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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Sources: Univision acquires 40% controlling stake in The Onion, including the site, the AV Club, Clickhole and various book and video projects — Area Satirical Publication The Onion Sold To Univision (Seriously) — Listen to the Story — Univision Communications Inc. …
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Univision confirms it has bought stake in satirical comedy site The Onion — Univision Buys Stake In Satire Site The Onion — Spanish-language media titan Univision Communications said it purchased a minority stake in Onion Inc., the backer of the popular satire and humor site The Onion …
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Andrew Giambrone / City Desk:
Washington Post apologizes in detailed editor's note for reporter copying parts of articles from Government Executive website — Post Reporter Lifts Passages from Government Executive Articles — Washington Post reporter Lisa Rein, who covers federal government issues …
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Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
Reed Hastings endorses Charter-TWC merger as a “tremendous positive” for over-the-top video services like Netflix, praises T-Mobile's Binge On — Hastings: Charter-TWC a ‘Tremendous Positive’ for OTT — Netflix CEO Also Touts Benefits of T-Mobile's ‘Binge On’
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Ben Popper / The Verge:
Netflix Q4: revenue of $1.82B, $43M in profit, 5.59M net new subscribers with 4.04M internationally; stock up 7% after hours
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Brendan James / International Business Times:
Gawker seeks outside funding to fortify finances ahead of Hulk Hogan trial, plans Thursday meeting to ask shareholders to OK new class of shares — Gawker Media Is On The Hunt For Outside Investor Cash — Gawker Media is seeking funding from outside investors and calling an …
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg Business:
HBO Plans to Take On Netflix in Spain With Streaming Service — Spain has high rate of Web subscribers who opt out of pay TV — HBO plans to start a stand-alone Web service in Spain, opening a new front against Netflix Inc. in an increasingly global competition for cord-cutters.
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Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
As Facebook changes its algorithms, publishers like Elite Daily who count on it for traffic try to follow by shifting resources to video — Viral publishers, seeing fewer Facebook clicks, shift focus to video — The era of the viral Facebook post that generates a flood of traffic is winding down for Facebook-dependent publishers.
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Robert Frank / New York Times:
Forbes family claims $65M loan to new Forbes Media owners is in default due to one late $46K interest payment, demands full repayment, $35M breach-of-sale fee — In Forbes Media Sale, Five-Figure Battle Started a $100 Million War — Shortly after the Forbes family sold control of its magazine …
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Ina Fried / Re/code:
Ex-BuzzFeed COO Jon Steinberg is working on a video news startup, hires Yahoo in-house production executive Peter Gorenstein — Former BuzzFeed COO Jon Steinberg Hires Yahoo Executive for His Online News Startup — Former BuzzFeed operating chief Jon Steinberg is working on a video news startup.
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Mediaite founder Dan Abrams launches legal news site LawNewz, to livestream major trials and have running commentary of legal cases — Dan Abrams launches LawNewz website — No matter the story, Dan Abrams says there is “always a legal angle.” That's why Abrams, the chief legal analyst …
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Agence France Presse to open bureau in North Korea — AFP to join Associated Press, Japan's Kyodo and China's Xinhua in Pyongyang — Agence France Presse is to open a bureau in North Korea, becoming one of just a handful of news organisations to have a permanent base in the secretive state.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
BuzzFeed launches in Japan, with some help from Yahoo Japan — BuzzFeed on Tuesday launched BuzzFeed Japan, the company's eleventh international edition. … Unlike its previous expansions, which are fully owned by BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed Japan is a joint partnership with Yahoo Japan.
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