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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
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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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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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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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
UN body says Iran's detention of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian violated international law — U.N. body says Iran's detention of Post reporter violated international law — A United Nations human rights body, responding to a petition filed last summer by The Washington Post …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
After Cancelling Its IPO, Deezer Raises Another $109M From Access And Orange — Deezer, the Paris-based music and other audio streaming service with 6.3 million users that planned but ultimately cancelled an IPO last year, has now tapped existing investors for more funding …
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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Journalism.org:
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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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 …
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.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Starbucks Now Lets You Save The Songs You Heard In-Store To Spotify — Starbucks and streaming service Spotify are expanding their relationship today with the launch of a new digital music experience for Starbucks customers which will allow them to identify songs being played in stores …
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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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Nate Church / Breitbart:
Gawker Media, writer Sam Biddle, and editor John Cook are being sued for defamation by journalist Ashley Terrill — Gawker Sued Again, This Time For Breaking Their Word With A Source — Gawker is being sued again, which makes for five simultaneous lawsuit defenses.
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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 — Netflix whizzes past 75 million subscribers thanks to record international growth — Netflix share price is up more than 121 percent in the last year.
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