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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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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Q&A with CJR editor in chief and publisher Elizabeth Spayd on increasing traffic, profitability, and the magazine's new membership model — CJR will adopt membership model, EIC says — CJR may be cutting its print frequency, but that isn't a sign of flagging ambition from the half-century old review of journalism.
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
During earnings call, Netflix says it could be competing with Vice in news programming within next two years — Netflix Expresses Interest in Expanding Into News Programming — Now that they've disrupted one TV genre after another with dramas and comedies like “House of Cards” and …
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Sam Thielman / Guardian:
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings blames US switch to chip-based credit cards for subscribers leaving as US growth slows with just 880K subs added in Q3 — Netflix CEO blames credit card changes for subscribers leaving service — Reed Hastings attributes slumping numbers to anti-fraud measures including advent …
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Ben Popper / The Verge:
Netflix Q3: $1.74B in revenue, $74M in profit, down from $110M for same period last year, company adds 3.62M new subscribers globally — Netflix stumbles on profit, but subscriber base swells to nearly 70 million — Netflix is one of the best performing stocks in the S&P 500 right now …
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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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Reactions to CNN's VR livestream of Tuesday's Democratic debate: VR headsets overheat, make for uncomfortable viewing, event didn't lend itself to immersion — What was it like watching a VR stream of last night's Democratic debate? Hot and heavy — CNN experimented by broadcasting …
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Tyrangiel officially joins Vice to head up HBO show — Josh Tyrangiel. — It's official. — Former Bloomberg LP high-flier Josh Tyrangiel is joining the edgy Vice Media to head its upcoming daily news show on HBO. — Tyrangiel, 43, who oversaw Charlie Rose's newscast for Bloomberg TV …
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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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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC local press plan is ‘backdoor privatisation’, says NUJ chief
BBC local press plan is ‘backdoor privatisation’, says NUJ chief
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Sources: Tribune's lax review of San Diego Union-Tribune and LA Times insufficient to support downward revenue projections for Q4 2015 — Financial Dispute at Tribune's California Newspapers — In another sign of tension between Tribune Publishing and its two California newspapers …
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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.
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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