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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 …
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Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Facebook adds song clips from Spotify and Apple Music to your News Feed — As part of its ongoing effort to surface every bit of information you could possibly need without ever having to leave your News Feed, Facebook has begun rolling out a new music feature that will let you sample the music shared into your feed.
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Jeff Blumenthal / Philadelphia Business Journal:
Philadelphia Media Network layoffs: 17 at Philly.com, 17 at Daily News, 12 from Inquirer, union leader says — Union leader: Philly.com ‘gutted’ by layoffs — More than half of Philly.com's editorial staff and 25 percent of Daily News editorial staffers were among the 46 people laid off …
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Financial Times:
Sources: Facebook's Notify app for news alerts to launch next week with dozens of media partners including Vogue, the Washington Post, and CBS — Facebook links with media groups to launch news app — Facebook is preparing its latest push into news with a new standalone app called Notify …
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Maxim Taps Glenn O'Brien as Editor-at-Large to Replace Kate Lanphear — WWD has learned that Maxim has hired Glenn O'Brien as editor-at-large. — The role is essentially a replacement for Kate Lanphear, who was let go as editor in chief last month after six months on the job.
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Adweek, Media Wire Daily, New York Magazine and Jezebel
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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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
NewsON, a streaming service backed by TV station owners providing ad-supported local news, launches on iOS, Android, and Roku devices — NewsON Brings Your Local News Stations To iOS, Android And Roku — A company called NewsON launched today, offering cord cutters and mobile consumers access …
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Broadcasting & Cable, Business Wire, Android Central, USA Today, Engadget and Variety
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 …
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Deadline, ESPN MediaZone, Broadcasting & Cable, Re/code, International Business Times, Tech Times, Consumerist, Engadget, The Verge and BroadwayWorld.com
John Heltman / Washington Monthly:
Trade press paywalls keep reporting about government out of ordinary citizens' reach — Confessions of a Paywall Journalist — Thanks to a booming trade press, lobbyists and other insiders know what's happening in government. The rest of the country, not so much.
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@brendansasso, @jamesfallows and @rickhertzberg
Farai Mutsaka / Associated Press:
Three Zimbabwean journalists to be charged with slander for story implicating officials in cyanide poisonings of 60+ elephants — Zimbabwean Journalists Arrested for Elephant Poaching Report — HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Three journalists from a state-run weekly newspaper in Zimbabwe …
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Bloomberg Business and Amnesty International
Edward C. Baig / USA Today:
Verizon, NBA announce marketing deal bringing NBA highlights and more to go90 video service; source says deal is valued at $400M and runs for three years — NBA teams up with Verizon on $400M marketing deal — Want to catch LeBron on your smartphone? — Verizon is hoping all-things-hoops …
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New York Times, Ad Age, Wall Street Journal, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, NBA.com and FierceWireless
Todd Cunningham / The Wrap:
Rentrak adds 164 Sinclair Broadcasting Group TV stations to its ratings tracking service — Rentrak Expands Alliance With Sinclair Broadcast Group — Rentrak Corp. has broadened its partnership with the Sinclair Broadcasting Group and will track ratings at an additional 164 outlets controlled …
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