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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
NYT is planning to offer its NYT Now app for free within weeks, currently costs $8 per month — Times plans to make NYT Now mobile app free — The New York Times is expected to announce in the coming weeks that its NYT Now mobile app will become a free product with a number of changes …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Despite the pervasive myth of Fox News' political influence, audience numbers aren't big enough to sway primaries — Fox News, Paper Tiger — The network is better at employing presidential candidates than electing them. — As early as September 2010, journalists were using the phrase …
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
BBC and BitTorrent partner to offer 10 episode Doctor Who bundle with two free videos and $12 for full box-set — Doctor Who gets official BitTorrent ‘box-set’ from the BBC — Broadcaster follows Radiohead's Thom Yorke in testing legal file-sharing distribution with 10-episode bundle
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Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
The Daily Telegraph's editor in chief Jason Seiken has quit — Jason Seiken, The Daily Telegraph's chief content officer and editor in chief, is quitting his role at the British broadsheet newspaper. — Seiken joined The Daily Telegraph in 2013 from PBS.
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Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
9th Circuit rules Netflix isn't subject to disability law — Are websites “public accommodations?” Federal courts have split on the question. — A federal appeals court ruled (PDF) yesterday that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) doesn't apply to Netflix, since the online video provider is …
Patrick Smith / BuzzFeed:
The Times Censored Its Own Report Of A Terrorism Trial — The newspaper wanted to show the effect secret trials can have on open justice. — A jury last week failed to reach a verdict on a second and more serious charge of plotting terrorist attacks in the UK, The Times reported.
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Tim Cushing / Techdirt:
NYPD Claims It Can't Find ‘Widely-Circulated’ Memo That Cut Off Press Access To Precinct Crime Blotters — MuckRock is again reporting on a mysteriously missing document — one that was previously acknowledged to exist but come public records request time, simply can't be found.
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Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
AOL to host Fox Sports' game highlights and shows online — Fox Sports Strikes a Digital Deal With AOL — Further expanding its sports coverage, AOL today unveiled a multi-year video content partnership with Fox Sports. — The new deal includes original Fox Sports digital properties …
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Tubefilter, Hollywood Reporter, AdExchanger and Deadline
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CBS launches 60 Minutes Productions to work with CBS Films to adapt segments into films, starting with a story about the Boston Marathon bombing — CBS to turn ‘60 Minutes’ Segment into ‘Patriots Day’ Movie — A news story that was featured on the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes” …
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Deadline, Flavorwire, INFORUM, TVbytheNumbers and @brianstelter
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
Hulu beats lawsuit claiming it illegally shared user data with Facebook — The “Like” button collects data, but there's no master list of videos watched. — Online video provider Hulu has decisively won a lawsuit claiming it violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) …
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Consumerist, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Reuters and The Hill
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The Economist's Tom Standage on digital strategy and the limits of a model based on advertising — LONDON — The past few months have been full of change at The Economist. In January, Zanny Minton Beddoes was appointed the magazine's new editor after her predecessor, John Micklethwait, left for Bloomberg.
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Katie Richards / Adweek:
Director of global news operations at Fusion says original stories, video, Snapchat key to attracting millennials — How Fusion Is Pursuing (and Creating) a New Generation of News Junkies — Specs — Current gig Director of global news operations at Fusion — Previous gig Editorial director at NBCNews.com