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Chris Thompson / Poynter:
Fortune Magazine to announce hiring of six former Gigaom reporters, a third of editorial staff — Fortune Magazine to hire roughly one-third of GigaOm's editorial staff — Fortune magazine will announce Wednesday morning that it has hired six reporters from GigaOm, according to multiple sources close to the matter.
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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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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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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Napier Lopez / The Next Web:
HBO Now launches in US on Apple TV, iOS, and Cablevision's Optimum Online for $14.99 per month
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Nicole LaPorte / Fast Company:
An inside look at HBO's strategy to compete with Netflix by launching HBO Now
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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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Bryan Burrough / Vanity Fair:
The Inside Story of the Civil War For the Soul of NBC News — Brian Williams's fabrication was just the latest, and worst, of the debacles that have plagued NBC News since NBCUniversal was bought by Comcast in 2011. Who is to blame? — On the afternoon of Wednesday, February 4 …
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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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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.
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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Lauren Davidson / Telegraph:
Acast tries to join podcast boom with free app for creators and listeners supported by ads — How Serial shook up the podcasting industry — From the ubiquity of mobile to the runaway success of Serial, it's the golden age for podcasts, and the Swedish start-up Acast has some big ideas
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Ex-Gawker writer Cord Jefferson now writing for Comedy Central's “The Nightly Show” — Former newsman earns his keep on fake news show — Last January, Cord Jefferson was offered what he calls an unexpected, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Jefferson, who was then West Coast editor …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
YouTube's copyright system has taken Rand Paul's presidential announcement offline — If you're looking for Rand Paul's presidential announcement on YouTube, bad news. As of writing, the video has been blocked by the video streaming site, thanks to a copyright claim from Warner Music Group, as Vox's Andrew Prokop spotted.
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The Bold Italic:
Gannett-owned San Francisco news site The Bold Italic says it's shutting down — About The Bold Italic — Since our launch, The Bold Italic has strived to faithfully serve San Franciscans near and far, whether born and bred here or having just arrived in the city.
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