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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
In six months, Quartz's 130 videos had 43.4M views on Facebook and 1.6M views on YouTube — In six months, Quartz videos rack up 45 million views on platforms — With the launch of CNN's Great Big Story and publishers like BuzzFeed and Business Insider before it, the distributed approach …
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Digital Natives Like BuzzFeed and Business Insider Rule Facebook Video Early On — Few traditional media companies dot the list of top creators, according to analytics firm Tubular Labs — CNN is using Facebook to launch an entirely new digital media brand—Great Big Story.
Startup L. Jackson / Startups and S**t:
Why distribution deals with unsigned artists are a good path to profitability for music platforms like Pandora and Spotify — Thinking Outside of Pandora's Box — “And you ain't get a coin, [Nas], you was getting f**ked then — I know who I paid, God - Serchlite publishing
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Andy Kaufman and Redd Foxx to Tour, Years After Death, as Holograms — As comedians, Redd Foxx and Andy Kaufman could hardly be more different. Foxx, the pioneering nightclub performer and star of “Sanford & Son,” who died in 1991, was candid, socially conscious and unapologetically obscene.
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Mark Joyella / TVNewser:
Univision Crew Turned Away from Trump Campaign Event — Journalists from Univision say they were turned away from a Donald Trump campaign event in Doral, Florida today. — Lourdes Del Rio, a Univision anchor, said no reason was given by the campaign when they were refused permission to cover the event.
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Susan Burton / New York Times:
Profile of Terry Gross, who marks the 40th anniversary of her interview show Fresh Air — Terry Gross and the Art of Opening Up … On a late-summer morning, Terry Gross sat before a computer in her office — a boxy, glass-fronted room at WHYY in Philadelphia — composing interview questions.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
FBI Doesn't Allow Huffington Post Reporter Into Director's Talk After Critical Article — Other journalists were permitted to cover it.
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ACLU:
District court dismisses Wikimedia v. NSA internet surveillance case brought by ACLU for broad coalition, says plaintiffs failed to show they were monitored — CASE WAS BROUGHT ON BEHALF OF WIKIMEDIA, HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS, OTHERS — ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal district court granted …
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Sarah Frier / Bloomberg Business:
Twitter's first Promoted Moments native advertising campaign rolls out this weekend — Twitter Rolls Out Advertising on New ‘Moments’ Feature — First Promoted Moment to run this weekend for movie ‘Creed’ — Twitter Inc. isn't wasting any time making money from its newest feature, called Moments.
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Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Vivendi Increases Stakes In Telecom Italia To 20 Percent — DIJON, France- Aiming to expand its activities in Southern Europe, Paris-based Vivendi has upped its stakes in Telecom Italia to 19.9 percent. — Vivendi became Telecom Italia's biggest shareholder in June after buying 14.9 percent of the leading European telecom.
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Sources: Disney nears deal that would give it small direct stake in Vice Media — Disney near deal to buy a stake in Vice Media — Vice Media is getting another big media backer as it prepares to launch a major TV offensive, The Post has learned. — Disney is poised to take a small stake …
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
Charter Quietly Offers Skinny Bundle Aimed at Cord Cutters — Charter has very quietly launched a skinny bundle of basic TV channels in an attempt to keep users from cutting the cord. Charter's new “Spectrum TV Stream” service costs $13 a month, and includes a free Roku 3 player …
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