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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.
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Gannett Officially Splits Broadcast and Publishing Units Into Two Companies — “Gannett is uniquely positioned as a next-generation media company,” CEO Robert Dickey says — Gannett has split its publishing and broadcasting divisions into two separate companies, the media conglomerate announced Monday.
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Michael Malone / Broadcasting & Cable:
Gannett Completes Company Split — Broadcasting is separate, Tegna trades on NYSE — Gannett has completed the announced spinoff of its publishing business and will begin trading June 29 as Tegna on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TGNA. Gannett announced in August 2014 …
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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@davidfolkenflik
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 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 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:
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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Broadband TV News and Engadget
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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@alext_williams
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.
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