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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
New York Times partners with Google on virtual reality project, will distribute over 1M cardboard VR viewers to subscribers, and will release new VR film — The Times Partners With Google on Virtual Reality Project — The New York Times announced on Tuesday a virtual reality project …
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
City AM to begin trial Tuesday that blurs stories when Firefox users with adblockers visit cityam.com via desktop — City AM becomes first UK newspaper to ban ad blocker users — Financial freesheet launches trial that will blur out text of stories for desktop Firefox browsers who are detected using ad blocking software
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Jeanine Poggi / Ad Age:
CNN unveils Great Big Story, a video network aimed at millennials; will be anchored by homepage, with distribution across YouTube, other platforms — CNN Unveils Millennial-Targeted Video Site Great Big Story — GBS to Produce Branded Content for Advertisers
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Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:
Tim Cook says Apple Music has 6.5M paying subscribers and 8.5M customers on three-month trials — Apple CEO Tim Cook: Apple Music Has 15 Million Users — Service has 6.5 million paying subscribers — LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.—Apple Inc. said it has 15 million users on its streaming-music service …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
What it means to be a mobile editor, as told by mobile editors themselves — “Many debates these days about mobile news platforms and technologies are already dated. In not too long, the disruptors will be disrupted. And then the real fun begins.” — “Mobile editor” is a role …
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Kevin Merida steps down as Washington Post Managing Editor, joins ESPN as senior vice president and editor-in-chief of The Undefeated — Kevin Merida to step down as managing editor of The Washington Post — Executive Editor Martin Baron sent the following announcement to staff:
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Profile of Cory Haik, executive director of emerging news products at the Washington Post — Meet the woman who's driving digital experimentation at The Washington Post — Lunch has arrived at a West Village restaurant, but before Cory Haik digs in, she does something a 20-year-old might do …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Viacom invests in live events producer DigiTour as part of $10M round — Viacom Invests in DigiTour as Part of $10 Million Round — Viacom, looking to build in-roads with the next generation of digital stars, has taken a minority take in DigiTour Media, a startup that produces live events …
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Debbie Emery / The Wrap:
Hollywood Studios, Netflix Named in Closed-Captioning Class Action Lawsuit — Disney, Fox, Warner Bros, Paramount, Universal, Sony and Netflix are named in a class action lawsuit accusing the studios and streaming service of discriminating against the deaf and hearing impaired.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Huffington Post nabs Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner to present web docu-series which will be aired on all 15 global editions of the site — Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner signs up for Huffington Post web series — #PowerShift looks at power of social media in series commissioned …
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
News organisations testing new, simplified version of Wordsmith, Automated Insights' automated news reporting service — Robot reporter Wordsmith begins its advance — The Associated Press made waves last year with its decision to use a technology that generates articles …
Dean Baquet / Medium:
NYT Executive Editor Dean Baquet responds to Jay Carney's post, says that the former Amazon employee he said left over allegations of fraud disputes the claim — Dean Baquet Responds To Jay Carney's Medium Post — In response to your posting on Medium this morning, I want to reiterate …
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Jay Carney / Medium:
New York Times story on Amazon left out critical information, including that one named source resigned after internal investigation revealed fraud
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Time Inc. shutters 11-year-old All You magazine — Time Inc. is shutting down All You. — The 11-year old title, which was as recently as 2011 the ninth-largest circulation magazine in the US, had started out life only available at Walmart but suffered in recent years after the bankruptcy …
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. buys pop-culture, beauty, and lifestyle site Hello Giggles, source says in the range of $20M
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