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Bob Lefsetz / The Lefsetz Letter:
Tidal is dead on arrival because listeners are cheap, it lacks a critical mass of both users and musicians, and the market is crowded — Tidal — Now let me get this straight...piracy can be eradicated if artists just band together in the name of money? That's what this is all about, cash.
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Tony Gervino / Billboard:
Jay Z Talks Tidal, Jimmy Iovine, Rewriting the Music Business Rulebook — Jay Z performs onstage at the 2014 Global Citizen Festival to end extreme poverty by 2030 in Central Park on September 27, 2014 in New York City. — Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global Citizen Festival
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Ben Popper / The Verge:
Jay-Z relaunches Tidal with $9.99/month standard and $19.99/month high-quality tiers, with top artists as co-owners — Jay Z relaunches Tidal with music's biggest artists as his co-owners — At a press conference in New York City this afternoon, Jay Z and a huge group of musical stars took …
Cora Currier / The Intercept:
Intercept Reporter Files Suit Against Ferguson Police — An Intercept reporter is suing the St. Louis County Police Department after he was shot with rubber bullets and arrested while reporting on protests in the suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, over the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown last August.
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook's new Event subscribe button offers notifications of nearby events, incentivizes musicians to set up Facebook Events — Facebook Helps Musicians With Subscribe Button For Any Page's Nearby Events — You don't want to miss your favorite band's concert in your town …
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The Next Web
Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
Source: Cablevision plans to offer $1 for New York Daily News, taking into account newspaper's reported $30M annual loss — Exclusive: Cablevision to make $1 offer for New York Daily News - source — (Reuters) - U.S. cable T.V. operator Cablevision Systems Corp is planning to make an offer …
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Trinna Leong / Reuters:
Malaysian police arrest three editors in sedition investigation — (Reuters) - Police have arrested three editors from a Malaysian news portal on suspicion of sedition, their lawyers and authorities said on Tuesday, over a news report on discussions about punishments meted out under Islamic law.
Caroline Lees / INMA:
How does Mashable compete with New York Times? Big Data — Mashable leverages the data gleaned from its audience usage to identify trends in content consumption, which impacts its internal processes. — How does Mashable use Big Data to create more compelling content from the editorial operation?
Mother Jones:
Cameraman disputes Bill O'Reilly's account that journalist rescued him during Falklands riot — O'Reilly Cameraman Disputes Fox News Host's Falklands “War Zone” Story — O'Reilly claimed he rescued his bleeding cameraman during a riot in Argentina. But the journo who shot O'Reilly's video says this didn't happen.
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Trevor Noah to Succeed Jon Stewart on ‘The Daily Show’ — In December, Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian, made his debut as an on-air contributor on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” offering his outsider's perspective, as a biracial South African, on the United States.
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Washpostpr / Washington Post:
Washington Post publisher Frederick Ryan Jr. announces cuts in non-newsroom jobs, marks 48M unique visitors last month and 80% growth in mobile year over year — Publisher Frederick J. Ryan Jr. sends note to Washington Post staff about 2015 — Washington Post Publisher Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. sent the following note to staff today:
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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
David Ortiz's first person story on Derek Jeter's The Players' Tribune shows how athletes can bypass traditional media using small digital media platform — Athletes Finding Their Voice in Derek Jeter's Digital Venture — David Ortiz's blustery rant about being unfairly branded a cheater …
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Facebook partnership offers benefits to both digital startups and legacy companies; BuzzFeed benefits from reach, New York Time benefits from awareness — Newsonomics: BuzzFeed and The New York Times play Facebook's ubiquity game — Intellectually, we all knew that the Internet was so big as to be virtually infinite.
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