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Jeffrey Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Condé Nast to shutter Details magazine after December issue due to decline in print advertising — Condé Nast to Shutter Details Magazine — Publisher's restructuring comes amid print advertising declines — The December issue of Details magazine will be its last …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times offers readers email newsletters to keep up with Paris attack articles — The New York Times is using Paris email updates to explore a new method of interaction with readers — While you were looking at The New York Times' coverage of the Paris terrorist attacks …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Countries differ in support for press freedom, especially for reporting on national security — A new Pew report finds that beliefs in the freedom of the press vary substantially by country, with support for both free speech and a free press “contingent on the topic.”
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / The Charlotte Observer:
Operator of two sites specializing in pirated music, RockDizMusic.com and RockDizFile.com, gets three years in prison and must pay $48K restitution — Music piracy case sends Charlotte man to federal prison for 3 years — Rocky Ouprasith ran the nation's second largest illegal music file-sharing site
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Gawker has changed management, content, distribution, and tech approach in the past year, acknowledges its identity as a media company — Changes at Gawker much bigger than just politics — It's been nearly four months since Gawker Media was thrown into disarray after it published …
Jocelyn McClurg / USA Today:
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Adam Johnson win National Book Awards — NEW YORK — Ta-Nehisi Coates won the National Book Award for non-fiction Wednesday night for Between the World and Me, the searing best seller about being black in America. — He dedicated the book to his friend from Howard University …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Smithsonian Networks launches standalone streaming service for web, Apple TV, and Roku for $4 per month, featuring different content than cable channel or apps — Smithsonian Networks Launches Subscription-Video Service on Apple TV, Roku — Smithsonian Networks launched …
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Univision Launches Streaming Service for $5.99 a Month — Spanish language network's streaming service debuts as company pursues IPO — Univision Communications Inc. is launching a $5.99-a-month streaming service dubbed “Univision Now” that will allow consumers to stream …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
‘Daily Vice’ Show Launches on Verizon's Go90 — Vice Media, in another brand extension for the upstart media company, has debuted a short-form daily news and lifestyle show created for Verizon's Go90 free mobile-video service. — Monday's premiere of “Daily Vice” on Go90 includes a report …
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Matt Donnelly / The Wrap:
Relativity Plans to Emerge From Bankruptcy by January, Touts New $100 Million Investment — Relativity Media submitted a reorganization plan to U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Wednesday that claims it will reduce its debt below $60 million, raise $100 million in new equity and release up to seven …
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Joe Drape / New York Times:
Source: Yahoo added to fantasy sports sites inquiry as New York attorney general issues subpoena to company — End Sought to Fantasy Sites in New York; Yahoo Is Said to Be Added to Inquiry — The New York State attorney general sought an injunction in state court on Tuesday to prohibit …
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Felicia Greiff / MediaPost:
MediaMath Acquires Spree7 to Expand Programmatic Offering in Europe — In an effort to expand its programmatic offerings in German-speaking countries, demand-side provider MediaMath is acquiring Spree7, a programmatic platform based in Berlin, for an undisclosed sum.
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