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Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
Discovery acquires exclusive 2018-2024 Olympics broadcast rights for most of Europe for $1.44B, across all platforms — Discovery, Eurosport Snap Up Exclusive 2018-2024 Olympic Rights for Europe — Discovery Communications and Eurosport have snapped up most European multiplatform broadcast …
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Owen Gibson / Guardian:
BBC dealt another blow after losing control of TV rights for Olympics — The BBC has lost control of the rights to the Olympic Games from 2022 onwards after the US broadcasting giant Discovery, owner of Eurosport, signed a £920m exclusive pan-European deal.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
James Murdoch: I don't let my politics get involved in my business — Son of Rupert Murdoch who takes over as chief executive of 21st Century Fox in July says he sees ‘eye to eye’ with his brother and co-executive chairman Lachlan — James Murdoch has said that he and his elder brother Lachlan are …
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Valerio Bassan / Journalism.co.uk:
Graphic News: Comics journalism is going mobile-first in Italy — With illustrated news articles designed to be read on mobile devices, the new site has launched an English-language version with nine new stories to reach a wider audience — Credit: by John Morgan on Flickr. Some rights reserved
Mark Coddington / Nieman Lab:
Circa's atomization of news in storylines created a broader structure and view of news, issues — One thing we can learn from Circa: A broader way to think about structured news — The collective response to the mobile news app Circa's shutdown on Wednesday has largely cast …
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@mathewi, @circa and @jayrosen_nyu
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Sir Martin Sorrell: traditional media too ‘stuffy’ for young digital readers — WPP founder contrasts the style of Vice News with sites such as the BBC, the New York Times and the Guardian — Sir Martin Sorrell has cited the BBC, the New York Times and the Guardian as examples of traditional media with a …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Sky teams up with Monument Valley game-maker for kids TV app — Broadcaster to challenge YouTube kids, allowing children to watch The Cartoon Network, Disney and Nickelodeon on mobiles and tablets — Sky has teamed up with the makers of hit mobile game Monument Valley to create a kids TV app …
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Miriam Berger / Columbia Journalism Review:
Revolution and its discontents: The messy case of Egypt's journalists union — YEHIYA QALLASH, AN EDITOR AT EGYPT'S state-owned newspaper Al-Gomhouria, has a reputation as a government critic. He also recently became president of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate at a time when attacks …
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@miriamaberger and @cjr
Alex T. Williams / Poynter:
Geography and journalists' pay: in 13 states, they earn median salary; in 13 states they earn at least 6 percent higher; in 23 states, 6 percent less or lower — How poorly are journalists paid? Depends on where you live — In April, CareerCast ranked newspaper reporter as the worst job in America.
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Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Meet LittleThings, a viral giant posting Upworthy-like content for its mostly female readership — Inside LittleThings: a quietly viral site with a huge audience — While Facebook has made a handful of efforts to curtail the growth of low-quality viral content, it has proven hard to keep a good viral site down.
Jason Lynch / Adweek:
Netflix tops Hulu and Amazon in consumer perception thanks to clear branding and variety of content — Here's Why Consumers Love Netflix More Than Amazon and Hulu — While Amazon and Hulu are trying to compete with Netflix, the reality is that Netflix is the clear victor in the battle of the streaming services.
Michael Hudson / Poynter:
Making partnerships work: How a team of 50+ international reporters investigated and exposed the World Bank — Michael Hudson, a senior editor with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, was project editor for ICIJ's World Bank investigation.
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