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David Barboza / New York Times:
Alibaba Buying South China Morning Post, Aiming to Influence Media — The Alibaba Group, the Chinese Internet giant, is making an ambitious play to reshape media coverage of its home country, taking aim at what company executives call the “negative” portrayal of China in the Western media.
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Chow Chung-yan / South China Morning Post:
Q&A with Alibaba executive vice chairman Joseph Tsai South China Morning Post sale to Alibaba, objective coverage, and plans to remove the paper's paywall — Alibaba buys the South China Morning Post: Full Q&A with executive vice chairman Joseph Tsai — Main menu
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
UK's Crown Prosecution Service won't bring charges against Mirror journalists or News UK due to insufficient evidence — No further action on UK media phone hacking, chief prosecutor says — Crown Prosecution Service says insufficient evidence to bring charges against News UK or former Mirror journalists
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Cost of Met's journalism investigations rises £4m in seven months to more than £40m — The Metropolitan Police has now spent more than £40m on investigations into journalism, figures obtained by Press Gazette show. — The cost of Operation Weeting into phone-hacking …
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CNN:
Chinese Internet czar Lu Wei says no plans to stop blocking foreign websites, defends censorship calling it regulation — Bad luck Zuck: China says no plans to stop blocking foreign web sites — Beijing (CNN)Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been courting China assiduously …
Financial Times:
Sources: Atlantic Media in talks to sell its business news site Quartz — Atlantic Media in talks to sell Quartz — Atlantic Media has held talks with a number of potential buyers interested in digital media about a sale of or potential investment in Quartz, the publishing group's business news site …
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Michael Erman / Reuters:
New York judge orders daily fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings to cease operating in the state — NY judge shuts down daily fantasy sports in state — A New York judge on Friday ruled that daily fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings must cease operating in the state …
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Howard Stutz / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Las Vegas Review-Journal sold to News + Media Capital Group — For the second time this year, the Las Vegas Review-Journal and its sister publications in Nevada are under new owners. — The publications were acquired by News + Media Capital, LLC, which is backed by an …
Knight Foundation:
News startup Billy Penn to create mobile journalism guide with $106,000 from Knight Foundation — Mobile-first Philadelphia site hopes to help journalists and newsrooms excel across platforms — Billy Penn, a mobile-first news site based in Philadelphia, will create an interactive …
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Sayan Chakraborty / LiveMint:
Indian e-commerce site Flipkart stops selling e-books as of December 11, will transition users to Rakuten Kobo — Flipkart stops selling e-books — Flipkart Ltd will stop selling electronic books from Friday, three years after the online retailer started selling the product, acknowledging that Indians are yet to warm up to them.
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Only three of YouTube's top 10 videos of 2015 were made by ordinary YouTubers — The year has changed, and the exact videos have changed, but one aspect of YouTube's annual top-10 remains pretty predictable: The real powerhouses on the site that claims to have democratized Internet video …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Trade group finds that 33% of American consumers are very or somewhat likely to try adblockers in the next three months — More Americans are going to start using adblockers in next 3 months, trade group warns — The number of Americans using adblockers will grow over the next three months …
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Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
In a first, Kickstarter hires a tech reporter, Mark Harris, to investigate and document drone startup Zano, which collapsed after raising $3.4M — Kickstarter hires reporter to probe startup that collapsed after raising $3.4M — Crowdfunding firm: We are entitled to further info from Torquing Group.
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James Rainey / Variety:
Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks To Reboot with $200 Million From Participant and Universal Deal — A deal will be announced before the end of the year that will deliver Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios a $200 million equity infusion from Participant Media, while also shifting …
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David Lieberman / Deadline:
Dish Network's Charlie Ergen Hands Day To Day Oversight To Erik Carlson — The decision is part of Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen's sweeping change in the top ranks that the company says is designed to “align its business to more fully respond to the dynamic pay-TV environment” and become a player in wireless communications.
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Mozilla's newest app perfectly captures the ethical dilemma of ad-blocking — One of the world's most popular Web browser developers wants to help you block the Web. Or the parts of it, anyway, that slow down your Internet, spy on your online activities and generally make Web-surfing a tedious experience.
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James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly:
Netflix beats HBO in Golden Globe nominations for the first time with nine to HBO's eight; Amazon gets five, Hulu, one, and big four networks, nine total — NETFLIX TOPS HBO FOR FIRST TIME AS STREAMING DISRUPTS GOLDEN GLOBES — Netflix, Amazon and Hulu surge in Globes noms — It's not TV, it's Netflix.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Digital President of Tribune Denise Warren outlines plans to adopt a metered paywall, overhaul the CMS, centralize back-office functions, and put mobile first — How New York Times vet Denise Warren is trying to modernize Tribune Publishing — Few media companies could be in more dire need of a turnaround than Tribune Publishing.
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