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Tara Conlan / Guardian:
BBC considering move to make news channel online only — Corporation understood to be looking into future of £66.2m TV channel and how live news is covered, with final decision yet to be made — The BBC is considering making its news channel online only following a similar cost-cutting move …
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TVNewser, @justinnxt and @alixkroeger
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Leo Barraclough / Variety:
German Media Titans ProSiebenSat.1, Axel Springer in $16 Billion Merger Talks — German broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1 and publishing giant Axel Springer are in merger talks that could lead to the creation of a business worth around Euros 14.4 billion ($15.9 billion).
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Wall Street Journal:
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 and Axel Springer in early stages of merger talks, could face antitrust hurdles — German Media Giants in Merger Talks — Negotiations between ProSiebenSat.1 and Axel Springer at an early stage — German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 AG …
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Broadband TV News, C21Media, Digital TV Europe, Bloomberg Business, Financial Times and Reuters
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Video chief Rebecca Howard to leave New York Times — Rebecca Howard, general manager of video at The New York Times, is set to leave the company later this month after less than two-and-a-half years on the job, sources familiar with the matter told Capital.
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@joepompeo and @tmcgev
Madeline Welsh / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times is publishing on WhatsApp for the first time, covering Pope Francis — That unique confluence of New York Times readers, pope watchers, and WhatsApp users must have been excited on a recent June morning when The New York Times announced it would be experimenting …
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@giner and Business Insider
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Whipclip Raises Over $40 Million For Its TV Show And Music Video Video Clipping App — Whipclip, the makers of a mobile application that lets you quickly - and legally - share clips from favorite TV shows and music videos, has closed on $40 million-plus in Series C financing, the company is announcing today.
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Los Angeles Times, Variety and Re/code
Hollywood Reporter:
Ex-New York Times TV reporter Bill Carter to launch weekly interview show on SiriusXM — Bill Carter to Launch SiriusXM Interview Show — Bill Carter will launch a weekly interview program on SiriusXM. Launching later this summer, The Bill Carter Interview will be broadcast Mondays …
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@deggans, @carlquintanilla and @brianstelter
Ellen Pao / Redddit:
Ellen Pao apologizes again, announces new role of Moderator Advocate to be moderators' contact with Reddit, pledges improvements to mod tools — We apologize — We screwed up. Not just on July 2, but also over the past several years. We haven't communicated well …
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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
YouTube up to 240bn monthly video views, with top 100 MCNs worth $10bn — Report claims that more than 22 multi-channel networks reaching 1bn monthly views, as top star PewDiePie's earnings are revealed — The 100 largest multi-channel networks (MCNs) on YouTube may have a collective valuation …
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@ampereanalysis and Engadget
Max Willens / International Business Times:
Rdio launches range of specialty radio stations curated by record labels, blogs, and sites — Rdio To Battle Apple Inc.'s Beats 1 With Local Radio Stations Backed By Indie Labels — Apple Music may have Zane Lowe and Drake, but Rdio announced Tuesday it's launching specialty radio stations of its own …
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VentureBeat, MobileSyrup.com, The Next Web and Music Week
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Verge turns off comments for a bit because tone was getting a little too aggressive and negative — We're turning comments off for a bit — From the very start, community has been at the heart of The Verge — we are unique among almost every major media brand of our size in having a vocal …
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@mathewi, @christophkappes, @mgsiegler, @cshbell, @saramorrison, @thefoodlab and Poynter
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Facebook and YouTube both offer 55/45 revenue split to content creators, but YouTube splits revenue with one creator, Facebook with many — How Facebook's New Video Business Stacks Up Against YouTube — Facebook is stepping on YouTube's turf. — On Wednesday the social network announced …
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