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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Sources: Axel Springer within weeks of closing deal for full control of Business Insider, valuing it about $560M — Axel Springer Wants to Buy Business Insider for Around $560 Million — German publishing giant Axel Springer is closing in on buying Business Insider …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Complex, a network of pop culture magazines, raises $21M from Hearst — Another Old Media-New Media Bet: Hearst Invests $21 Million in Dude-Centric Complex — Big media companies have lots of cash. But they're worried that won't help them if they can't find new audiences.
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Tribune Publishing pleads its case with investors; share price falls further — Tribune Publishing hosted a brief “investor update” call Tuesday, making more explicit its earlier statements that the Los Angeles Times was under-performing financially and dragging down company-wide results.
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Tribune Publishing shares plummet 20 percent after company adjusts its 2015 forecast downward
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Re/code:
Netflix-like e-book subscription service Oyster to shut down; part of team moving to Google Play Books, including CEO and co-founders according to sources — Oyster, a Netflix for Books, Is Shutting Down. But Most of Its Team Is Heading to Google. — Oyster, a company that provides …
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Sophia Yan / CNNMoney:
New York Times not available in Thailand on Tuesday after local printer declines to print it because of sensitive story about country's monarchy — Why you can't find today's New York Times in Thailand — The international edition of The New York Times wasn't printed Tuesday in Thailand.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait announces global technology coverage reorganization under Brad Stone — Brad Stone, author of ‘The Everything Store,’ to lead Bloomberg's tech coverage — Brad Stone, the Bloomberg Businessweek senior writer and author of “The Everything Store …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
VICE has invested heavily in coverage of the prison system, with a HBO documentary and more than 50 pieces to be published in coming weeks — Vice Went To Prison With Obama. Now It's Going Deep Into Inmate Issues. — “It was too good an opportunity not to throw the kitchen sink at it.”
Jason McIntyre / The Big Lead:
Sources: 200-300 layoffs coming to ESPN within the next few months, as Disney has notified ESPN to trim $100M from the 2016 budget — Layoffs are coming to ESPN. — Multiple sources inside and outside of ESPN tell The Big Lead that the network will be laying off “200 to 300” employees in the coming months.
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Samuel Gibbs / Guardian:
Google's appeal against global enforcement of right to be forgotten removals rejected by French data protection authority CNIL — French data regulator rejects Google's right-to-be-forgotten appeal — Search engine's attempt to block French order to apply delistings to its google.com domain …
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Patrick Foster / RadioTimes:
RadioTimes poll of 9,000 readers shows 91% support the BBC license fee — Radio Times poll shows massive public support for BBC — 91% come out in favour of the licence fee in survey of 9,000 readers — The debate over whether to save or change the BBC has so far been limited …
Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
RIAA finds streaming revenues grow 23.2%, downloads fall 4%, vinyl sales grow 51.3%, in first half of 2015 — Record Label Revenue Flat in First Half of 2015 — Big gains in paid digital access and ad-supported streaming services kept things from going underwater.
Bloomberg Business:
Streaming Music Service Deezer Plans IPO to Challenge Spotify, Apple — Proceeds earmarked for expanding sales, entering new markets — Music service said to be seeking valuation of $1.1 billion — Deezer SA filed for an initial public offering to raise funds as the French music-streaming service seeks …
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