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Elizabeth Spayd / Columbia Journalism Review:
Columbia Journalism Review to move from bimonthly to twice yearly print schedule in digital refocus — A note to CJR's readers — In an effort to better align our resources with our mission, we have decided to significantly boost our investment in Columbia Journalism Review's digital operations …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Democratic primary debate averaged 15.3M cable viewers, live streaming peaked at 980K concurrent viewers — Overnight ratings point to Democratic debate record — Final ratings won't come in until later in the day. But preliminary Nielsen ratings indicate that CNN's Tuesday night debate …
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Politico, TVNewser, Nieman Lab, Digiday, FishbowlDC, Mediaite, Broadcasting & Cable, Variety and OnPolitics
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Q&A: Pitchfork Founder Ryan Schreiber on Conde Nast Sale, Indie Roots and Expansion — Ryan Schreiber was an indie music buff with no journalism experience when he launched the website Pitchfork out of his suburban Minneapolis home in 1996. On Tuesday, Pitchfork Media joined the big leagues …
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The New York Observer, Forbes, WWD and FishbowlNY
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Condé Nast buys Pitchfork Media, the company behind the independent music site and quarterly magazine, for an undisclosed sum — Condé Nast Buys Pitchfork Media — Condé Nast, the publisher that owns magazines like Vogue and Vanity Fair, said on Tuesday …
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The Awl, Variety, The Atlantic, Pitchfork, Mashable, Salon, Condé Nast, Tiny Mix Tapes, Gawker, Slate, Chicago Sun Times, New York Post, BBC, Paste, Music Times, The A.V. Club, Guardian, Gizmodo, bookforum.com, The Huffington Post, TechCrunch, Billboard, @steven_hyden, @lucas_shaw, Music Week, The Stranger …, Talking New Media, The New York Observer, Quartz, Top Digital Journal News, Politico, Poynter, Fortune, The Verge, AllAccess.com, @cne, @steven_hyden, @petersuderman, @eve_barlow, @waxpancake, Gothamist and The FADER
Jeremy Barr / Politico:
New York Times creates digital newsroom to cover and add reporting, commentary on viral stories — The New York Times builds out digital rewrite team — The New York Times has created a new newsroom unit to tackle the types of stories that are going viral on the web.
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@palafo, Washington Post, @profjeffjarvis, @edmundlee, Business Insider and Digiday
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Channel 4 Chairman, Lord Burns, says BBC should become pay-TV service like Sky — Channel 4 chairman says BBC should become Sky-style pay-TV service — Lord Burns warns that replacing the licence fee with a household levy would be a ‘dangerous route’ for the corporation to take
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Association of Magazine Media introduces money back guarantee for print advertisers with campaigns reaching 125M adults over 12 months if sales don't increase — Magazines Try New Tactic: Money Back if Ad Fails to Deliver — Industry trade group seeks to counter perception that magazines are losing clout with readers
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MediaPost, Ad Age, Agence France-Presse, magazine.org and Talking New Media
Tom Corrigan / Wall Street Journal:
Relativity Television's Employees Expected to Remain After Purchase — Chief Executive Tom Forman will continue in that role — Relativity Television's employees, including chief executive Tom Forman, are expected to remain in place when senior lenders buy the TV studio from the ailing company later …
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Buyers Pledge to Bolster Relativity Television With $60 Million Investment
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Marie Claire and NME publisher Time Inc UK boosts profits to £23m — Company reports 6% rise in pre-tax profits as top executives paid more than £5m — Marie Claire and NME publisher Time Inc UK boosted profits to almost £23m last year while paying out more than £5m to top executives at the magazine company.
Andrew Flanagan / Billboard:
Aurous sued by Universal, Sony, and Warner for copyright infringement three days after launching its Popcorn Time-like streaming music service — Aurous Sued By the Majors Three Days After Debut — Well, that didn't take long. After launching its alpha version this past Saturday following months …
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Guardian, Forbes, Billboard, International Business Times, International Business Times, TechHive, Lifehacker UK, 20khz, Wired.co.uk, GeekSnack, The Next Web, The Next Web, Bloomberg Business, Slate, CBC News, TorrentFreak, The Verge, Music Ally, Ubergizmo, Digital Music News and International Business Times
Pedro Burgos / Medium:
As sites turn off comments, some are experimenting with new tools for curated conversations alongside articles — Goodbye, comments. Hello, “conversations” — There are two seemingly incompatible trends going on in the publishing world right now. On one hand, there is a growing number …
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@derfleck and @sjkmcnally
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Profile of Ali Rezaian, brother of imprisoned Washington Post reporter Jason, as he campaigns for his brother's release — Jason Rezaian's brother logs many miles — and emotions — to free him — “Starting my 15th trip to DC this year,” Ali Rezaian tweeted early Monday morning.
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San Francisco Chronicle, Associated Press and Reuters
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC local press plan is ‘backdoor privatisation’, says NUJ chief — Michelle Stanistreet says regional newspaper bosses are seeking BBC funds to prop up ailing businesses they have run into the ground — The general secretary of the National Union of Journalists has slammed BBC attempts …
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Poynter:
Newspaper reporter is on the list of most endangered jobs. Again. — For the second year in a row, newspaper reporters have found themselves among uncomfortable company on CareerCast's annual list of endangered jobs: Right next to mail carriers, meter readers, farmers and other professions that have been disrupted by technology.
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