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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Axel Springer acquisition of Business Insider sets new mark for digital publisher sales — Sold! Axel Springer Bets Big on Digital, Buys Business Insider. — Earlier this year, German publisher Axel Springer tried and failed to buy the Financial Times. Now it's acquiring Business Insider.
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Kenneth Wong / Bloomberg Business:
Axel Springer Buys 88% of Business Insider for $343 Million — German media company Axel Springer SE agreed to buy an 88 percent stake in Business Insider Inc. for $343 million. — Axel Springer already owns a 9 percent stake in New York-based Business Insider, which runs …
Re/code:
Sources: Twitter building new product to let users share tweets longer than 140 characters, enabling publication of longform content on the platform — Twitter Plans to Go Beyond Its 140-Character Limit — Twitter is building a new product that will allow users to share tweets that are longer …
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Wall Street Journal, WIVB-TV, The Information, SFist, New York Times, VentureBeat, Daily Mail, Guardian, Telegraph, @mims, US News, Variety, @dangillmor, Consumerist, Fortune, Business Insider, @lexalexander, The Next Web, GeekWire, @the_author_, The Verge, KRON4.com, App Advice, Mashable, Engadget, MacRumors, The Week and BuzzFeed
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook's Head of News Partnerships, Liz Heron, joins The Huffington Post as Executive Editor, will jointly steer site alongside Arianna Huffington — Huffington Post Names Liz Heron Executive Editor — Ms. Heron was Facebook's head of news partnerships
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Poynter, CNNMoney, @lheron, @jimbrady, @digitalshields, @huffingtonpost, @mitrakalita, @marklittlenews, @sarahmarshall and Liz Heron
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Financial Times CEO John Ridding on the paper's acquisition by Nikkei and how journalism shot itself in the foot by going for mass-reach, low quality — The Financial Times and the Future of Journalism — In a generally depressing decade for newspapers, the Financial Times …
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Beyond Search, Financial Times and FishbowlNY
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast launches web video service Watchable with 30 partners including Vice, Vox, and Buzzfeed — Comcast Launches Watchable: Can Web Video Help Save Cable TV? — Cable giant debuts service with 30 content partners, available on set-tops, apps and online
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Comcast, Ad Age, Home Media Magazine, Adweek, LostRemote, FishbowlNY, The Wrap, NetNewsCheck Latest and CNNMoney
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
YouTube announces Shopping ads, which overlay the video player, with testing this fall — YouTube Introduces Shopping Ads — YouTube videos are going to get more shoppable, with the company announcing a new ad unit today called Shopping ads. — The Google-owned video site has been moving …
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Globe and Mail, Adweek, New York Times, Inside AdWords, Business Insider and Re/code
Brendan James / International Business Times:
Al Jazeera America Will Not Recognize Union: NLRB Elections Underway — After several weeks, the management at Al Jazeera America (AJAM) has decided not to recognize the union drive announced by staffers on Sept. 3, putting into motion an election in which votes will be cast by employees …
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FishbowlNY, The Huffington Post and @moorehn
Rhiannon Williams / Telegraph:
Zane Lowe: 'I'm not sure that Apple Music needs Beats 1' — The Beats 1 and former BBC DJ said he is uncertain as to why Apple's streaming service Apple Music needs his station Beats 1 — DJ Zane Lowe has admitted he's unsure if Apple Music needs the digital radio station Beats 1 …
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The Next Web and Digital Spy
Doc Searls Weblog:
Ad blocking is a form of boycott that could improve relationships between marketers and customers — Beyond ad blocking — the biggest boycott in human history — According to Business Insider, ad blocking is now “approaching 200 million.” — Calling it a boycott is my wife's idea.
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@jbenton and @dangillmor
Krishnadev Calamur / The Atlantic:
Ta-Nehisi Coates is among 24 recipients of genius grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation — ‘Geniuses’ Revealed — The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates is among this year's 24 recipients of “genius” grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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New York Times, @tanehisicoates, Tech Insider, @georgiareview, @farai, @embeedub, The Huffington Post, @kenyonreview, @justinwolfers, @mathewi and @antderosa
Variety:
Trevor Noah Vows to ‘Continue the War on Bull—’ in ‘Daily Show’ Opening — Trevor Noah spent his first four minutes as host of “The Daily Show” paying tribute to his predecessor Jon Stewart and acknowledging the debate that ensued over who should succeed Stewart at the helm of the Comedy Central franchise.
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The Daily Beast, The Wrap, The New York Observer, CNNMoney, LostRemote, Fortune, The Wrap, EW.com and Washington Post
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Samsung to Shutter Milk Video Service in November — Senior Silicon Valley Correspondent @jank0 — Samsung is shuttering its Milk Video service in November. The company announced the shut-down on Google Play Monday, writing: “While we remain committed to providing premium entertainment services …
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Re/code, Business Insider, VideoNuze Analysis, @jank0, The Next Web and The Verge
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Verizon's go90 Mobile Video Service Signs Up Publicis in Exclusive Ad Deal
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Adweek, Ad Age and Multichannel News
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