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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 — Al Jazeera America gets a new CEO — Amid turmoil that has seen the departure of three high level executives and a lawsuit from a former staffer in recent days …
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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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Ted Johnson / Variety:
FCC's Tom Wheeler Defends Net Neutrality, Comcast-TW Cable Merger Opposition — CHICAGO — FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler defended newly imposed net neutrality rules as well as the agency's plans to block the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger, saying that moves have been necessary to protect competition.
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
After collapse of Comcast-TWC deal, regulatory spotlight turns to AT&T-DirecTV merger
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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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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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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Trinity Mirror statement showing 10 per cent revenue fall reveals seven axed newspapers made £4.5m in 2014 — The seven regional newspapers closed down by Trinity Mirror at the end of last year had a combined revenue of £4.5m in 2014. — A trading update issued by the regional …
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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 …
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Reddit launches a video division to create original content — The social news service Reddit has grown to a truly massive size, garnering 170 million monthly visitors and 6.7 billion pages view this January, while maintaining a fairly bare-bones service. It helps elevate obscure material …
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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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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 …
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Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Banjo raises $100M from SoftBank to build out software that detects events in real time, using images; Sinclair Broadcasting using the tool for reporting now — Banjo Raises $100 Million to Detect World Events in Real Time … Banjo started four years ago as a simple app …
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Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal:
FAA partners with CNN and two other firms to expand drone testing for commercial purposes, in urban areas and beyond the sight of device operators — FAA Works With CNN, BNSF to Study Drone Flights — CNN to film in urban areas with drones, BNSF to inspect railroads, PrecisionHawk to collect crop data
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