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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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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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@mathewi, @jbenton, @pottsmark, @jeffjarvis and INMA
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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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Bloomberg Politics co-host Mark Halperin apologizes to presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz for interview questions focusing on his Cuban heritage — Mark Halperin apologizes to Ted Cruz — Bloomberg Politics co-host Mark Halperin apologized to Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday for a recent interview …
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ThinkProgress, Mediaite, Washington Post, FishbowlDC, Hot Air, Twitchy, @jayrosen_nyu, @tvnewslab, The Huffington Post, @davidfolkenflik and Talking Biz News
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Ex-CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling sentenced to three and a half years in prison on espionage charges for leaking info to New York Times reporter James Risen — Ex-C.I.A. Officer Sentenced in Leak Case Tied to Times Reporter — ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Central Intelligence Agency officer …
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RT, Washington Post, @jcenters, @katedavidson and The Week
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Jack Shafer ‘let go’ from Ethicist team by New York Times Magazine — The New York Times Magazine's three-person approach to its storied Ethicist column is already showing signs of wobbliness. Politico media critic Jack Shafer, one of the experts tapped for a slightly renamed version of the column …
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New York Times and FishbowlNY
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Mark Luckie, Twitter's manager of journalism and news, leaving to focus on his forthcoming book — Mark Luckie to leave Twitter — Mark Luckie, the former Washington Post social media editor who is now manager of journalism and news at Twitter, is leaving the social media company, he announced Monday.
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@alexjamesfitz, @rungomez, @marksluckie and The Drum
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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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.
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
New Al Jazeera America CEO Al Anstey promises no news spin and a focus on integrity — AJAM's New Boss Aims to ‘Bring the Team Together’ — Al Anstey, the newly-installed CEO of Al Jazeera America will be arriving in America tonight to take on his next challenge.
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Mercury News, The Wrap and Politico
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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@alexiskleinman, @digiphile, @bobbymacreports, @joepompeo and FishbowlNY
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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Nieman Lab, Poynter, The Next Web, WordPress and other stuff, @robinsloan, MacStories and FishbowlNY
AFP:
Al Jazeera reporter Mohamed Fahmy sues network for $100M in Canadian court over Egypt detention, says network was negligent, supported blacklisted Islamists — Al-Jazeera reporter sues network for $100m over Egypt detention — Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, awaiting a retrial for allegedly supporting …
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Toronto Star, Reuters, Reuters, Globe and Mail and Guardian
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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