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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
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
ITV shares fall as investors cool on bid after Comcast denies holding talks — NBC Universal owner says no talks have been held about possible takeover causing shares in broadcaster to fall by almost 3% in early trading — ITV's share price has fallen by almost 3% in early trading …
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This is Money, FierceCable, Advanced Television, Telegraph, BGR, City A.M., Variety and broadcastnow.co.uk
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
How Crain personalizes its city-based email newsletters using software and human editors — Crain, known for its business weeklies, is diving into newsletters based on who and where readers are — Email newsletters are highly personal: Landing directly in our inboxes …
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Hearst partners with video ad tech firm Reelio for content produced for brands by social influencers like YouTube stars — Hearst Partners With Reelio to Build Social Influencer Network — Magazines Seventeen and Cosmopolitan will help brands working with YouTube creators
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Digiday
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, Variety, VentureBeat, @jmebbk and The Verge
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, Pew Internet, DSLreports, @kwerb, @jbrodkin, @pewresearch, Pocketnow, @pewinternet, Bob Sullivan, @lrainie, @jonsteinberg, @hanabel and @pewinternet
Bloomberg Business:
CBS CEO Moonves Said in Line to Be Chairman After Redstone — Deal with Shari Redstone limits possible succession battle — Judge rejects ex-girlfriend's demand to interview 92-year-old — CBS Corp. Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves would become chairman of the broadcaster upon …
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Incisive Media becomes second UK publisher to ban ad blocker users — Incisive Media, home to titles including The Inquirer and Risk, could become the second British publisher to ban ad blocker users on some of its websites in the new year. — The publisher, which has a mix of subscription-based …
Discussion:
One Man & His Blog, @mathewi and @digiday
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
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Frontline is diving deeper into VR with $580,000 from the Knight Foundation — Virtual reality in journalism is definitely not going away anytime soon — not with news organizations like The New York Times building and prominently promoting new VR projects (including some created as sponsored content) …
Discussion:
Business Insider, @frontlinepbs and New York Times
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Two-year old Taiwan-based The News Lens has 5M readers a month, plans to focus on readership in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, eventually moving into mainland China — Indie Media Startup The News Lens Wants To Be A Balanced Voice Of Reason For Asia — Since launching two years ago …
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