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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
The Economist launches Global Business Review app in Chinese and English, free through May, then $75/year or $8/month — Newsonomics: Why The Economist decided now's the time to speak Chinese — The newsonomics of The New York Times' Paywalls 2.0 — The Economist is launching …
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Andrew Nusca / Fortune:
Fortune hires six former Gigaom reporters to double down on its technology coverage — Fortune bulks up on technology coverage, hires six
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
By building partnerships with other newspapers, The Washington Post is opening up revenue opportunities — Subscribers to more than 250 newspapers around the globe now have free digital access to the Post. The next question is how the paper will use this network to make money.
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Seyhmus Cakan / Reuters:
Turkish prosecutor calls for Dutch journalist's acquittal in terrorism propaganda trial — (Reuters) - A Turkish prosecutor made a surprise call on Wednesday for the acquittal of a Dutch journalist charged with disseminating “terrorist propaganda”, a case which had fueled concern about press freedom in EU candidate Turkey.
Terry McDermott / New York Times:
Judith Miller's The Story: A Reporter's Journey is a flawed defense that fails to critique her own reporting — Review: Judith Miller's 'The Story: A Reporter's Journey' — In late 2002 and through 2003, Judith Miller, an investigative reporter at The New York Times …
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Marie Mawad / Bloomberg Business:
Vivendi Denies Report It's Considering Acquisition of Sky TV — Vivendi SA, the French media company, denied a published report that it may seek to acquire pay-TV provider Sky Plc. — A Vivendi representative disputed the Reuters report saying the Paris-based company was looking at Sky …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Haystack TV Scores $1.7 Million For Its News Service Aimed At Cord Cutters — One of the problems with cutting the cord today is that you lose access to a variety of news channels and programs, and there are few resources in the streaming world that can take their place.
Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider:
Subscription ebook service Oyster launches ebook store — See Also — A small startup is taking a huge swing at Amazon. — The e-book subscription service Oyster — often referred to as the “Netflix for books” because it offers an unlimited reading plan for $9.95 a month — is opening a new store for one-off purchases.
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Chelsey Dulaney / Wall Street Journal:
Tribune Media's Top Shareholders To Pare Stake By 25% — Company's three largest shareholders to cut stakes through secondary share offering — Tribune Media Co. said Wednesday that its three largest shareholders plan to collectively cut their stake in the company by 25% through a secondary share offering.
Roger Yu / USA Today:
Voice of America director Ensor to step down in May — Voice of America said Tuesday its director David Ensor is stepping gown after nearly four years of leading the government-funded broadcast and digital news operation. — VOA, which is controlled by the Broadcasting Board of Governors …
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New York Times, GovExec.com and Washington Post
Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
Local paper publishes article after principal bans drug use story from student paper, providing broader audience, and underscoring administrators dilemma — A principal yanked a drug article from a student newspaper, so it ran online — It's called “dabbing,” and it involves smoking …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
HBO Reminds You That HBO Now Works Better When Everyone's Not Trying to Use HBO Now — As promised, HBO has rolled out HBO Now, its $15-a-month streaming service, in time for the new season of “Game of Thrones,” which debuts Sunday. — But if you use HBO Now to stream “Game of Thrones” …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Ads: TV Breaks Rules To Take Streaming-Video Ads — Analysis: Why run TV ads telling TV viewers to stop watching TV? A shift in policy highlights the new world of video content — ABC's broadcast of the Oscars is one of TV's biggest annual events.
Tom Risen / US News:
YouTube Kids Investigation by FTC Would Face Hurdles — A proposed investigation of the app's ads by the federal government could create a legal mess for the online video world. — The YouTube Kids app aimed at children is “unfair and deceptive,” some consumer advocacy groups say.
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Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:
FTC to review complaint that YouTube Kids over-advertises to children
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Guardian and New York Times
Hank Green / Medium:
Ad model doesn't work for YouTube creators, but the “just-ask” model for donations can — The $1,000 CPM — Advertising is a kinda s**tty model. It's very exciting that we're moving beyond it. — Sometime in the last year, my YouTube videos received their billionth view.
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