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Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
Reed Hastings predicts linear TV will decline yearly for next 20 years, says Netflix wants to pioneer virtual reality — Netflix's Reed Hastings predicts the future of TV over the next 20 years — Close followers of Netflix should watch the speech that Reed Hastings, its founder and chief executive, delivered in Berlin last week.
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@rickcordella, @jeffjarvis, @zseward and @zseward
Nic Christensen / mUmBRELLA:
Toronto Star scrapped digital paywall as it was ‘expensive’ and had a ‘high churn’ rate — Julie Murtha speaking at the INMA World Congress in New York — Executives from the Toronto Star have admitted paywalls did not work for them and said promoting stories inside the newspaper is a waste of time …
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@jbenton, @mathewi, INMA, @pottsmark, @mathewi and @jeffjarvis
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish Drops 134,000 Satellite-TV Subscribers in Q1, Blaming Programming Disputes — Dish Network dropped a net 134,000 satellite-TV customers in the first three months of 2015 — with the satcaster blaming ongoing programming spats for the sizable loss. — The company, in a regulatory filing Monday …
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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Dish Network earnings beat expectations, reports $3.7B revenue, profit doubles to $351M
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Dakota Financial News, Mideast Time and GuruFocus
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Meredith Levien's plan to save (or at least make money for) The New York Times — On Feb. 13, The New York Times news staff gathered to remember one of its most beloved writers, the media columnist David Carr, who had died suddenly at his desk the day before.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The New York Times invites advertisers to the Page One edit meeting
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AdExchanger and @laura_nelson
New York Times:
Facing competition from digital outlets, TV viewing drops 9% this season, with Netflix accounting for 43% of the decline — Networks Fret as Ad Dollars Flow to Digital Media — Beginning Monday, television networks will roll out the red carpet for marketers during the annual bazaar known as the upfronts …
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The Huffington Post, Adweek, Bloomberg Business, @lucas_shaw, @infoarbitrage and @lucas_shaw
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
‘More Like a Book Launch’ — The Times's Push to Build Buzz for Its Nail Salon Series — The Times's series of stories on the abused and underpaid young women who are the employees of New York City's omnipresent nail salons has hit big since it appeared online Thursday.
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New York Times, @m_gelin, @ylichterman, Business Insider, Capitol Confidential and The Daily Beast
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Lene Bech Sillesen / Columbia Journalism Review:
To reach overseas and local communities The New York Times is publishing stories like its nail salon exposé in a variety of languages
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Mediaite, The Wrap, Capital New York, FishbowlNY, Gothamist, CBS New York, @zararah, @rgogel, Mashable, New York Magazine, bookforum.com, The Week and VICE
Maya Kosoff / Business Insider:
The Guardian's Exec Editor Jo Confino joins Huffington Post in joint role as Exec Editor of Impact & Innovation department, Editorial Director of What's Working — The Huffington Post just poached a top editor at The Guardian — Jo Confino, who has worked as The Guardian's Executive Editor …
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FishbowlNY, @alexiskleinman, @bobbymacreports, @joepompeo and @digiphile
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
News Digest App “NYT Now” Drops Subscription Pricing, Offers Brand Sponsorships Instead — The New York Times said today it's ditching the paid subscription model for its mobile app NYT Now, after failing to convert a significant number of mobile users to subscribers.
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The Verge, The Next Web, FishbowlNY, @robinsloan and MacStories
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast Hires Carlyle Group's Michael Cavanagh as CFO — Comcast on Monday named Michael Cavanagh, previously a top exec at asset-management firm Carlyle Group, as the cable and programming conglomerate's chief financial officer. — His appointment comes after the company said in March …
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New York Times, Deadline, MarketWatch, Philly.com, Bloomberg Business, Reuters, CNBC, Business Insider, Fox Business and FierceCable
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC licence fee in doubt as John Whittingdale is named culture secretary — Former chair of the Commons culture, media and sport select committee has said £145.50 charge is ‘unsustainable’ in the long term — The future of BBC licence fee is in doubt after appointment of John Whittingdale …
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ITV, BBC, The Independent, broadcastnow.co.uk, SkySports, Music Week, birminghampost, The Bookseller and @benfenton
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Brian Williams Wants His Job Back Now, but NBC Isn't So Sure — He should be center stage at Monday's NBC Upfront. Instead, he's still off-screen, mired in scandal. He wants to reoccupy his evening news anchor chair ASAP. — The trial of Brian Williams is not quite over …
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FTVLive
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Hillary Clinton can't control the news, but negative media coverage shows her strength as a candidate — Hillary Clinton Can't Control the News — But the good news for her is that negative media coverage shows how strong she is. — In the eternal struggle between candidates and journalists …
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@erikwemple, @anniekarni, @jessmcbridemilw, @jessefferguson and @jayrosen_nyu
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