearance Since NBC Suspension — NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams made an appearance this weekend at a prep school fundraiser at New Jersey casino, his first since starting a six-month suspension for embellishing or fabricating a variety of tales …
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The Two River Times, TVNewser, New Jersey Online, Mashable, NY Daily News, FOX News Radio, Newsday, Daily Mail, Page Six, ABC News and Asbury Park Press
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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Rolling Stone, Engadget, IBNLive, @mgsiegler, PCMag Australia Feed, VentureBeat, Telegraph and The Verge
Dave Lee / BBC:
BBC relaunches website, moving from desktop to fully responsive — BBC News switches PC users to responsive site — Users will be automatically switched at around 1400 GMT — The desktop version of the BBC News website will be switched off on Monday and all visitors will be directed to a newer, responsive design.
Discussion:
Daily Express and @nycjim
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
Mydio integrates Spotify with stories from Der Spiegel and Axel Springer, creating curated playlist of music and news — Meet Mydio: Personalised radio for music and news mix — The stand-out entry for news at the Media Hack Day in Berlin yesterday lets users combine their Spotify account with automated news articles
Jane A. Peterson / New York Times:
Watch magazines, with a loyal print readership that often collects issues, try to broaden digital profile — Digital Is a Change in the Watch Magazine World — SINGAPORE — Tropical rain clouds hovered at the Bukit Timah Saddle Club as a model dressed cowboy-style thrust his wrist toward …
Tara Conlan / Guardian:
BBC considers plan to stop in-house production being sold to private sector — Union drew up strategy in response to plan to transfer production of hit shows such as EastEnders and Doctor Who into a new company called BBC Studios — A plan to protect shows such as Doctor Who …