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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook Opens Messenger App to Media Partners Including ESPN, JJ Abrams — Facebook wants to make its Messenger instant-messaging service — which it claims now has more than 600 million monthly active users worldwide — into a media platform encompassing video and other content …
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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Facebook Launches a Mobile Ad Exchange on Top of LiveRail
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Facebook, LiveRail and @seanethompson
Napier Lopez / The Next Web:
Facebook introduces an embedded video player
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Facebook Media, TechCrunch, @ethanklapper and @s_m_i
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Johnston Press posts pre-tax loss of £23.9m — Regional newspaper publisher also unveils deal to print Richard Desmond's four Express and Star titles in the north of England — Johnston Press has reported a pre-tax loss of £23.9m for last year, and announced a lucrative deal …
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@marksweney, Press Gazette, allmediascotland, Insider Media Ltd and RTTNews
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Johnston Press launches website to reach Belfast's ‘millennials’
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New York Times:
Apple unable to persuade record labels to lower licensing costs for Beats streaming music service; will be priced similarly to rivals at around $10 — Apple and Beats Developing Streaming Music Service to Rival Spotify — In what would be the biggest change to its music strategy in years …
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VentureBeat, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, @jherskowitz and The Verge
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
Firechat partners with Storyful to create Open Live Newsroom, a live news gathering off-grid chat app — How a Chat App for Burning Man Turned Into a Tool for Revolution — Open Garden's messaging app Firechat was initially launched as a way for people at festivals like Burning Man …
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PR Newswire and Medium
Richard Lewis / The Daily Dot:
Sources: YouTube plans to relaunch live streaming service this year with a focus on gaming, taking on Twitch — YouTube to relaunch livestreaming service with focus on esports and gaming — YouTube is preparing to relaunch its livestreaming platform with a renewed focus on live gaming …
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Wired, @mgrooves, @sapna, @charlesrandall, The Verge, Engadget, Electronista, Business Insider, Pocket-lint, Eurogamer.net, WebProNews and Digital Spy
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal:
Streaming boxes and smart TVs still don't cover all TV bases and cost more than cable, so trim your cable subscription and use them as a supplement — Why Cable TV Beats the Internet, For Now — It's not time to cut cable yet, unless you're among the few cord-cutters who can clear enough hurdles
Capital New York:
Interview with incoming LA Times managing editor Mitra Kalita on the transition from Quartz, legacy vs. digital media, and plans for the Times — The 60-second interview: S. Mitra Kalita, incoming managing editor for digital strategy, The Los Angeles Times — CAPITAL: Why the L.A. Times?
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@laobserved and @pkafka
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
Steve Brill Hands Down His Verdict on Serial and The New Republic — Steve Brill, 64, has the air of an old-school media mogul despite his less than impressive, standard-issue office. When we walked in last week, the founder of Court TV and author of the best seller, America's Bitter Pill …
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Poynter and @mlcalderone
Reuters:
Thai PM Prayuth warns media, says has power to execute reporters — (Reuters) - Thai junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha lashed out at journalists on Wednesday, saying he would “probably just execute” those who did “not report the truth”, in the latest outburst aimed at Thailand's media.
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Bloomberg Business, Agence France-Presse, The Week and FishbowlNY
Jared Malsin / Globe and Mail:
In Egypt, Fahmy gets go-ahead to seek his Canadian passport back — An Egyptian judge took steps on Tuesday to help Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy regain a passport for the first time since his arrest in 2013, a measure that would allow him to get married and live a more normal life.
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg Business:
Nielsen to Measure Netflix Viewing by Middle of This Year — (Bloomberg) — Nielsen, the company that measures TV audiences, will begin offering data on viewing by Netflix Inc. and Amazon Prime subscribers for the first time starting midyear, Chief Executive Officer Mitch Barns said Tuesday.
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Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Why Trinity Mirror and the Media Trust teamed up for community reporting — Sixty young reporters offered training and mentoring to tell their stories and bring more diverse voices in the newsroom — Trinity Mirror and the Media Trust have partnered up on a project to offer journalism training …
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HoldTheFrontPage
Associated Press:
Charlie Hebdo magazine to receive PEN award — NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Hebdo, the Parisian satirical magazine that was a target of a deadly shooting in January, will be honored at this spring's PEN American Center gala. — The literary and human rights organization announced Wednesday …
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