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Washpostpr / Washington Post:
Washington Post testing ways to extend tablet experience to mobile web for select readers, new site and mobile apps to be released for all by late summer — The Washington Post to test new web experience for expanding readership — Following success of tablet app launched last year, Post considers extending to the web
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@myurow, Poynter, @joshsternberg, @abeaujon and @coryhaik
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
The Upshot at The New York Times used IP addresses to deliver a story rewritten for specific locations — The Upshot uses geolocation to push readers deeper into data — When you're writing about how place — be that a neighborhood or a city — affects a child's chances of getting out of poverty …
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The Atlantic, Street Fight, Salon, @jeffjarvis, @jgobunting, @johngushue, @poojadesaid, @niemanlab, @sarahmarshall, @dleonhardt, @digiphile, New York Times, Curbed LA, Refinery29 and The Week
Todd Cunningham / The Wrap:
Disney tops expectations in Q2 with $2.1B in revenue and a 14% YoY increase in EPS to $1.23 — Disney Earnings Hit $1.23 Per Share and Top Expectations in Q2 — The Walt Disney Company's stock surged on Tuesday as it reported earnings of $2.1 billion for its second fiscal quarter …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Discovery Communications Q1 Profit Rises 8.7% On Distribution Revenue — Discovery Communications said first-quarter profit rose 8.7% as the company was able to increase the amount of revenue it gleans from distributing its programming via cable and satellite outlets, even as advertising revenue …
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Broadcasting & Cable, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, Reuters, Benzinga and RTTNews
Ryan Gajewski / Hollywood Reporter:
Joshua Ozersky, Grub Street Founding Editor, Dies at 47 — Food writer Joshua Ozersky was found dead on Monday at a Chicago hotel, the Chicago Tribune reports. He was 47. — Ozersky, who was in Chicago to cover the James Beard Awards, was pronounced dead on the scene at 11:40 a.m …
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New York Times, Chicago Tribune, FishbowlNY, Daily Mail, The Independent, Oregonian, NY Daily News, Gothamist, CBS Chicago, abc7chicago.com, The Braiser and The Wrap
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hulu Pacts with 5 More Cable Operators to Resell Subscription-Video Service — Hulu is bringing its over-the-top video streaming service into more cable lineups. — One week after announcing Cablevision Systems would sell its subscription-video service to customers, Hulu said it has inked deals …
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Broadcasting & Cable
Matthew Zeitlin / BuzzFeed:
McSweeney's Looks To Raise $150,000 Through Kickstarter — Literary publications are going directly to their readers for funds — and the Eggers empire is looking to raise the most. — The San Francisco publishing house/literary magazine/quarterly/humor website/podcast empire McSweeney's …
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
A founding editor of Tech City News launches The Memo in UK, aiming for accessible tech news using curation and original stories, including election monitor — The Memo to explain ‘at a glance’ why technology news matters — New site launched this week aiming to offer a bigger picture …
Chris Heller / The Atlantic:
The Business of The Onion: How America's Best Satirical News Source Makes Money … The Onion had a problem: It fell behind the times. The mock newspaper hadn't printed an issue on actual paper since 2013, and in the period since, it never redesigned its website.
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bookforum.com and AdExchanger
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
DirecTV Q1 revenue up 4% to $8.14B, 60K new subs added — DirecTV U.S. Subscribers Rise in First Quarter, CEO “Confident” on AT&T Deal — DirecTV on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings and improved U.S. subscriber trends. — The satellite TV giant, led by CEO Mike White …
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The Wrap, TheStreet.com and StreetInsider.com
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Gaiman, Bechdel, Spiegelman, Packer, Mafisi, and Mabanckou agree to host tables at PEN gala, replacing writers who withdrew in protest over Hebdo award — Gaiman, Bechdel Among New Table Hosts at Pen Gala — NEW YORK (AP) — Neil Gaiman, Art Spiegelman and Alison Bechdel are among …
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New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, BREITBART.COM, Washington Post, Playbill, Vulture and Hit & Run
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
Machinima Is Ready to Own the Comic and Gamer Audience — When it comes to digital content for die-hard millennial fans of gaming, comics and other geek-out subjects, Machinima is one of the top purveyors in the space. However, even though it was one of the early multi-channel networks …
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The Wrap, Variety and Broadcasting & Cable
Mark Joyella / TVNewser:
Senior vice president of outreach at Al Jazeera America, Marcy McGinnis, resigns; move follows departure of two top executives last week — Marcy McGinnis Resigns at Al Jazeera America — Marcy McGinnis, senior vice president of outreach at Al Jazeera America, has resigned, TVNewser has learned.
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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Al Jazeera America CEO Fires Back at ‘Absurd’ $15 Million Anti-Semitism, Gender Bias Suit
Al Jazeera America CEO Fires Back at ‘Absurd’ $15 Million Anti-Semitism, Gender Bias Suit
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Variety