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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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USA Today, @nichcarlson, @neilcybart, @fmanjoo, @readdanwrite, @nichcarlson, @rafat, @tomstandage, @nereidadin and @davidfolkenflik
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 overall — Millennials and Political News — Social Media - the Local TV for the Next Generation? — When it comes to where younger Americans get news …
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Journalism.org, The Huffington Post, Fortune, The Awl, Variety, GeekWire, The Verge, Baltimore Sun, FishbowlDC, OnPolitics, 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
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, Capital New York, @jessicaplautz, @niemanlab and FishbowlNY
Sarah Shaffi / The Bookseller:
US e-book sales drop 6% in 2014 to 223M, down from 240M in 2013 — US e-book sales down 6% in 2014 — E-book sales in the US declined by 6% in 2014 compared to the year before, statistics released by Nielsen show. — Information presented at BookExpo America and derived from PubTrack Digital …
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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Wall Street Journal, Re/code, The Verge, Variety and 9to5Mac
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.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Leaked contract shows SoundCloud may pay about 22% royalties to publishers, is preparing to roll out two premium tiers, one with downloadable songs and no ads — Leaked Contract Shows SoundCloud's Plans For Ad-Free Subscriptions And Paying Labels — SoundCloud is desperately trying …
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Digital Music News
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, TechCrunch, Mashable, Adweek, /Film, @peter_mooney_, PCMag UK, @kaleighrogers, Business Insider, Ubergizmo, @zacherynielson, @dangillmor, Consumerist, Engadget, @bcmerchant, @crupicrupicrupi, @motherboard, @republicandalek, BGR, @audaciouskay, @mikeisaac, TIME, The Verge and Consequence of Sound
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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Broadcasting & Cable
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
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Bloomberg Relaunches Pursuits Magazine — When Emma Rosenblum was promoted to editor in chief of Bloomberg Pursuits in January, she told WWD that she wanted to make the magazine “aspirational without being lame.” — From a glass conference room in Bloomberg's New York headquarters …
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Media Wire Daily and FishbowlNY, Thanks:@amandabcowie
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, Fortune and Mediaite