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Jayne Mountford / Fashion Times:
Vogue magazine's Creative Director Grace Coddington steps down after 28 years, will become Creative Director at large — Grace Coddington Is Leaving Vogue: Legendary Creative Director Steps Down After 28 Years — It has been announced this morning that Grace Coddington …
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Gawker sells minority stake to Columbus Nova Tech Partners to fund video and e-commerce growth, lawsuit defense; Columbus Nova's Jason Epstein to join board — Gawker Media Plans to Sell Minority Stake to Investment Company — Gawker Media plans to sell a minority stake …
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Q&A with ESPN president John Skipper on cord-cutting, streaming TV, and niche sites like The Undefeated and FiveThirtyEight — ESPN's John Skipper Plays Offense on Cord-Cutting — President of sports network says no reason to abandon cable, even as it tests “over the top” options
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Washpostpr / Washington Post:
In new statement, Jason Rezaian says he hopes to write again about Iran and the US — New statement from Jason Rezaian — Below is a written statement from Jason Rezaian, issued today from Landstuhl, Germany:
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Pew: Over 6+ years, 658 journalism-related Kickstarter projects raised nearly $6.3M, 71% produced by individuals not tied to any news outlet — Crowdfunded Journalism: A Small but Growing Addition to Publicly Driven Journalism — Projects funded through Kickstarter cut across more than 60 countries
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Verizon Wireless to begin selling data cap exemptions to content providers January 25 with beta trial of its new FreeBee Data 360 service — Verizon Wireless selling data cap exemptions to content providers — Video, music, app downloads, and ads can be exempted from caps for a fee.
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TechCrunch:
Spotify Buys Cord Project And Soundwave To Expand Messaging And Social Features — On the same day that streaming rival Deezer announced a new cash injection of €100 million, Spotify has confirmed two new acquisitions, Cord Project and Soundwave. The startups are based respectively …
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
The Guardian appoints AOL UK's Hamish Nicklin as chief revenue officer — Former Google executive to be responsible for Guardian News & Media's advertising revenues, its jobs operation and its branded content division — The Guardian has appointed Hamish Nicklin, the managing director …
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Dan Primack / Fortune:
Sources: IBM is in advanced talks to acquire UStream in deal worth around $130M cash plus possible earn-outs and employee retention packages — Exclusive: IBM In Talks to Buy UStream — IBM is in advanced talks to acquire live video platform UStream, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
AJ+ launches on Apple TV after success on Facebook and despite demise of Al Jazeera America — Al Jazeera's AJ+ Gets Its Own Apple TV App — Al Jazeera America may be shutting down, but Al Jazeera's digital offspring AJ+ is alive and well: AJ+ launched an app on Apple TV Tuesday.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Nielsen to add Facebook discussions to its Twitter TV Ratings, to be renamed “Social Content Rankings”, eventually will include Instagram — Nielsen Wants to Watch You Talk to Your Facebook Friends About What You Watch on TV — It is a little hard to remember now …
Erin Griffith / Fortune:
How Buzzfeed's fastest-growing Facebook page, Proper Tasty, amassed 3.7M followers and 190M video views in one month: niche content tailor-made for the platform — BuzzFeed's Foodie Channels Are Blowing Up on Facebook — The Internet has an insatiable appetite for food content, and BuzzFeed is going big in the category.
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