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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Snapchat Signs Up Another Publisher: The Wall Street Journal — The Wall Street Journal is going after a new audience. So, apparently, is Snapchat. — The Journal will soon be joining Snapchat's group of Discover publishers, according to multiple sources, the first major business publication …
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Talking Biz News
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Hearst to Launch Snapchat Channel Called ‘Sweet’
Hearst to Launch Snapchat Channel Called ‘Sweet’
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Media Wire Daily
Ben Popper / The Verge:
YouTube Music standalone app launches on iOS and Android; YouTube Red subscribers get offline listening and no ads — YouTube Music is here, and it's a game changer — YouTube is first and foremost a video portal, the world's largest and most popular online collection of moving images.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Hulu in early talks to sell stake to Time Warner in deal valuing Hulu at $5B-$6B; Time Warner would invest cash, commit to license content — Hulu in Talks to Sell Stake to Time Warner — Deal could help streaming-video service compete with Netflix, Amazon
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Fortune, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Tubefilter, Variety, US News, The Wrap, @brianstelter, CNNMoney, The Verge, The Next Web, @shaliniwsj, Deadline, @tcarmody, Business Insider, @shaliniwsj and Los Angeles Business …
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google Play Books improves comic book reading by adding vertical scrolling mode, curated pages for discovery, on Android in coming days, iOS soon — Google Improves Comic Book Reading Experience In Play Books For Android — Google today launched an upgrade to its Google Play Books store …
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Official Android Blog, GalleyCat, Tech Times, 9to5Google, The Digital Reader and Re/code
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Beats Music confirms it will fade out on November 30th — Now that Apple Music is firmly in place (and even on Android) it's time for Beats Music to go. An app update back in June greased the skids and an updated support page — as well as emails going out to Sonos users reiterating …
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Beats Music Support, SlashGear, MacRumors, VatorNews, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo and AppleInsider
George Slefo / Ad Age:
Ad tech firm Sizmek buys Pointroll for $20M from a division of Tegna, once part of Gannett — Sizmek Acquires Pointroll in $20 Million Deal — Ad tech company Sizmek has agreed to buy Pointroll in a $20 million deal that is set to close immediately, Sizmek said Thursday during its earnings call.
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Business Wire and GlobeNewswire News Room
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune Publishing approves buyouts for 7 percent of its employees … Tribune Publishing has approved buyouts for approximately 7 percent of its eligible 7,000 employees across its media portfolio, according to a Thursday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Fortune, @allymarotti, @joepompeo, @romenesko and Chicago Business
Todd Shields / Bloomberg Business:
Trade group USTelecom, representing AT&T, Verizon, and others, asks FCC to put limits on Charter-TWC merger and Charter's largest shareholder, John Malone — AT&T, Verizon Lobby Asks U.S. for Limits on Charter Cable Merger — Group asks U.S. to limit John Malone's role in new Charter
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The Hill and Broadcasting & Cable
George Szalai / Billboard:
Liberty Media to Create Three Tracking Stocks for SiriusXM, Braves, Media Group — Selena Gomez and Mike Piff at SiriusXM to promote her new album “Revival” on Oct. 12, 2015. — Michael Simon/startraksphoto.com — John Malone's Liberty Media said Thursday it will pursue a reclassification …
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Bloomberg View, New York Times, Reuters, Bloomberg Business and Deadline
David Sharman / HoldTheFrontPage:
Ashley Highfield, CEO of Johnston Press, appointed chairman of industry body News Media Association — Ashley Highfield appointed chairman of industry ‘voice’ — Johnston Press chief executive Ashley Highfield has been appointed the new chairman of industry body the News Media Association.
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The News Media Association
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Vatican puts 2 reporters under investigation in leaks probe — VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Wednesday it had placed two Italian journalists under investigation in its probe over leaked documents that revealed waste, greed and mismanagement at the highest levels of the Catholic Church hierarchy.
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CatholicHerald.co.uk and New York Times
Raphael Minder / New York Times:
El País cancels column by Miguel Ángel Aguilar after he criticizes growing debt and dependence of Spanish news media — El País Columnist Says Dismissal Tied to His Criticism of Media Independence — MADRID — A veteran journalist said on Wednesday that El País …
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The Spain Report and The Spain Report