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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
AMP adds constraints for faster loading webpages that restrict Javascript and ban some HTML tags including iframes; new AMP-specific elements introduced — Get AMP'd: Here's what publishers need to know about Google's new plan to speed up your website — Google unveiled its new plan …
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Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
Accelerated Mobile Pages Project, Backed By Google, Promises Faster Pages — Google, along with Twitter, is expected to announce a new open initiative aimed at making pages load more quickly on mobile devices, a counter to moves by Facebook & Apple. — Wouldn't you like to have stuff …
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Google's AMP code available on GitHub as of Thursday; The Guardian, Washington Post, Vox, and others already using it — Google has a new plan to speed up the mobile web. Today, the company announced a technical preview for a system called Accelerated Mobile Pages (or AMP) …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Gannett nears deal to buy Journal Media, owner of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and other papers, valuing group at just under $300M — Gannett Nears Deal to Buy Journal Media — Purchase by USA Today owner is seen as possible start to a newspaper industry consolidation
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Roger Yu / USA Today:
Gannett to buy Journal Media Group for $280 million — Gannett, the publishing company that owns USA TODAY and media businesses in 92 local markets, said late Wednesday that it has agreed to buy Journal Media Group for about $280 million, following through on its strategy …
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
New York Times memo outlines plans to double digital revenue to $800M in 2020, says 12% of readers currently deliver 90% — Times Co. Outlines Strategy to Double Digital Revenue — The New York Times Company released a strategy memo to its staff on Wednesday outlining an ambitious plan …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Amazon weighs creating a live online TV service, holds preliminary talks with CBS, NBCUniversal — Amazon Said to Weigh Creating a Live Online Television Service — Amazon.com Inc. is exploring the creation of a live online TV service and has reached out to major media companies …
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TechCrunch:
Pandora Acquires Ticketfly For $450M To Sell Concert Tickets — Pandora has a new tool in its belt to fight against Apple Music and Spotify. The music streaming just announced it will purchase Ticketfly, a Ticketmaster-type site, for $450m in cash and stock.
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Sarah Jeong / Motherboard:
Journalist Matthew Keys found guilty on 3 counts of hacking under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; sentencing set for January — Former Reuters Journalist Matthew Keys Found Guilty Of Hacking, Faces 25 Years — On Wednesday, a jury in Sacramento, California, found Matthew Keys …
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Greg Howard / Deadspin:
Insiders say ESPN's black sports and culture site The Undefeated has failed to launch because of corporate fear of offending readers and lack of investment — How ESPN's Fear Of The Truth Defeated “Black Grantland” — Last month, The Atlantic published an 18,000-word article by Ta-Nehisi Coates called …
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City Desk, @lukeplunkett, @brownasthenight, @weareyourfek, @jamilsmith, @brfreed and @romenesko
Alan Clendenning / Associated Press:
Digital news site El Español launches Wednesday in Spain, led by Pedro J. Ramirez, who was ousted from El Mundo last year — Legendary Spanish editor launching new digital publication — 4 photos — MADRID (AP) — The legendary Spanish newspaper editor is flush with 18 million euros …
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Matthew Patane / Des Moines Register:
Meredith, Media General stand by deal despite report — Both Meredith Corp. and Media General said they are sticking by a $2.4 billion deal that would combine their companies despite a report saying the deal is in danger. — Citing two anonymous sources, The New York Post reported late Tuesday …
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TVSpy and Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Josh Kosman / New York Post:
Sources: Media General drops plans to buy Meredith for $2.4B
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FishbowlNY, USA Today, TVSpy, Talking New Media, GoLocalProv.com and Media Wire Daily
Lisa Campbell / Bookseller News:
Waterstones, the UK's largest book retailer, removes Kindles as sales continue to decline — Waterstones is removing Kindles from stores — Waterstones is removing Amazon's Kindle devices from many of it stores as sales “continue to be pitiful”. — The company's m.d James Daunt …
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