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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Medium refines strategy, emphasizing network value over Total Time Read, considers tying contributor bonuses to metrics like follows and recommendations — What's Going On At Medium? — The publisher/publishing platform is rejiggering itself as a social network for readers and writers …
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Kerry A. Dolan / Forbes:
Charges Dropped In Defamation Trial Against Angolan Journalist Rafael Marques — In a surprise development, the defamation charges against journalist Rafael Marques de Morais were dropped Thursday by the Angolan military generals who had brought them. — Marques had been charged …
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VICE News, Guardian, Associated Press and Index on Censorship
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
FCC Chairman Reached Out to Time Warner Cable, Charter CEOs — FCC's Tom Wheeler indicated agency not opposed to any and all potential cable deals — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has a message for cable chiefs: just because regulators leaned against the Comcast Corp. …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sources: Samsung's media unit, responsible for Milk Music, Milk Video, and Milk VR, lays off up to 15% of staff — Samsung's Content Unit Hit by Layoffs, Exec Departure (Exclusive) — Samsung's Media Solutions Center America, which is responsible for the company's Milk Music and Milk Video services …
Eric Blattberg / Digiday:
Mic's video series gets 33M views on Facebook in two months; the same series received under a million aggregate views on YouTube — Mic's hit video series on Facebook has gotten 33 million views in two months — Fast-growing millennial publisher Mic has the luxury of starting from scratch with its six-month-old video strategy.
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@julianneross, @digiday, @brianne_garcia and @slade
Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Founder of Diapers.com, Vinit Bharara, talks about why he launched a media startup called Some Spider to run a network of sites: the Mid, Scary Mommy, and Cafe — With the help of NYT execs, Some Spider wants to spin a web of media properties — Two of the top digital executives …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
DirecTV Launches Kids TV App for Apple Mobile Devices — DirecTV, the No. 1 U.S. satellite TV broadcaster, debuted a dedicated mobile-video app designed for children 5 to 10 available to subscribers for no additional charge. — The new DirecTV Kids app includes a selection of “kid-friendly” …
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Trinity Mirror more than doubles phone-hacking payout fund to £28m — Saily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People publisher is still facing claims from more than 100 high-profile figures — Trinity Mirror has more than doubled its phone hacking payout fund to £28m …
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@marksweney
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Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Daily Mirror owners must pay £1.2m to celebrity phone-hacking victims
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Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Mirror's phone hacking made ‘News of the World look like cottage industry’
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@marksweney, Guardian, @obligateme, Featured Articles, @martin_hickman, @dogsbarker and @dansabbagh
Brent Lang / Variety:
New York Times Changes Film Review Policy, Can't Guarantee Coverage (Updated) — New York Times Changes Film Review Policy, Can't Guarantee Coverage — The New York Times is changing its film review policies, with the paper telling distributors this week that it can no longer guarantee …
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@loulumenick, @dave_kehr, The Wrap, The Wrap and @alisonwillmore
Brian Crecente / Polygon:
Rockstar parent company sues BBC over upcoming GTA drama — Take-Two Interactive today filed a lawsuit against the BBC over the broadcaster's upcoming unauthorized television show about the birth, growth and controversies of Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Games. — The suit was filed in London Thursday morning.
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IGN, The Independent, CNET, Guardian and The Verge
Shannon Bond / Financial Times:
Univision buys African-American news site The Root — Univision, the largest Spanish-language broadcaster in the US, has bought The Root, an African-American focused news and culture website, as the company looks to build a digital network catering to multicultural millennial consumers.
Discussion:
The Root and New York Post
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Tribune Publishing completes deal for U-T San Diego, changes name back to San Diego Union-Tribune — Tribune Publishing restores San Diego Union-Tribune's old name — Tribune Publishing just closed the deal on the newspaper formerly known as U-T San Diego. One of the first orders of business: restoring the paper's old name.
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UT San Diego, Los Angeles Times, Business Wire and @utsportseditor
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Digital radio hits nearly 40% of all listening — BBC Radio 4 Extra overtakes 6 Music as digital-only commercial stations such as Absolute 80s and Planet Rock attract record audiences — Nearly 40% of radio listening is now on digital with record audiences for digital-only commercial stations including Absolute 80s and Planet Rock.
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