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Sources: Adele's new album, 25, won't be available on streaming services when it's released on Friday; Adele involved in decision — Adele Is Said to Reject Streaming for ‘25’ — For weeks, the music industry has been awaiting the release of Adele's new album, “25,” with a mixture of excitement and anxiety.
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A history of the City Room blog at The New York Times and how it helped bring digital speed and voice to the newsroom — How one blog helped spark The New York Times' digital evolution — Last month, The New York Times announced that it was formally shutting down City Room, the metro blog that it had been running since 2007.
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YouTube to pay legal fees for a few video creators who are targets of unfair DMCA takedown demands — YouTube to Pay Fees for Some Video Makers to Fight Takedowns — WASHINGTON — Since its inception, YouTube has been embroiled in long and bitter battles over copyright infringement.
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NBC's Andy Lack in talks to simulcast Bloomberg TV politics show With All Due Respect, from John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, on MSNBC — John Heilemann and Mark Halperin Ponder Game-Changing Deal With MSNBC — The cable network wants to simulcast the duo's Bloomberg TV politics show …
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Crain adds daily business newsletters in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C. — Crain launches digital business publications in 9 U.S. cities — Crain Communications Inc. on Tuesday launched a series of personalized …
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Gawker's Kinja retreat is more evidence publishers struggle as tech companies — Gawker the tech company is back to being just Gawker the media company. — Alongside the news that it's shifting its coverage to focus on politics, Gawker said that it's also abandoning its pipe dream …
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Nuzzel hits 2.0 with new Discover section, no longer requires Twitter login, raises $1.7M funding round — Nuzzel Revamps Its Social News App And Raises $1.7M — Social news aggregator Nuzzel is unveiling version 2.0 of its website and app — a version that CEO Jonathan Abrams described as “Nuzzel for Everyone.”
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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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Trump campaign hassles CNN journalist for doing his job … Check the video in the tweet above. It comes courtesy of CNN reporter Noah Gray, who was working a Donald Trump campaign event in Worcester, Mass. Things got testy as protesters shouted down the candidate.
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Guardian to increase north of England coverage with news hub in Manchester — Three reporters to move to new team responsible for coverage in north — The Guardian is to significantly expand its coverage of the north of England by creating a news hub based in Manchester.
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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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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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