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Seb Joseph / The Drum:
Conde Nast preps video channels to spur revenue from ads co-produced with brands — Conde Nast Britain is launching dedicated video channels for titles such as Vogue and GQ to populate its inventory with branded films and quicken efforts to become less reliant on display ads.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Charleston's Post and Courier holds legislators accountable by polling them on Confederate flag debate, listing Twitter handles, displaying results in real time — South Carolina's Post And Courier Holds Lawmakers Accountable On Confederate Flag Debate — NEW YORK — On Monday morning …
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DraftKings Won't Raise $250 Million From Disney, But Will Still Get ESPN Ad Deal — Fantasy sports site DraftKings, which had discussed raising $250 million from Disney, is going to raise money somewhere else instead. — But the two companies will have a relationship anyway …
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PEN International:
Three arrested in burning death of another Indian journalist, Sandeep Kothari, in state of Madya Pradesh — India: Authorities must ensure swift and thorough investigation into murder of journalist — Police have arrested three men in connection with the murder of journalist Sandeep Kothari …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Hulu will sell Showtime online for $9, $2 less than Apple, Roku, Sony, and is paying for the discount out of pocket — Hulu Will Sell Showtime on the Web, Too — At a 20 Percent Discount — If you want a digital subscription to Showtime, you can buy one from Apple, Sony or Roku for $11 a month starting in July.
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Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Wikipedia Pages of Star Clients Altered by P.R. Firm — LOS ANGELES — Even by her own account, the supermodel Naomi Campbell's 1994 album “Babywoman” didn't amount to much. — “At least I tried,” was the best Ms. Campbell could say of the R&B recording, which was critically drubbed …
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Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
Removal of faculty advisers sparks concern about independence of student publications — At least four college newspaper advisers have been removed from their roles or seen their positions reduced or eliminated over the last six months, raising concerns among advocates about the independence of student publications around the country.
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Time Warner Cable target of first net neutrality complaint as Commercial Network Services claims it charges unjust streaming video rates — Here's the first official net neutrality complaint to the FCC — Remember last week, when we learned that a San Diego-based company would be filing …
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Associated Press:
Wikileaks documents show Saudi Arabia government payments to media in Mideast and Canada, including $2M to Lebanese MTV network — Saudi cables suggest money links with media — 5 photos — BEIRUT (AP) — A financially troubled Lebanese TV network received a $2 million Saudi bailout …
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Jens Hansegard / Wall Street Journal:
Jay Z's Tidal Music Service Boots CEO — Tidal faces industry criticism of premium business model as competition mounts — STOCKHOLM—After less than three months in the job, the interim chief executive has been swept out at Tidal, Jay Z's Swedish music-streaming service.
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Renée Kaplan, the Financial Times' first head of engagement, on how her team plans to reach new audiences — How Renée Kaplan, the FT's first head of audience engagement, approaches her new role — It's one of the trendiest phrases in digital journalism: audience engagement.
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web:
BBC launches app with card-based interface on iOS and Android for youth-oriented Newsbeat service; stories available offline — The BBC's launched an app for its youth-friendly Newsbeat service — The BBC has just launched mobile apps for fans of its youth-oriented Newsbeat content service …
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About the BBC, Talking New Media, Digital Spy and Engadget
Casey Newton / The Verge:
You can now watch Periscope replays on the web — Since live streams began taking over Twitter feeds earlier this year, a common complaint has been that they end before you could watch them. Periscope did enable replays within 24 hours after a stream ended, but only on its apps for Android and iOS.
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Verizon Completes Its Acquisition of AOL For $4.4B — Well, that was fast: Verizon has just announced that it has completed its acquisition of AOL, owner of TechCrunch, purchasing all outstanding shares for $50 per share in cash for a total price of $4.4 billion. The sale was originally announced just over a month ago.
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