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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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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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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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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Vine debuts audio remix feature, so you can grab sound from other Vines to use in your own — Vine adds native audio remixing to help memes spread — In August, Vine said it planned to “strengthen the connection between music and Vine,” rolling out tools to add music to video clips and a …
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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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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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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Johnston Press suffers slowdown in advertising across digital and print — Publisher sees digital advertising growth halve and print advertising worsen with employment and property ads in steep decline — Johnston Press has seen digital advertising growth halve and print advertising worsen …
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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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 …
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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Michael Zhang / PetaPixel:
Reuters policy change requires photographers to submit original JPEGs with minimal processing instead of images from RAW files — Reuters Issues a Worldwide Ban on RAW Photos — Reuters has implemented a new worldwide policy for freelance photographers that bans photos that were processed from RAW files.
Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:
Hoodline raises $1.6M to expand its tools for neighborhood news, listings, and calendars — To Go After Local Neighborhood News And Marketplaces, Hoodline Raises $1.6M — One of the most sought-after, but never quite dominated, frontiers in online media and marketplaces has been centered on local communities.