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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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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
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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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 …
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Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
BBC journalist with British-Iranian nationality stopped from flying to US following recent legislation disallowing some dual citizens to use visa waiver program — BBC journalist stopped from flying to US over UK-Iranian nationality — Rana Rahimpour caught by new legislation …
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BBC, New York Times and Politico
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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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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Gerardo Reyes / Washington Post:
Director of Univision's investigative unit Gerardo Reyes declined to interview El Chapo after he asked for editorial control — Why I turned down an interview with ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán — Univision said no, but Sean Penn said yes. — In September 2013, a confidential source acting …
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TVNewser, Deadline, @sebapefer, @isaacleep, @jczamora, @jayrosen_nyu, Mediaite and Guardian
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Agence France Presse to open bureau in North Korea, will join Associated Press, Japan's Kyodo, and China's Xinhua in having a permanent base in Pyongyang — Agence France Presse to open bureau in North Korea — AFP to join Associated Press, Japan's Kyodo and China's Xinhua in Pyongyang
Pete Evans / CBC News:
Postmedia cuts 90 jobs, merges newsrooms in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa — ‘We will continue to operate separate brands in each of these markets,’ CEO Paul Godfrey says — Newspaper chain Postmedia today announced sweeping changes to its operations, cutting 90 jobs across the country …
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