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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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Nieman Lab, E&, @joshsternberg, @myurow, @abeaujon, @coryhaik and Poynter
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, @jgobunting, @johngushue, @niemanlab, @sarahmarshall, @jeffjarvis, @poojadesaid, @dleonhardt, @digiphile, Curbed LA, New York Times, Refinery29 and The Week
Alina Selyukh / Reuters:
Netflix calls on FCC to reject proposed AT&T-DirecTV merger — (Reuters) - Netflix Inc has urged the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reject the pending $48 billion merger of AT&T Inc and DirecTV as currently proposed, according to regulatory disclosures posted on Tuesday.
Discussion:
FierceCable
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 Stock Hits All-Time High After Surprisingly Strong Q2 Results — The Walt Disney Company's stock soared to an all-time high Tuesday after it reported better-than-expected earnings …
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, RTTNews and Benzinga
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 …
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@alyssarosenberg and @isaacfitzgerald
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Hearst Magazines International names Rudy Konyushkov as chief technology officer — Hearst Magazines International Names Chief Technology Officer — Hearst Magazines International (HMI) has named Rudy Konyushkov chief technology officer. Konyushkov will continue to serve as CTO of Hearst Shkulev Media …
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
CBS Sports and USA NOW Channels Now Available on Apple TV — The Apple TV has gained two new channels today in CBS Sports and USA NOW, bringing on-demand sports, drama, comedy, sitcoms and more programming to the set-top box in the United States. The new channels should be appearing …
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 …
Discussion:
The Wrap, Variety and Broadcasting & Cable
Ben Fox Rubin / CNET:
Amazon partners with JetBlue to offer Prime video as in-flight entertainment — Amazon Prime video to stream aloft with JetBlue — The deal marks Amazon's first content partnership with an airline carrier. The service comes later this year.
Discussion:
VentureBeat, Hollywood Reporter and The Verge
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
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