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The New York Times Passes One Million Digital Subscriber Milestone — The New York Times Company announced today that as of Thursday, July 30, it had passed the one million paid digital-only subscriber mark, less than four-and-a-half years after launching its pay model.
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
New York Times Q2: $16M net income, 33K new digital subscribers, digital advertising up 14% — New York Times Co. Reports $16 Million Profit — The New York Times Company reported net income of more than $16 million for the second quarter on slightly lower revenue, as digital growth …
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investors.nytco.com, CNNMoney and Wall Street Journal
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Survey of communications school graduates: 17% say news has improved in last five years, biggest issue is the abundance of opinion and false information online — A new snapshot of the profession from 10,000 J-school grads — A massive survey of two generations of journalism and communications graduates …
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American Press Institute and @hermida
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Washington Post partners with Genius for live annotations by readers and journalists of GOP presidential debate — Washington Post to let readers annotate live coverage of tonight's GOP debate — The newspaper is experimenting with annotation technology Genius for the first time during …
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Washington Post and @mathewi
Marco della Cava / USA Today:
Apple Music has 11M trial subscribers with 2M on family plan; App Store has record month in July with $1.7B in transactions — Apple Music hooks 11 million trial members, App Store has record July — One month after unveiling its new streaming music service, Apple has locked in 11 million trial members …
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Sam Borden / New York Times:
In the UK and US, some pro sports teams are limiting media access and communicating directly to fans — English Club Shuts Out Journalists With New Kind of Defense — SWINDON, England — A few months ago, a reporter for the local newspaper here went to a charity event in town.
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Two-thirds of UK's Netflix and Amazon users don't watch their original shows — More British online TV subscribers say they view films or US shows than exclusive programmes such as House of Cards or Orange is the New Black — Two-thirds of online TV subscribers in the UK …
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Blockfeed, a NYC-based news app, geotags others' articles to aggregate news, shows map of stories near user, and uses social media buzz to prioritize stories — Blockfeed App Surfaces Hyper Local News — The death knell has been sounded for local journalism at regular intervals during the digital era.
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Digiday, The New York Observer and The Drum
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
Profile of Issa Rae and the struggles she faced taking her web series, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, to HBO — The Misadventures of Issa Rae … Somewhere, during the elaborate choreography leading up to my initial meeting with Issa Rae, a miscommunication between her publicist …
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Clutch Magazine and The Awl
John Koblin / New York Times:
Jon Stewart, sarcastic critic of media and politics for 16 years, signs off from The Daily Show on Thursday night — Jon Stewart, Sarcastic Critic of Politics and Media, Is Signing Off — On Thursday night 10 presidential candidates will spill onto a stage in Cleveland …
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
The Huffington Post Names Former AOL and Spotify Executive Jared Grusd As New CEO — Jared Grusd, a former executive at AOL and Spotify, has been named the new chief executive at the Huffington Post. — Mr. Grusd spent the past four years as global head of corporate development and general counsel at Spotify.
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Variety, Poynter, @digitalshields and Wall Street Journal
Ken Doctor / Politico:
The Washington Post's audience has grown 65% YoY due to newsroom investment, embracing technology, and engaging in distribution partnerships — Is The Washington Post closing in on the Times? — Could it be? An old-fashioned newspaper war, but one fought in the digital trenches?
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Nieman Lab and capitalnewyork.com
Wall Street Journal:
Big TV content companies including Viacom, Fox, and Disney have lost almost $50B in market value in less than two days — Viacom Results Feed Media-Industry Selloff — Ad revenue falls 9%; stock drops 15% as sector sags — Viacom Inc. reported some of the weakest domestic advertising …
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