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Wall Street Journal:
Under Jeff Bezos, the Washington Post is focusing on what made Amazon successful: customer service, a long-term vision — Bezos Takes Hands-On Role at Washington Post — Amazon founder increasingly is making his mark, with a focus on customer experience
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Cable TV cord cutters now 15% of US population, with “cord nevers” at 9%; 42% of cord cutters don't have broadband at home — 42 percent of cord-cutters don't even subscribe to home broadband — Fed up with your cable TV? Tired of paying for an expensive satellite package you barely use?
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Pew Internet, @jbrodkin, @pewresearch, Pocketnow, @pewinternet, Bob Sullivan, @lrainie, Pew Internet and @pewinternet
James Cook / Business Insider:
SoundCloud settles lawsuit with PRS for Music, which manages rights for Adele, other UK artists, signs licensing agreement to use their music on the service — SoundCloud has signed a key licensing deal with a company that took legal action against it this year
Discussion:
PRS for Music, Variety, @jmebbk, VentureBeat and The Verge
Nicola Clark / New York Times:
Axel Springer executives talk about digital transformation, learning from Silicon Valley, international plans, investments in Business Insider, Airbnb, more — An Old-Media Empire, Axel Springer Reboots for the Digital Age — BERLIN — When Mathias Döpfner, chief executive of Axel Springer …
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@rafat, Street Fight, @nytimesbusiness, @petersterne and @jeffjarvis
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Streaming TV breaks the narrative rules of television, delivering a whole story that viewers can watch as they wish — Streaming TV Isn't Just a New Way to Watch. It's a New Genre. … At some point during Netflix's “Sense8” — a gorgeous, ridiculous series about eight strangers scattered across …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Ofcom study: 31% in UK read print newspaper to keep informed, down from 41% 2014, making newspapers the least popular medium for news — Newspapers now the least popular medium for news, says Ofcom study — Just 31% of the UK population read a newspaper to get their current affairs fix, down 10 points on 2014 figure
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@davidsallinen, @newswhip and @stuartrowson
Ken Doctor / Politico:
Sources: Mashable is being shopped to potential buyers, asking between $300M and $350M, anticipates $35M-$40M in revenue for 2015 — Next up for sale: Mashable — Mashable, the 10-year-old digital tech news phenomenon, looks like the next big digital news organization to test the waters for a sale.
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mUmBRELLA, @mcarney, @raju, Business Insider, The Wrap, FishbowlNY and Media Wire Daily
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
New firm Digital Riot Media wants to make movies with YouTube, Vine, Instagram stars, and distribute them via platforms like Netflix and iTunes — Doug Barry, John Baldecchi Form Digital Riot Media to Make Movies for Vine Fans — Will Vine fans follow their stars from six seconds to 90 minutes?
Discussion:
@jroym and PR Newswire
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
When BuzzFeed and NBC News both took stands on Trump's call to ban Muslim immigrants, they abandoned veneer of objectivity and recovered their voices — “Influential news outlets have set aside traditional notions of balance...” — Something happened in journalism two weeks ago …
Discussion:
@johnrobinson, @peter_h_martyn, @craignewmark, @bcheadle, @saila and @jayrosen_nyu
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Telegraph fined £30,000 over email urging readers to vote Tory — Editor's message asking hundreds of thousands of readers to oppose the most ‘leftwing Labour leader for a generation’ crossed a line, says watchdog — The Telegraph has been fined £30,000 for sending hundreds …
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The Independent, BBC, @lean_labour, @mseuca, Mirror.co.uk, New Statesman, BuzzFeed, Press Gazette, politics.co.uk, @stewartwood, The Drum and Sputnik International
Rhiannon Williams / Telegraph:
Spotify partners with Tesla for in-car music system, in Europe, Australia, and Hong Kong — Spotify partners with Tesla for integrated in-car music system — Tesla owners will have in-car access to the streaming service's 30 million plus tracks while driving
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The Verge, TechCrunch, @owentsmith, The Next Web, @fellzy, Fast Company and Engadget
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