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Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Facebook launches Music Stories post format that lets iOS users listen to 30-second clips of music shared from Spotify, Apple Music, and iTunes within News Feed — Facebook adds song clips from Spotify and Apple Music to your News Feed — As part of its ongoing effort to surface every bit …
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Time CEO Joe Ripp disappointed in revenue from Apple News, seeks more digital acquisitions — Time Inc. sees digital opportunities, and frustrations — In a moment of frustration on an earnings call this morning, Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp said he was less than pleased with returns from Apple News …
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Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. reports Q3 loss of $913M, reflecting the goodwill write-down related to AOL Time Warner merger, beats revenue expectations with $773M, lowers guidance — Time Swings to Loss, Brings Down Guidance — Shares in the company have fallen 12% over the past three months
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Lisa Beilfuss / Wall Street Journal:
Tribune Publishing Q3: revenue $404.3M, advertising revenue down 0.5%, print and delivery revenue down 30%, digital revenue up 6.6%, digital subscribers up 19% — Tribune Publishing Reports Loss — Company says unfavorable jury verdict could reduce quarterly profit by another 20 cents a share
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Tribune Publishing to switch to metered digital pay model — Tribune Publishing, owner of newspapers including The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune and The Baltimore Sun, will introduce a metered digital subscription model across all of its titles. — Tribune's newspapers currently use …
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Daniel Terdiman / Fast Company:
The Associated Press and LA-based production company RYOT partnering for virtual reality series — Virtual Reality Journalism Is Coming To The Associated Press — The Associated Press has become the latest news organization to turn to virtual reality as a journalism tool.
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Guardian:
Guardian US launches Mobile Innovation Lab, headed by Sasha Koren as editor, Sarah Schmalbach as senior product manager, announces Nieman Lab partnership — Guardian US formally launches Mobile Innovation Lab … Guardian US today announced the formal launch of the John S …
BBC:
Forbes family sues Hong Kong investors over stake sale — The family behind Forbes Media is suing its Hong Kong investors for an alleged breach of payment on the stake they bought in the media firm last year. — In a lawsuit, the family has alleged Integrated Whale Media Investments (IWM) …
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Daniel Siegal / Law360:
Jury awards former LA Times columnist T.J. Simers $7.1M over claims paper forced him out due to age and disability — BREAKING: Ex-LA Times Sports Writer Wins $7.1M In Age Bias Trial — A California jury on Wednesday evening awarded former Los Angeles Times sports columnist T.J. Simers $7.1 million …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
ESPN, ABC and Disney Channels Finally Coming to Sony PlayStation Vue — After years of haggling, Sony has at last reached a deal with Disney and ESPN Media Networks to bring the Mouse House's suite of networks to the PlayStation Vue Internet TV service. — Under the pact, ESPN …
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Disney reports mixed Q4 earnings with revenue of $13.51B, cable network revenue up 12% — Disney earnings: $1.20 per share, vs expected EPS of $1.14 — Walt Disney posted mixed quarterly earnings on Thursday, sending its shares lower in extended trading.
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Nick Summers / Engadget:
BBC launches UK store with 7K hours of downloadable archives, single episodes start at £1.89 — BBC Store lets you buy and download classic TV shows — Before iPlayer existed, VHS tapes and DVDs were one of the few ways to rewatch BBC shows. Unless you caught a rerun or had diligently prepared the VCR, that is.
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
ComScore Sells Digital Analytix Business To Adobe En Route To Buying Rentrak For $732M — While online traffic measurement firm comScore moves ahead on its $732 million deal to acquire Rentrak, it's selling another part of its business as it continues to streamline: today comScore announced …
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