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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
While networks benefit from TV show exposure on Hulu and other streaming services, producers worry widespread availability may hurt syndication value — Streaming Era Sets Off Battle Over TV Rights — Studios, networks, talent try to protect their interests in the emerging on-demand TV economy
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@hkeith8019, @keachhagey, @shaliniwsj, @digitalshields and @georgepearkes
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Tribune Publishing Disputes Rupert Murdoch's Claim It's Selling Company and LA Times — Tribune Publishing disputed Rupert Murdoch's claim on Monday that it's in negotiations to sell the company. — An email to staff addressed reports that Tribune Publish would be bought by a Wall Street firm …
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Chicago Tribune, Chicago Business, @mlcalderone, @cnbcnow and Poynter
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
After acquisition by Verizon, AOL President Bob Lord, groomed as a successor to CEO Tim Armstrong, to leave company — AOL President Bob Lord to Leave Company — Executive once groomed to be next CEO wants to run a public company — AOL President Bob Lord plans to leave the company …
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TechCrunch and Hollywood Reporter
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Former Hulu Boss Andy Forssell Resurfaces as Fullscreen COO — Fullscreen has tapped former Hulu acting CEO Andy Forssell as its COO. — Forssell joins to help oversee rapid expansion for the company, which has evolved beyond its multichannel network roots to multiple new lines …
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The Wrap, Adweek, Broadcasting & Cable, Re/code and Hollywood Reporter
Seb Joseph / The Drum:
Now that The Sun's paywall is down, News UK is rethinking how it works with advertisers — The Sun may be one of the country's most well known media brands but News UK admits it hasn't monetised this popularity as well it could have done, with its paywall coming down today (30 November) …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
How The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Slate are using Facebook Instant Articles, and why they want deeper metrics — “Why not be all the way in?” How publishers are using Facebook Instant Articles — As soon as Jeff Bezos heard about Facebook Instant Articles, he wanted to participate.
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@mathewi, @pariese, @laurahazardowen, @st_eppel, @niemanlab and @niemanlab
Michael Depp / NetNewsCheck Latest:
Dallas Morning News Will Take Third Try At Paywall In '16 — Dallas Morning News Publisher Jim Moroney III says the paper isn't done trying to make a digital subscription model work, but the industry needs to look hard for revenue solutions beyond digital subscribers and advertisements to offset ongoing print declines.
Discussion:
@evanasmith
Omar Mohammed / Quartz:
M-Paper distributes print editions of 46 newspapers to Tanzanian Android phones, offering free front pages, and individual or subscription purchases — This app is changing the way Tanzania reads the news — Tanzanians, like other Africans on the continent, are doing almost everything via …
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@raju, @dibussi and @sunnysunwords
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Jason Rezaian's brother Ali says the Iranian government has not had to face any consequences from the US for imprisoning the journalist — When Will Iran Free Journalist Jason Rezaian? — On the 496th day of his brother's incarceration, Ali Rezaian says WashPo journalist Jason …
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The Wrap
Katherine Cowdrey / The Bookseller:
Pearson completes sale of FT Group to Nikkei Inc for £844m in cash — Pearson completes FT sale — Pearson has today (30th November) completed the sale of FT Group to Nikkei Inc for £844m in cash. — The deal, first announced in July after Nikkei outbid German rival Axel Springer …
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About us and FT Alphaville
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with America's Test Kitchen's David Nussbaum on paywalls, social media, and videos — America's Test Kitchen, “the Consumer Reports of cooking,” wants to grow to new platforms — Many home cooks, when they think of Cook's Illustrated, think of the bow-tied, bespectacled Christopher Kimball …
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@laurahazardowen
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
After phone hacking scandal, UK tabloids dropped dubious reporting practices, now favor celebrity interviews, gossip, promoting owners' political agenda — Murdoch's British Tabloids Clean Up Their Acts — LONDON — A July article on a front page of The Sun on Sunday tabloid, owned by Rupert Murdoch, was a classic of its kind.
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