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John Bohannon / io9:
Journalist explains how his bad study got press coverage in 20 countries, demonstrates laziness in science journalism — I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How. — “Slim by Chocolate!” the headlines blared. A team of German researchers had found …
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Katie Benner / Bloomberg View:
After Re/code's sale, the overlooked subscription business model for news sites looks better than ad-based models — Re/code's Sale and Life After Advertising — After the tech news site Re/code sold itself to Vox Media, reports in Fortune and the New York Post noted that the deal …
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Bob Lefsetz / The Lefsetz Letter:
Lesson for journalists: just because you're a star don't think you're bigger than the enterprise — ReCode To Vox — They couldn't make it on their own. Walt Mossberg, one of America's two most famous tech columnists, shot himself in the foot. He left the “Wall Street Journal.”
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Sam Thielman / Guardian:
Stockbait? BuzzFeed announces IPO as clicks and videos keep public hooked — Chief executive Jonah Peretti has not offered a timeline for the move, but investors will want to know after site was valued at $850m in August — BuzzFeed is planning an IPO, the company's CEO, Jonah Peretti, announced at a tech conference on Wednesday.
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Adam Thomson / Financial Times:
Luxury group LVMH in talks to acquire French daily newspaper La Parisian for an estimated €50M — LVMH in talks to buy Le Parisien newspaper — LVMH, the world's biggest luxury group by sales, has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire French daily newspaper Le Parisien as part of a drive to build up its media business.
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Canadian Press:
Shomi expands to anyone in Canada with internet connection, not just TV subscribers — Rogers and Shaw will soon extend their streaming service Shomi to everyone in Canada. Before, it was limited to their existing cable TV customers. (iStock) — Shomi is getting ready to turn up the heat …
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Guardian:
Brazilian radio journalist known for anti-drug trafficking views killed by gunmen — A radio journalist known for denouncing drug traffickers and organized crime groups has been murdered in north-eastern Brazil, in the second attack on the country's press in less than a week.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix Bandwidth Usage Climbs to Nearly 37% of Internet Traffic at Peak Hours — Subscription-video leader accounts for more usage than YouTube, Amazon and Hulu combined, according to Sandvine — Netflix, which already eats up the fattest chunk of downstream bandwidth, is taking an even bigger bite …
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Mahir Zeynalov / Today's Zaman:
Turkish President Erdoan cancels former New York Times' Stephen Kinzer honorary citizenship over critical article — Erdoan cancels Kinzer's honorary citizenship over critical article — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan has cancelled the honorary citizenship of former …
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John Brownlee / Co.Design:
The Kindle Finally Gets Typography That Doesn't Suck — Amazon's Kindle e-reader is a lovely single-purpose gadget, with an industrial design ethos that, in its singular focus on the purity of e-reading, even Dieter Rams could love. The iOS and Android apps are even great.
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune-owned Gracenote acquires sports data companies for $54M to provide schedules, live scores, play-by-play stats, and more — Gracenote launches sports data service with two acquisitions — Gracenote, the digital and data arm of Tribune Media, on Thursday announced the acquisition …
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Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal:
Mary Meeker Cites Slower Web Growth in Annual Trends Talk … Mary Meeker, the famed analyst-turned-venture capitalist, warned in her annual Internet trends report on Wednesday that Internet and mobile user growth is slowing, which could affect the prospects of a range of high-profile Web startups.
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