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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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Philly.com, bizjournals, @sub8u, DSLreports, Adweek, Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News
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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Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, VentureBeat, Variety, Inc.com and Re/code
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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 … BREAKING NEWS: Yahoo just announced a search deal with Google, taking advantage an earlier revision …
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Reuters, Quartz, New York Times, Search Engine Land, The Verge, ZDNet, AdExchanger, Business Insider, Ad Age, Engadget, TechCrunch and Deadline
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 …
Discussion:
WWD and FishbowlNY
Ethan Smith / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify Pulls Independent Music Company's Releases Amid Royalties Dispute — Music-streaming service takes down thousands of songs by bands signed to Victory Records — Spotify AB removed thousands of songs by bands signed to independent record label Victory Records amid a standoff …
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Stereogum, hypebot, exclaim.ca, Digital Music News, Rolling Stone and BLABBERMOUTH.NET
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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 …
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 Wrap, The Big Lead, @erikmal, Fortune and Seeking Alpha
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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LostRemote, @jaredbkeller, Variety, @elanazak, seriouslymedia.com, TVNewser and @digitalshields
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Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
CNN's new millennials site, Great Big Story, will not mark sponsored content as such
CNN's new millennials site, Great Big Story, will not mark sponsored content as such
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Fast Company, NewscastStudio, Media Life Magazine, Multichannel News, @mcandrew and @coganuts
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
TriPlay to Acquire eMusic, a Pioneering Digital Music Service — EMusic, a pioneering digital music store that has been adrift in recent years, has been acquired by TriPlay, a cloud computing company that lets people link their media collections across a range of devices.
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PR Newswire, RAIN News and TechCrunch
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
NYT Magazine's Bin Laden Cover Story Sparked Controversy In The Newsroom — Washington reporters told top editor they worried the story gave oxygen to unsubstantiated claims about the raid.
Discussion:
New York Times and @emptywheel
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, @katieyaeger, @ylichterman, @ka_tornay and @ted_williams
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
As Apple Music Trials Wrap, Spotify Snags The #1 Top Grossing Spot In US App Store For First Time — Apple CEO Tim Cook yesterday may have been touting the number of Apple Music music paying subscribers - 6.5 million, but at the same time rival Spotify was quietly hitting a milestone of its own.
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Tech Times, Forbes, App Annie, USA Today and Wall Street Journal
NetNewsCheck:
Virgin America teams with Spotify for free streaming of entire catalog and the NYT for free access to selected articles through March 2, 2016 — Virgin Teams With Spotify, NY Times On In-Flight Content — Virgin America will give its fliers free on-board access to both Spotify and content …
Discussion:
FishbowlNY, Fast Company, TechCrunch and Tech Times