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Bloomberg Business:
Star Wars sets record for largest opening weekend, with $238M earned in US and Canada, and $517M worldwide — ‘Star Wars’ Soars With Record-Breaking $238 Million Debut — Anousha Sakoui and Christopher Palmeri — “Chewie, we're home.” — Han Solo's line in the new “Stars Wars” …
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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
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Bloomberg Business, FishbowlDC and GeekWire
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
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PRS for Music, VentureBeat and RAIN News
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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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 …
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Fortune
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, FishbowlDC, @petersterne and @jeffjarvis
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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Business Insider, FishbowlNY, @raju, The Wrap and Media Wire Daily
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Washington Post “What was fake on the Internet this week” column ends because readers who share hoax stories aren't convinced by debunking — What was fake on the Internet this week: Why this is the final column — There is nothing — NOTHING — too crazy for the Internet hoax beat.
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
How two reporters from ProPublica and The Marshall Project overcame traditional competitive instincts to collaborate on a 11K-word project — Two rival reporters team up to produce one incredible story — On Wednesday, ProPublica and The Marshall Project teamed up to publish a powerful story …
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NPR
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
In interview on MSNBC's rebrand, Andy Lack says there are no talks for Brian Williams to get his own show — Can MSNBC Re-Center Itself? Andy Lack on Breaking News, ‘Today,’ and Brian Williams — In an exclusive interview, the NBC News chief talks about MSNBC's rebrand …
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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