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Ken Doctor / Politico:
Amazon offers Prime members Washington Post National Digital Edition subscriptions free for six months, then $48 per year — Jeff Bezos (finally) pumps up the Post with Prime — In a potentially game-changing move, Amazon will begin offering free to dirt-cheap subscriptions to The Washington Post …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Apple's News, which launches today, is the latest in a trend toward distributed content … Today's release of iOS 9 will see the debut of News, the much-anticipated content recommendation app that has been hailed alternatively as a rival to Flipboard and as a potential replacement for every other news app.
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The New York Observer, @jacobwe and @profjeffjarvis
Open State Foundation:
Open State Foundation has uploaded Politwoops' archive of 1M deleted politician tweets to the Internet Archive — Open State preserves Politwoops' history on the net — In a move to preserve the public record for everyone, Open State has uploaded its complete Politwoops archive …
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@openstateeu and @niemanlab
Alex Sherman / Bloomberg Business:
Sources: AMC Networks again in talks to acquire John Malone's pay-TV network Starz — AMC Networks Said in Talks to Acquire John Malone's Starz — Discussions last year faltered on differences over valuation — Malone says Starz would gain from finding media partners
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp to Acquire Social Video Ad Platform Unruly for up to $176 Million — Rupert Murdoch's News Corp will acquire social video advertising platform Unruly for up to $176 million, the company said Wednesday. — “Unruly is a feisty and creative company with a start-up sensibility …
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The Wrap, Unruly, Press Gazette, TechCrunch, FishbowlNY, Guardian, Telegraph, Politico, Financial Times, Variety, News Corp and Reuters
Firat Alkaç / Hurriyet Daily News:
Turkish magazine Nokta raided, copies of latest issues confiscated after charges of “insulting the Turkish president” and “making terrorist propaganda” — Turkish magazine raided, copies collected for insulting Erdoan … Turkish magazine Nokta has been raided …
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Reuters, BREITBART.COM, Cihan Haber Ajans, Today's Zaman …, Bugun.com.tr, BBC, France 24 and DW.COM
Mark Warren / Esquire:
How war correspondent C.J. Chivers of The New York Times decided it was time to stop going to war — Why the Best War Reporter in a Generation Had to Suddenly Stop — After fourteen years of being immersed in the bloody wars of our era, C.J. Chivers came home.
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@carter_pe, @art_thiel, @adamweinstein, @matttbastard, @matttbastard, @bruce_arthur, @elizabeth_calo and @comradewong
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
US online publisher Refinery29 to begin international rollout in UK — Ex-Endemol Shine executive Kate Ward to head branch of online company that focuses on fashion, lifestyle and beauty, with office to also open in Germany — US online lifestyle publisher Refinery29 is launching …
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Re/code, FishbowlNY, VideoInk, Business Wire and Financial Times
Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal:
Ad spending may be leaving TV, but digital publishers and app makers aren't gaining at the same rate as TV's loss — Why the Internet Won't Be the Next TV for Advertising — Ad spending may be leaving TV. But digital publishers and app makers don't seem to be reaping all the spoils.
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@richbtig, Broadcasting & Cable, @miriamgottfried, eMarketer and Newsroom Posts and Wall Street Journal
Abby Sewell / Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors votes unanimously to call on Tribune Publishing to restore local leadership to the Los Angeles Times — Supervisors ask L.A. Times owner to restore local ownership — Los Angeles County supervisors have called on Chicago-based Tribune Publishing Co. to …
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Poynter, LA Observed, LA Weekly, Agoura Hills …, The Wrap, San Diego Reader, JournalismJobs.com and E&
Brian Flood / TVNewser:
ABC News Takes Viewers To Syria With Virtual Reality Storytelling — ABC News becomes the first U.S. news division to launch a virtual reality platform taking viewers directly to where news is happening. — For ABC News VR's inaugural project, ABC News foreign correspondent Alex Marquardt …
James Bradshaw / Globe and Mail:
Toronto Star pins hopes of younger audience on new tablet app — In pursuit of elusive younger readers who could bolster falling newspaper advertising revenue, the Toronto Star is pinning its hopes on a new edition made for tablets, a promising platform that has yet to radically shift reading habits.
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