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How Nikkei won the Financial Times by adding £100M to Axel Springer's bid at the last minute — FT Chase Capped by Nikkei Leapfrogging Axel Springer for Paper — For Nikkei Inc., Japan's biggest financial news group, Thursday's $1.3 billion deal to buy the Financial Times capped a lengthy pursuit of the pink-hued newspaper.
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Financial Times to seek new London HQ next year — FT Group chief executive John Ridding says paper will also look to hire more staff following its acquisition by Japanese media group Nikkei — The Financial Times will begin looking for a replacement for its Thames-side London offices …
Alex Spence / Politico:
FT sale could mean Pearson selling its 50% stake in The Economist, but transfer of shares requires trustee approval — FT sale raises questions about The Economist — Could The Economist be the next on the block? — Pearson's stunning £844 million sale of the Financial Times …
Christopher Cushing / Reuters:
Nikkei's FT buy follows years of attempting to break into English news — Nikkei's $1.3 billion (838 million pounds) purchase of the Financial Times from Britain's Pearson PLC (PSON.L) marks the culmination of decades of attempts by the Japanese household name to break into mainstream English-language media.
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson / Financial Times:
For 58 years, Pearson kept a hands-off approach to FT's newsroom, which built its digital strength recently with metered news access
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
How a collaborative approach is helping NPR and local stations raise more money — A little teamwork between NPR and some member stations is helping raise money for future public media projects. According to Current, more than $4 million has been raised in the last year by NPR working …
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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
New Gawker will be ‘20 percent nicer,’ Denton tells staff — When Gawker.com relaunches on Monday, expect it to be 20 percent nicer—or maybe just 10 percent nicer. — That's what Gawker C.E.O. Nick Denton told Gawker.com employees yesterday, during a meeting at the Crown Victoria bar in Williamsburg.
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Sources: Snapchat to add BuzzFeed, Vox, and others to Discover, drop Warner Music; 2 or 3 new partners added next week, second group in August or September — Snapchat Adding New Publishers to Its Service, Including BuzzFeed — You'll soon see a few more publishers in Snapchat's Discover feature.
Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announces redesigned Android app at Vidcon, says watch time is up 60%, mobile revenues grew 100%, partner revenue is up 50% YoY — YouTube Gets Mobile Redesign, “Diamond” View Buttons & Courts Creators — Announcements and news came during keynote …
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Johnston Press predicts advertising growth this year for first time in a decade — Johnston Press chief executive Ashley Highfield has told staff he expects the company to “return to advertising growth for the first time in a decade” this year. — In an email to staff this afternoon …
Victor Fiorillo / Philadelphia Magazine:
Philadelphia Magazine calls on the New York Times to reverse decision and publish Bill Cosby's 2005 deposition in full — New York Times Refuses to Publish Cosby Deposition (We Asked) — Cosby's lawyers say the media are taking quotes out of context, and now the deposition is unavailable to the public.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google Brings Its 360-Degree Movies App, Spotlight Stories, To iOS — Google Spotlight Stories, a mobile app featuring immersive, 360 degree animated films originally developed by Motorola ahead of its 2011 Google acquisition, has now made its way to iOS devices.
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Azerbaijani Journalist Ismayilova Asserts Innocence In First Day of Trial — WATCH: Activists Barred From Baku Courtroom As Ismayilova's Trial Begins — Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova asserted her innocence during the first day of her trial in Baku …
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Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
Malaysia Suspends 2 Newspapers Covering Scandal at State-Owned Fund — HONG KONG — The Malaysian authorities have ordered two newspapers to suspend publishing for three months over their reporting on a financial scandal that has embroiled Prime Minister Najib Razak and other members of the country's elite …
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