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Erin Griffith / Fortune:
Yahoo took a $42M write-down in Q3 in its video division that backed original series including Community, “couldn't see a way to make money over time” — Why Yahoo wrote down $42 million for ‘Community’ — In April, at a star-studded “newfront” presentation at New York's Lincoln Center …
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Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Yahoo and Google make search deal: Yahoo will call on Google to provide some results and ads for Yahoo search queries — Yahoo reaches search deal with Google after loosening Microsoft ties … : Yahoo just announced a search deal with Google, taking advantage an earlier revision …
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Wall Street Journal:
Comcast is in talks with TV networks and audience measurement firms to share data harnessed from set-top boxes and apps — Comcast Seeks to Harness Trove of TV Data — Cable giant is in talks with TV networks and measurement firms to license viewing data from set-top boxes, apps
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
John Cook Is Named Executive Editor of Gawker Media — John Cook, a longtime Gawker editor, will become the executive editor of Gawker Media, the portfolio of websites that was left leaderless after a tumultuous summer for the organization, according to three people briefed on the matter …
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Bloomberg Business:
Sources: ESPN plans to cut 350 jobs; employees to be notified as early as Wednesday — Disney's ESPN Said Planning to Eliminate as Many as 350 Jobs — Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN sports network plans to eliminate as many as 350 positions, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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CNNMoney, The Big Lead, The Wrap, @erikmal, Seeking Alpha and Fortune
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How a local startup in Charlotte, North Carolina thinks it can make online advertising work — With the online ad market dominated by large players such as Facebook and Google and under threat from ad blockers, many in the news business are looking beyond advertising as a means to make money.
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Charlotte Agenda, @ylichterman, @ka_tornay, @ted_williams and @katieyaeger
Lee Rainie / Pew Research Center:
Pew: 63% of Americans read at least one print book in last 12 months, 27% read an e-book, numbers largely same as 2014 survey — Slightly fewer Americans are reading print books, new survey finds — The number of book readers has dipped a bit from the previous year and the number …
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Publishers Weekly, @monicaranders, @lrainie and Talking New Media
Ethan Smith / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify removes thousands of songs from Victory Records' catalog amid royalties dispute — Spotify Pulls Independent Music Company's Releases Amid Royalties Dispute — Music-streaming service takes down thousands of songs by bands signed to Victory Records
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Complete Music Update, exclaim.ca, Digital Music News, BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Stereogum, hypebot, Rolling Stone and Billboard
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Creators of macabre Night Vale podcast get a multi-book deal, illustrating increased interest in podcast-to-book projects — From the Ear to the Page, the ‘Night Vale’ Podcast Becomes a Novel — One afternoon late this summer, Cecil Baldwin was hunched over a microphone in his living room in Brooklyn …
Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
CNN's new millennials site, Great Big Story, will not mark sponsored content as such — CNN just launched its own BuzzFeed killer — On Tuesday, CNN launched Great Big Story, its new millennial-focused competitor to BuzzFeed and Vice. — With Great Big Story, CNN wants to create video content …
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Fast Company, Tech Times, NewscastStudio, Media Life Magazine, Multichannel News, @mcandrew and @coganuts
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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Sony Pictures will pay up to $8 million to settle hack lawsuit with employees — Nearly a year after its devastating hack, Sony Pictures' settlement with former employees has been made public, offering as much as $8 million to resolve the ongoing lawsuit. — According to documents filed today …
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Reuters, Bloomberg Business and Hollywood Reporter
Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat:
Microsoft partners with DJ Skee's Dash Radio for an all-Halo music station — EXCLUSIVE: — Microsoft's got a new Halo coming out soon, and it is celebrating that impending release by spinning some of the shooter franchise's classic tunes. — Halo is getting its own music station on the Dash Radio music app.
Thanks:@joncappetta
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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