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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Profile of DJ Zane Lowe, formerly of BBC's Radio 1, as he prepares for the launch of Apple's Beats 1 streaming radio — Zane Lowe, the D.J. Scratching Out Beats 1 for Apple — LOS ANGELES — “Check-check. One two-two-two-two-two. Hello hello hello.”
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Spotify acquires analytics firm Seed Scientific that included Beats Music as a client, will exclusively get access to services — Spotify Buys Beats' Analytics Provider Seed Scientific — Spotify wants to own big data about bands. Today it acquired analytics firm Seed Scientific to forge …
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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Taylor Swift Confirms 1989 Will Now Be On Apple Music
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
HuffPost to Launch Film and TV Divisions, Announces 24-Hour Online Video Network — HuffPost 24 will offer live programming, short-form video, documentaries and original series. — More than two years after the launch of HuffPost Live, The Huffington Post plans to significantly boost …
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Family of missing journalist Austin Tice applauds new US ransom policy that helps families negotiate with kidnappers — Tice family: New hostage policy “excellent step forward” — Shares - — The new hostage policy announced Wednesday is a landmark shift in how the U.S. government …
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Debating The New York Times' new beat to cover the superrich: it's not about “wealth porn” but rather recognizing a new Gilded Age — Is Greater Focus on the Superrich Right for The Times? — To some, it seems counterintuitive to cover the problems of economic inequality …
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Neil McIntosh / BBC:
BBC is listing its web pages that have been removed from Google's search results due to right to be forgotten — List of BBC web pages which have been removed from Google's search results — Since a European Court of Justice ruling last year, individuals have the right to request …
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Press Gazette, The Next Web and @declanm
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Charter Will ‘Go Further’ Than FCC's Net Neutrality Rules in Merger With Time Warner Cable — Charter Communications said that it will commit to principles of net neutrality, like no blocking or throttling of traffic, as part of its planned merger with Time Warner Cable and acquisition of Bright House Networks.
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Rupert Murdoch's chief of staff steps down — Rupert Murdoch's chief of staff, Natalie Ravitz, has stepped down from her position supporting the 84-year-old chairman of 21st Century Fox and News Corp., Capital has learned. — In a company memo obtained by Capital, Murdoch wrote that Ravitz …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Bloomberg TV's New Show 'What'd You Miss' Aims for Broader Crowd — Bloomberg LP, one of the biggest names in buttoned-down business talk, is about to unveil a new TV show seeking instead to push the limits on a more broadly appealing kind of financial chatter.
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Sahil Patel / VideoInk:
Cinedigm Invests in Shout Factory, Will Reboot Its OTT Video Channel — Cinedigm has taken a minority investment in Shout Factory as the two companies expand their existing film-and-TV distribution partnership and plan for a digital future. — Per the terms, the companies …
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The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter and Broadcasting & Cable
Noor Zainab Hussain / Reuters:
Trinity Mirror to double cuts to £20m to offset falling print revenues — Trinity Mirror warns on revenue, to cut costs further — British newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror Plc (TNI.L) said it was targeting to double cost savings for the year from its earlier plans as weak print advertising took a toll on first-half revenue.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fox Networks Names Brian Sullivan, Ex-CEO of Sky Deutschland, Digital Chief — 21st Century Fox has recruited Brian Sullivan — former CEO of Sky Deutschland — in the newly created role of president of digital for Fox Networks Group. — Sullivan, to be based in Los Angeles …
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