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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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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, @poojadesaid, @niemanlab, @sarahmarshall, @jeffjarvis, @dleonhardt, @digiphile, Curbed LA, New York Times, 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 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 …
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.
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
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 …
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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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.
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VentureBeat, Hollywood Reporter and The Verge
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
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 …
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, Esquire, Gothamist, Daily Mail, The Independent, Oregonian, NY Daily News, CBS Chicago, abc7chicago.com, The Braiser, The Wrap and Index/rss
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Comcast spent $336M on failed attempt to buy Time Warner Cable; TWC spent $219M — Comcast spent $336 million on failed attempt to buy Time Warner Cable — And Time Warner Cable spent $219 million of its own. — Comcast spent $336 million over the past year-plus on its failed attempt to acquire Time Warner 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
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