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Peter Jukes / Politico:
The UK elections may not be remembered as much for the outcome as the way the media covered it — LONDON — Fasten your seatbelt: it's going to be a bumpy ride. With the two major parties, Conservative and Labour, neck and neck in the polls; and two new insurrectionary forces …
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Guardian, Washington Post, New Statesman, One Man & His Blog, POLITICO, Bloomberg Business, Spectator, The Independent and Press Gazette
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David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
How British media bring UK general election news across the pond — Two men face off to decide the future of the their country. One, shrouded in red, bears the focused gaze of an upstart seeking to topple the status quo. The other, cloaked in blue, smirks as if he knows something his opponent doesn't.
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The Irish Times, New York Times, Guardian, UK - The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, Globe and Mail, @daviduberti, Financial Times and NPR
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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The Huffington Post, Media Wire Daily, FishbowlNY and New York Post
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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RAIN News, Guardian, Music Ally, NME, EW.com, Mixmag, Music Week, The FADER, DIY, Complete Music Update, hypebot, Rolling Stone, theMusic.com.au, Digital Spy, all, The Verge and Stereogum
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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Deutsche Welle, Deutsche Welle and @janemartinson
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Wall Street Journal:
Spotify in talks with companies that make content for YouTube and traditional media firms for new web video service — Spotify Laying Plans to Enter Web Video Business — Closely-held streaming service has been reaching out to companies that make content for YouTube
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Stereogum, The Independent, Digital Spy, Reuters, International Business Times, Ars Technica, WebProNews, Music Ally, Engadget, @mathewi, The Verge and Mashable
Ted Johnson / Variety:
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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Broadcasting & Cable, Deadline, Multichannel News, Los Angeles Times, Variety and FierceCable
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 …
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Folio, Capital New York, Mashable, The Wrap, WWD, AdAge, Reuters, Reuters, Bloomberg Business and USA Today
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Vox promotes Laura McGann to deputy managing editor of policy and politics — As the election approaches, Vox unites policy and politics under one editor — Shortly after Vox.com brought aboard Politico Deputy Managing Editor Laura McGann to run the site's politics coverage in December …
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 …
IAB:
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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MediaPost, Tubefilter, bizjournals, StreamDaily, VideoInk, New York Post, @dstanton207, NetNewsCheck Latest, Adweek and Marketing Land
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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@newswhip, @jayrosen_nyu and bookforum.com
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 …
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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New York Times, The Daily Beast, Poynter, @davidfolkenflik and bookforum.com
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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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