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10:20 PM ET, April 28, 2015

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Jack Smith IV / The New York Observer:
Daily Dot confirms funding round; sources say it raised about $10M from another media company  —  The Daily Dot's Island of Misfit Reporters Raises Over $10 Million  —  The Internet's own hometown newspaper has grown rapidly to become NYC media's best-kept secret
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CNBC:
Twitter shares close down 18% on Q1 revenue of $436M that missed expectations, and weak forecast  —  Twitter closes 18% lower on disappointing report  —  Twitter's earnings came out early, and the stock halted for trading.  CNBC's Mary Thompson reports on the first trade as the stock resumed trading.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
WSJ now has a 40-person video team cranking out over 150 videos a month  —  The Wall Street Journal is zealous about protecting its paywall, and with good reason — circulation revenue contributes nearly half of its total revenue, fueled by more than 900,000 digital subscribers.
Discussion: @raju, Forbes, @jackmarshall and E&
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Q&A with Vox CEO Jim Bankoff on the VC money deluge, social networks as friend or foe, branded content, competition with clickbait, and more  —  Vox CEO Speaks to the Third Phase of Web Media  —  Strong brands with authority will outlast ‘clickbait’ as ad spending shifts online
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Mode, formerly Glam, now allows readers to curate a personalized content feed  —  Mode Media Combines Its Websites Under A New Social News App  —  The digital media company formerly known as Glam is launching a new product today for finding curated stories in topics like entertainment, food and fashion.
Discussion: Adweek and Broadcasting & Cable
David Lieberman / Deadline:
Maker Studios Will Develop Online Videos With Marvel And Other Disney Units  —  Like other digital video providers, Maker Studios is using its NewFront presentation in New York this morning to introduce new shows.  But the short-form content specialist is especially eager to highlight its alliances …
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Tim Peterson / AdAge:
YouTube to roll out several films over next two years with AwesomenessTV, will premiere globally on YouTube
Discussion: Tubefilter
Darren Fishell / Bangor Daily News:
Reade Brower and Chris Miles acquire MaineToday Media and its subsidiaries including Portland Press  —  Press Herald papers purchased by midcoast businessman Reade Brower  —  PORTLAND, Maine — Midcoast businessman Reade Brower has reached a deal to purchase MaineToday Media …
Discussion: @marypols and @mattderienzo
Michael Rosenwald / Columbia Journalism Review:
New book reveals that New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell fabricated characters  —  'I wish this guy hadn't written this book'  —  Header photo via Wikimedia.  Book cover image courtesy Penguin Random House.  —  About halfway through Thomas Kunkel's remarkable new biography of Joseph Mitchell a feeling of dread swept over me.
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
After just six months, Nina Lawrence is out as publisher of Time Inc.'s InStyle  —  Nina Lawrence Is Out as Publisher of InStyle  —  Time Inc. has let InStyle Publisher Nina Lawrence go less than six months after the company hired her, a Time Inc. spokeswoman confirmed.
Discussion: FishbowlNY, Media Wire Daily and WWD
Jo Glanville / The Bookseller:
English PEN director Jo Glanville defends decision to give award to Charlie Hebdo  —  The Charlie Hebdo principle  —  The distaste of eminent writers such as Peter Carey at PEN American Center's decision to honour Charlie Hebdo at its gala next month, highlights once again the fundamental inconsistency …
Discussion: @tomgara
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Hollywood Studios Win Landmark Court Victory Blocking Popcorn Time Sites  —  A High Court Justice in England makes a decision to cut off access even after finding problems with MPAA member arguments.  —  On Tuesday, the Motion Picture Association of America and its members won a big ruling …
Discussion: TorrentFreak
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Time Inc. CTO Colin Bodell betting on technology to jumpstart growth across all titles  —  The Amazon vet who is bringing order to Time Inc.'s tech sprawl  —  Traditional publishers like to talk about the trust they've built up with readers and advertisers over time.
Discussion: Media Wire Daily
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Two AJAM Executives Resign Following Ex-Employee Lawsuit  —  Breaking: Following the filing of a lawsuit by a former employee today, Al Jazeera America's executive vice president of human resources Diana Lee and the executive vice president of communications, Dawn Bridges, have both resigned.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
As part of international expansion, BuzzFeed will be in six new locations by end of 2015  —  Here's how BuzzFeed is thinking about its international growth  —  Last week, BuzzFeed launched in its seventh international country: Mexico. … The viral juggernaut opened its first site outside …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
NBC Sports Live Extra app now available for Apple TV and Roku, will require cable subscription to watch  —  NBC Sports launches on Apple TV, but cable is required for live streams  —  NBC Sports Live Extra is the newest “channel” available on Apple TV, and it promises to deliver over 3,000 live streams to viewers each year.
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
At NewFronts, Yahoo announces 14 new shortform series, added to its digital magazines  —  NewFronts: Yahoo Extends Live Nation Deal, Adds 14 Digital Series  —  Yahoo revamped its video strategy ahead of the 2014 NewFronts, now the tech giant is back when a number of pickups that signify it is doubling down on that plan.
Discussion: mUmBRELLA and The Verge
 
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Chris Morran / Consumerist:
HBO CEO Brushes Off Idea Of Simultaneously Releasing All Episodes Of A Show
Andrew Desiderio / Mediaite:
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Discussion: Poynter
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
Amazon creating digital brochures for advertisers who don't trade on its e-commerce site, distributing them via Kindle
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Netflix will have to consider ads to make a profit, says Sir Martin Sorrell
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Jared Malsin / Guardian:
Egyptian committee investigating evidence against two Al Jazeera journalists tells court they didn't fabricate video footage
Omar Oakes / Campaign:
Bloomberg launches Bloomberg Business Europe, first in set of regional brands
Discussion: FishbowlNY and @justin_b_smith, Thanks:@amandabcowie
Nic Christensen / mUmBRELLA:
Buzzfeed founder: 'Publishers shouldn't care where people watch their content'
Discussion: AdExchanger, BuzzFeed, Adweek and Variety
Harold Evans / Guardian:
Behind Margaret Thatcher and Rupert Murdoch's secret deal in 1981 to manipulate the press and politics
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
X raises US Premium+ prices by 37.5% to $22 per month, starting on December 21, and EU prices from €16 to €21 per month; the basic subscription still costs $3

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

 
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