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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Sources: Re/code valued at $15-20M in Vox deal, which was based on Vox's November valuation of $380M; Re/code projected to generate revenues of $12M this year — Why Re/code, an 18-month-old tech news startup, really sold to Vox — even though it was generating $12 million
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Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Netflix Tests Teasers For Original Programming, But Has No Plans To Run Third-Party Ads — Streaming TV provider Netflix has always shied away from advertising, preferring instead to make money from a monthly subscription it charges users to gain access to its content.
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Jason Koebler / Motherboard:
Netflix is experimenting with pre- and post-roll ads for its own programming — What's New on Netflix: Advertisements — Netflix is experimenting with advertisements that run both before and after users watch a video. It's unclear whether or not the company will eventually push ads to everyone.
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Cord Cutters News, Adweek, /Film, Mashable, PCMag UK, Ubergizmo, @kaleighrogers, @zacherynielson, @bcmerchant, @crupicrupicrupi, @motherboard, @republicandalek, BGR, @audaciouskay, @mikeisaac, TIME, Consequence of Sound and The Verge
Pew Research Center:
Millennials, Generation Xers, and Baby Boomers trust about four-in-ten sources they have heard of and distrust about two-in-ten — Millennials and Political News — Social Media - the Local TV for the Next Generation? — When it comes to where younger Americans get news about politics and government …
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Journalism.org, The Huffington Post, The Awl, FishbowlDC, Fortune, Variety, OnPolitics, Baltimore Sun, GeekWire, The Verge, SocialTimes, Talking Points Memo, Adweek and TVSpy
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Pew report: 61% of millennials got their political news from Facebook in the last week, 37% from local television
Pew report: 61% of millennials got their political news from Facebook in the last week, 37% from local television
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Nieman Lab, Journalism.org, Mashable, Broadcasting & Cable, CNNMoney, Pew Research Center, @hemartin, @mathewi, @robertcaruso, @sunny_hundal, @hadas_gold and @tomgara
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Global newspaper readership falls more than 25% in four years — ZenithOptimedia report finds print remains popular in UK as internet boosts media consumption worldwide — The average amount of time spent reading newspapers fell more than 25% globally from 2010 to 2014 …
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Quartz, Fortune, ZenithOptimedia and @johnrobinson
Wall Street Journal:
Apple expected to announce $10 a month music streaming service at WWDC, will offer curated channels, in talks with Q-Tip, Drake, and Dr. Dre to host — Apple to Take On Spotify With New Streaming Services — Music subscription to cost $10 a month; augmented Internet radio will have DJs
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Re/code, The Wrap, Digital Music News, CNBC, TechCrunch, New York Post, Mashable, The Verge, GeekWire, Mercury News, Variety, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, The Verge, Engadget, MacRumors, App Advice, 9to5Mac, PhoneDog.com, BGR and Stereogum
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
New York Times, Washington Post, and Mozilla launch The Coral Project, an initiative to help form communities of commenters — The Coral Project aims to help commenters become communities — Earlier this year, a group of Washington Post readers decided to meet up because of something they'd read online.
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@jskstanford, @alexlaughs and @poynter
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Mashable Taps Reality TV Veteran to Head Video Division — In yet another example of an editorial company turning to the potentially lucrative branded video business, Mashable has tapped a reality television veteran to heads its new Mashable Studios division.
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PRWeb, FishbowlNY, Capital New York and @niemanlab
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Clinton campaign reporters complain that press pool organizers are restricting information, delaying copy — On the trail of Hillary Clinton, not everyone is allowed to jump into the press pool — When it comes to covering Hillary Rodham Clinton, some campaign reporters are feeling less equal than others.
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The Huffington Post, Mediaite, @jayrosen_nyu, @marklittlenews and Fortune
Matt Donnelly / The Wrap:
PopSugar launches PopSugar Latina, blog vertical aimed at Latina millennials — PopSugar Launches Blog Vertical for Latina Millennials (Exclusive) — PopSugar, the heavily trafficked blog network for millennial females, rolled out a new Latina vertical on Monday.
Mark Joyella / TVNewser:
Charlie Rose to Receive 2015 Cronkite Award — CBS This Morning co-host Charlie Rose has been named the 2015 recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, Arizona State University announced today. \"For the past 40 years, Charlie Rose has asked the tough questions …
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Gannett Company, Inc:
Gannett acquires 11 media organizations from Digital First Media — McLEAN, VA - Gannett Co., Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the remaining 59.36% interest in the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership that it did not own from Digital First Media.
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Poynter, York Daily Record and @jimbradysp
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Bob Berney Joins Amazon Studios as Head of Movie Distribution and Marketing; Albert Cheng Named COO — Bob Berney and Albert Cheng joined Amazon Studios on Monday in key roles: Berney will be head of Movie Distribution and Marketing, while Cheng hops aboard as COO.
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Re/code, Variety, Hollywood Reporter and Broadcasting & Cable