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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
NowThis Media Sees A Big Appetite For Short News Videos, With 200M Views In May — Online video news company NowThis Media says it has seen dramatic growth, going from 1 million video views a year ago, to 50 million earlier this year, to 200 million in May.
Discussion:
@antderosa
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix continues aggressive expansion with October launch in Italy, Spain, and Portugal — Netflix to Stream Into Italy, Spain and Portugal in October — Netflix plans to roll into southern Europe this fall, setting October launches for Italy, Spain and Portugal.
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CNET, PC Magazine, UPI, VentureBeat, Reuters, ABC News, Hollywood Reporter and The Verge
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Alan Rusbridger on hacking, Snowden, Wikileaks and losing £300m to make The Guardian financially secure — Has there ever been a more dignified and lauded end to a national newspaper editing career? — After 20 years in charge of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger bowed out at a time of his choosing …
Discussion:
@heathermallick and @pressgazette
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
In Mali, where data connections are sparse, music is sold on memory cards and USB sticks — A Music-Sharing Network for the Unconnected … Over the last two decades, cellphones have ushered in a communications revolution in Africa. The entire country of Mali, for example …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: formal FCC staff recommendation to the commissioners on AT&T-DirectTV deal could come as early as next week — AT&T, DirecTV executives meet with regulators about deal — Top executives from the two companies met with Federal Communications Commission staffers in Washington on Thursday …
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Verge, Forbes and Techdirt
Greg Avery / Denver Business Journal:
Denver Post cutting staff in the newsroom, again — The Denver Post is looking to cut 20 positions from its newsroom staff, offering buyouts as incentive for veteran employees to leave and stave off a round of layoffs at Colorado's largest newspaper. — Editor Greg Moore told assembled …
Discussion:
Denver Westword and Poynter
Madalina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Tow Center launches NewsLynx, an open source analytics platform that aims to analyze data with context to assess impact — NewsLynx launches to help newsrooms measure ‘impact’ — The open source analytics platform from Tow Center research fellows launched yesterday as an alternative to traditional metrics
Discussion:
Nieman Lab and TOWCenter
Anna Clark / Columbia Journalism Review:
Columnist builds a Facebook following of 130k by sharing news and civil discussion — How Connie Schultz built a unique community on Facebook — In an era when journalists feel pressure to use social media to build their personal brands, Connie Schultz has done something far more interesting.
Discussion:
@jayrosen_nyu, @annaleighclark, @ebnert, @mediadissector and US News
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
Genius launches an API so developers can help fuel its mission to annotate the Web — Twisted Agile: We're taking elements Agile dev and shaking it up with savvy best practices for better, faster outcomes. Sign up for our free webinar on June 11 at 10 a.m. PST/11 p.m. EST.
Discussion:
GENIUS ENGINEERING, VentureBeat and TechCrunch
Financial Times:
Sources: Apple may reduce the 30% cut it takes from publishers on Newsstand and many video providers on Apple TV — Apple rewrites app store economics — Apple is planning a departure from the pricing formula that has defined the economics of digital media for a decade …
Richard Verrier / Los Angeles Times:
MPAA extends Chairman Chris Dodd's contract through 2018 — Hollywood's chief lobbyist will have at least another three years on the job. — The Motion Picture Assn. of America has extended the contract of Chairman Chris Dodd through 2018. — “He has been an impactful leader …
Discussion:
The Wrap, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Multichannel News and Deadline
Alan D. Mutter / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
One of every four news startups listed in Columbia Journalism Review database since 2010 has failed — 1 of 4 news start-ups flamed out — In 2009, David Boraks wrote an inspiring guest post here about the launch of his hyper-local news site in Davidson County, NC.
Discussion:
@lionpubs, @jkristufek, @timmcdougall13 and @markcoddington
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