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The New York Times Company:
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
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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Mashable, Fortune, RAIN News, New York Times, App Advice, 24/7 Wall St., Business Insider, ZDNet, Engadget, Quartz, CNBC, Business Insider, BetaNews, Variety, NME, Telegraph, Yahoo Tech, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, Re/code, @simonkhalaf, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, The Verge, The Next Web, Guardian, The Loop, hypebot and MacStories
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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Guardian, @marchintonffx, @alex_ogle, @nytsports and @ashbroadley
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Channel 4 News ‘banned’ from Newcastle United press conference - because reporter wanted to ask about media bans — A Channel 4 News reporter has condemned Newcastle United after he was “banned” from a press conference - because he wanted to ask about media bans.
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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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
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
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
HuffPost Chief Jimmy Maymann Promoted to Oversee AOL Consumer Brands, Verizon OTT Service — AOL, now owned by Verizon Communications , is reshuffling its organizational and leadership structure, promoting Huffington Post Chief Executive Jimmy Maymann to a new role overseeing …
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Wall Street Journal
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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New York Times, Ad Age, Re/code, CNBC and Bloomberg Business
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 …
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Politico
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Motor Trend launching a quarterly print magazine based on Roadkill YouTube series for $9.99/issue, with companion website — Motor Trend's YouTube Series ‘Roadkill’ Is Becoming a Print Magazine Aimed at Millennial Car Lovers — An old school print company is launching a new magazine, with a unique twist.
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FishbowlNY, @digitalshields and @angus_mack
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Dave Butler, editor in chief of Digital First Media, to retire this fall — Digital First Media editor in chief to exit — Dave Butler, editor in chief of nationwide newspaper chain Digital First Media, announced on Wednesday that he plans to retire sometime this fall.
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Mercury News and FishbowlNY
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
HBO Now adds Chromecast support to its iOS and Android apps — HBO NOW Adds Support For Google's Chromecast — HBO's over-the-top streaming service may not be making money just yet, but it is rapidly expanding its footprint. Starting today, the service will support Google's Chromecast …
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Google Chrome Blog, Multichannel News and The Next Web
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