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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Al Jazeera America Digital Journalists Unionize — “A troubling lack of transparency, inconsistent management and lack of clear redress have persisted.” Digital journalists at Al Jazeera America have voted to unionize, joining a growing number of digital newsrooms that have organized in recent months.
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Politico, FishbowlNY, Guardian, Talking New Media, nyguild.org, International Business Times, @etammykim and @johnmcquaid
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
AOL Confirms It Is Buying Millennial Media In $238M Deal To Expand In Mobile Ads — This just in: AOL, itself acquired by Verizon for $4.4 billion earlier this year, has announced that it is making another purchase of its own. It is buying Millennial Media as it continues to build …
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Guardian, Ad Age, Business Wire, Adweek, Radio & Television …, Multichannel News, Forbes, VentureBeat, The Wrap, New York Post, TheStreet.com, Baltimore Sun, Wall Street Journal, Advanced Television, The Drum, Variety, ZDNet, Business Insider, Re/code, Wall Street Journal, AdExchanger and Fortune
Suzan Fraser / Associated Press:
Turkish official says two Vice News journalists have been released, assistant remains in custody — Turkish official: 2 Vice News journalists freed from jail — ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two Vice News journalists who were arrested in Turkey on terror-related charges have been released from jail …
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VICE News, Al Jazeera English, Guardian, VICE News, Adweek, ITV, New York Times, The Hill, Voice of America, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Associated Press, UK - The Huffington Post, Index on Censorship, NBC News, Newsweek, BBC, UPI, The Independent, ITV, en.europeonline-magazine.eu, @breakingnews, Reuters, ABC, Gawker, Reuters, Jerusalem Post, CNN, Poynter, TodaysZaman, VICE News and Agence France-Presse
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Interview with Heather Chaplin, director of The New School's journalism-and-design undergraduate program — Building a j-school from scratch: How The New School aims to bring journalism and design together — It's that time of year: Journalism students are returning to campus …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
The New York Times' Anemona Hartocollis travels with and documents a group of migrants and refugees as they move through Europe — Why The New York Times is traveling with migrants and refugees through Europe … Along with a group of migrants and refugees, Anemona Hartocollis is now making a journey through Europe.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Publishers will be able to determine when smartphone users are bored and push content at them — Soon, publishers will be able to determine when smartphone users are bored and push content at them — Researchers out of Spain have developed a machine-learning model that they say can recognize …
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pielot.org
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Fullscreen Shakes Up Original Programming Efforts as Content Chief Departs — Michael Goldfine joined the digital media company in October to head its original programming effort. — Fullscreen's original content division is getting an overhaul. — Chief content officer Michael Goldfine …
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Variety, Tubefilter and VideoInk
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Images of demo site for Comcast's online video service Watchable shows an emphasis on editor-driven curation and featured playlists — A Sneak Peek At Watchable, Comcast's Online Video Service (EXCLUSIVE) — The cat is out of the bag for Watchable, the online video service that Comcast …
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Multichannel News and American Press Institute
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Universal Music Q2: $1.4B revenue, $138M earnings with 34% increase in subscription and streaming services during first half of 2015 — Universal Music Posts Strong Results, and Streaming Is a Bright Spot — In another sign of the growing importance of online streaming to the music business …
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Music Business Worldwide, Bloomberg Business, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Billboard, Tech Trader Daily and hypebot
Steven Millward / Tech in Asia:
Alibaba launches Netflix-like subscription video streaming service TBO, priced at about $57 per year — Alibaba launches subscription video streaming, priced at $57 per year — Alibaba today rolled out its much-anticipated Netflix-style subscription video service.
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Investor's Business Daily, Tech Times, CNET, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and South China Morning Post
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Sony Pictures and former employees reach agreement in principle to settle lawsuit stemming from data breach last fall — Sony Hacking Class Action Lawsuit Reaches Settlement — EXCLUSIVE: Ten months after the studio was ripped apart by a massive hack attack and thousands …
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The Verge and New York Times