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Spotify Laying Plans to Enter Web Video Business — Closely-held streaming service has been reaching out to companies that make content for YouTube — Music streaming service Spotify is laying plans to enter the hotly competitive Web video business and has been in discussions …
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Andrew Hampp / Billboard:
Sony Music removes original recordings from SoundCloud pages of more than six artists, including Adele, Hozier, Kelly Clarkson, in licensing impasse — Sony Pulls Hozier, Adele, Miguel, Others From SoundCloud In Licensing Impasse — Sony Music has removed original recordings …
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Huffington Post marks 10th anniversary with new look — The Huffington Post is marking its tenth anniversary with the first substantial redesign of the site since it was created. — The fresh look, which was launched on its mobile site this week, will still feature its signature Splash …
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Mark Sweney / Deutsche Welle:
Trinity Mirror bosses accused of denying scale of phone hacking — Chairman David Grigson forced to defend actions after being accused of ‘not being straight’ with shareholders by former Sunday Mirror journalist — A former Sunday Mirror journalist who pleaded guilty to phone hacking …
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NCTA's Michael Powell Says Cable Industry's Reputation Contributed to Public Policy Defeats — CHICAGO — Michael Powell, the CEO of the National Cable and Telecommunications Assn., said that the cable industry is “highly conscious” that defeats in some recent major public policy fights are in part due to its reputation with customers.
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
FCC's Tom Wheeler Defends Net Neutrality, Comcast-TW Cable Merger Opposition
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Chelsey Dulaney / Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. Revenue Falls 8.7% Amid Weak Advertising Demand — Company puts its London executive offices, the Blue Fin building, up for sale — Time Inc., the publisher of magazines such as People, Sports Illustrated and Real Simple, said its revenue fell 8.7% in the first quarter of the year …
Rob Price / Business Insider:
Facebook's new video business is awash with copyright infringement and celebrities are some of the biggest offenders — Facebook's video views are skyrocketing — but there's a dark side to this growth. The social network also has a serious problem with copyright infringement …
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Al Jazeera CEO Is Demoted, Not Fired, In Day of Intrigue — When the rumor went round that Al Jazeera CEO Ehab Al Shihabi had been fired, one staffer said it was like ‘The Witch is Dead.’ But it was just a demotion. — A mere 48 hours after trying to defend the troubled news channel Al Jazeera America …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Al Jazeera America dismisses CEO Ehab Al Shihabi, replacing him with Al Anstey, previously managing director of Al Jazeera English
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IAB study: 24% of US adults watch original digital video at least once a month, up 13% from last year — Connected TVs & Smartphones Neck-and-Neck in Consumer Device Preference for Streaming Original Digital Video Programming — A quarter (24%) of the American adult population …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
New York Times moves discussion of print edition out of daily meeting, print still seen as “critical” to the paper — N.Y. Times accelerates digital-first effort — The New York Times will take another step in its effort to prioritize digital this week by shifting the time and focus …
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Nicolas Becquet / Journalism.co.uk:
Media companies prioritizing digital must redirect resources, stop amplifying and focus on quality — Five paradoxes of a dying press — Nicolas Becquet, journalist, L'Echo — Credit: Image by NS Newsfalsh on Flickr. Some rights reserved — This is an extract from an article …
Evan Ramstad / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minneapolis Star Tribune buys alt-weekly City Pages from Voice Media, will cease publication of its entertainment weekly, Vita.mn — Star Tribune buys Twin Cities alt-weekly City Pages — The Star Tribune will halt publication of its entertainment weekly, Vita.MN.
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