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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Harvard Business Review hopes to grow subscriptions by offering new products at a higher price of of $109/year — Added value: How Harvard Business Review thinks it can add subscribers while getting more expensive — Harvard Business Review is trying to walk a fine line …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Scribd found that paying publishers based on how much readers read is too expensive in genres like romance — What Scribd's growing pains mean for the future of digital content subscription models — Netflix earned more than $5 billion in 2014. No wonder companies want to be …
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The Scribd Blog, @ylichterman, @laurahazardowen, Publishers Weekly, Guardian, Engadget, Bookseller News and Smashwords
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Released State Department email says Pulitzer winner Leslie Gelb promised Hillary Clinton a “veto” over profile of her — Leslie Gelb admits to giving Hillary Clinton advance read on 2009 profile — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Leslie Gelb says he did not give Hillary Clinton …
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Mother Jones, @kerpen, @dylanbyers, Washington Post, @jrubinblogger, @jpodhoretz and Bloomberg Business
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook to begin sharing revenue with video creators like the NBA, Fox Sports, and Hearst from ads in Suggested Videos section; Facebook takes 45% — Facebook Unveils First Way for Video Partners to Earn Ad Revenue — Social giant testing ‘suggested videos’ with video ads; partners include NBA …
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Re/code, The Next Web, Ad Age, Digiday, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Marketing Land and Adweek
Milton Kent / Washington Post:
Keith Olbermann and ESPN may be heading for another breakup — Stop us if you've heard this before: ESPN and Keith Olbermann may be on the outs. — The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that, as a condition for Olbermann's two-year contract to be renewed, the erstwhile commentator can't do commentary on his ESPN2 show.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Press can't see Hulk Hogan sex tape at trial, judge orders — Hulk Hogan is used to performing for a crowd. In his decades-long career as a professional wrestler, his matches drew thousands of spectators. But thanks to a ruling from a Florida judge, the raciest part of his latest contest will receive less public scrutiny.
Discussion:
Re/code and The Intercept
Daniel Frankel / FierceCable:
Cable One, a Phoenix-based cable and Internet provider, spins off from Graham Holdings — Cable One officially spins off, enjoys strong first day as M&A target — Cable One has officially spun off from Graham Holdings, with the Phoenix-based MSO's stock spiking as much as 6 percent …
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Multichannel News and bizjournals
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
CNN Politics made traffic gains by hiring print reporters, publishing online first, and repackaging for broadcast — How CNN took a startup approach to politics — CNN gets its share of flak from media elites, but it has been on something of an innovation tear lately, taking a bit of inspiration from an unlikely source: print.
Discussion:
@nowthised
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Hulu reaches deal to distribute its ad-supported content on Pluto TV's website, which presents online video in a TV-like programming grid — Pluto TV, An Online Video Service Targeting Cord Cutters, Will Stream Hulu — Up-and-coming video streaming service aimed at cord cutters, Pluto.TV …
Steve Friess / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at podcasting as it celebrates its tenth anniversary — The media milestone the media (fittingly?) forgot — One decade ago this weekend, millions of iPod owners woke up to a quiet change to the iTunes software they probably didn't even notice. The really revolutionary updates usually …
Michael Rondon / Folio:
MediaFinder report: in first half of 2015, 60 magazine titles were launched and 23 closed — Magazine Industry Growth Slows — While first-half magazine launches outpaced title shutdowns for the sixth year in a row, the bottom line isn't great: net growth is dwindling. — First, the good news.
Jane Martinson / Guardian:
New round of BBC job cuts expected as declining license fee revenue creates budget shortfall of £150m — BBC aims to become ‘leaner and simpler’ with new round of job cuts — Drop in the number of licence fee payers leaves broadcaster with a £150m hole in its finances
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