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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
National Review produces special issue with over 20 essays from conservative thinkers aiming to stop Trump's campaign — National Review aims to take down Trump — The influential magazine turns to conservative leaders to make the anti-Trump case. — For months, Republican leaders …
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Jack Fowler / National Review:
Republican Party disinvites National Review from co-hosting February presidential debate — Houston, We Have a Problem — National Review was asked by the RNC to partner in the GOP debates. We agreed. Our initial partner was NBC, with whom we were to help moderate the pre-Super Tuesday debate …
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Ali Jaafar / Deadline:
Netflix to finance and distribute five new films and launch them simultaneously in 190 countries — Netflix Expands Global Indie Strategy With Slate Of New Features — EXCLUSIVE: As the film world converges on Park City on the eve of Sundance, Netflix is expanding its global indie film strategy …
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Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Verge and BGR
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Gawker founder Nick Denton cedes some control to VC firm — The most radical change accompanying Gawker founder and CEO Nick Denton's decision to accept outside investment is the amount of control ceded to the investor, Gawker's newly-revised corporate charter reveals.
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@petersterne, Awful Announcing, bizjournals and New York Post
Daniel Frankel / FierceCable:
Verizon Q4: FiOS operations grew 6.8% to $3.5B, CFO says custom TV product will change to comply with contracts, Go90 won't be profitable for at least two years — Verizon's CFO: Custom TV will ‘refresh’ to comply with programming contracts — Verizon (NYSE: VZ) CFO Fran Shammo …
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Variety, Verizon FiOS & Custom TV, Forbes, Hollywood Reporter, CNET, Re/code and ZDNet
Aleksandra Sagan / The Canadian Press:
Postmedia Job Cuts Hint At A Growing Media Monopoly In Canada — TORONTO — Postmedia's layoffs and newsroom mergers hint at a growing media monopoly in Canada, critics say, with some calling for government intervention to find a solution to the newspaper industry's money woes.
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Toronto Star, @tinaamini63, The Tyee, @jsource, Ottawa Citizen, @voteschiller, @hermida, Vancouver Magazine, @comm365_maddie and @jayrosen_nyu
Peter Roybal / Facebook:
Facebook's new Audience Optimization tool lets publishers tag content to target readers by interest or demographics — Introducing Audience Optimization for Publishers — Today, we're launching Audience Optimization, an organic targeting tool to help publishers reach and engage their audiences …
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AdExchanger, Adweek, SocialTimes, The Next Web, @quezzymoto, @melwhetstone, Re/code, The Tech Portal, SlashGear, PCWorld and USA Today
Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
Taliban attack on Tolo TV company bus in Kabul that killed seven and wounded 25 was its first bombing targeting a media group — Vibrant Lives of Afghan TV Crew, Erased in a Taliban Bombing — KABUL, Afghanistan — One was a young graphic designer planning a wedding.
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Al-Jazeera says 3 of its reporters in Yemen likely kidnapped — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Three Al-Jazeera journalists working in war-ravaged Yemen who went missing this week likely have been kidnapped, the satellite news network says, the latest reporters targeted in the civil war gripping the Arab world's poorest country.
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
Former NoW editor Andy Coulson sets up PR firm — David Cameron's ex-communications director, who was jailed over phone hacking, launches firm offering corporate strategy and communications advice — Andy Coulson, David Cameron's former communications director who was sentenced to 18 months …
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PRWeek, The Independent, The Drum, SportsPro Media, Press Gazette, @carlpackman, @mumbler3, @smallstory, @simoncarlyle and @piersmorgan
Brent Lang / Variety:
Netflix, Amazon, other digital buyers with serious money rattle Sundance, other film markets by paying top dollar for arthouse films — Sundance Preview: Amazon, Netflix Bring Upheaval to Challenging Indie Market — With a week to go before Sundance officially starts …
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Indiewire, @lucas_shaw and Hollywood Reporter
Carl Swanson / New York Magazine:
Sources: Leon Wieseltier and Steve Jobs' widow Laurene Powell Jobs teaming up for as-yet-unnamed journal — Leon Wieseltier Is Not Buying The New Republic — But He Is Teaming Up With Steve Jobs's Widow to Start a New Publication — It will be a journal focusing on how technology affects our lives.
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