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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Sheryl Sandberg sees Facebook as a second-screen to TV ads as company claims 500M users watch 100M hours of video per day — Facebook Says Video Is Huge — 100 Million Hours Per Day Huge — Facebook's obsession with video — getting users to both upload and consume it on Facebook …
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Michael Calderone / Huffington Post:
Bloomberg Editor Quits Over Fear The Company Can't Cover Michael Bloomberg Aggressively — “The bottom line is, you can't cover the circus unless you can write about one of the biggest elephants in the room,” said Kathy Kiely. — Can Bloomberg aggressively cover Bloomberg?
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John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
FCC to propose new rules to give cable and satellite customers more choice over set top boxes, 40 telco and media groups plan coalition to oppose the initiative — FCC to Propose Overhauling Rules on Set-Top Boxes — Measure, aimed at cutting cable bills, likely would let consumers choose among competing devices
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Benjamin Wallace / Vulture:
Behind the rise and fall of Relativity Media and CEO Ryan Kavanaugh — The Epic Fail of Hollywood's Hottest Algorithm — In an industry where no one knows anything, here, finally, was someone who seemed to know something: Ryan Kavanaugh, a spikily red-haired man-child with an impish grin …
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Thomas Oide / The Maneater:
University of Missouri suspends professor Melissa Click, who called for “muscle” against student reporter — Melissa Click suspended by UM System Board of Curators pending further investigation — Suspension comes after being charged for third-degree assault on Monday.
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
A working theory: Adelson overpaid for the Las Vegas Review-Journal because the deal included obscuring his connection to critical coverage of Nevada judges — Journalists as ‘hit squad:’ Connecting the dots on Sheldon Adelson, the Review-Journal of Las Vegas and Edward Clarkin in Connecticut
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Al Jazeera English:
Al Jazeera crew in Yemen released by kidnappers — Hamdi al-Bokari, Abdulaziz al-Sabri, and Moneer al-Sabai disappeared 10 days ago in the besieged city of Taiz. — Hamdi al-Bokari and his colleagues were filming in the besieged city of Taiz [Al Jazeera]
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Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
The New York Times files copyright lawsuit against publisher of War is Beautiful, a book that argues the Times glamorizes war — New York Times Sues Publisher Over War Photos, Fair Use At Issue — The paper of record is raising eyebrows with a questionable copyright lawsuit.
Ian Burrell / The Independent:
Arise TV: Owner of London-based TV news channel Nduka Obaigbena ‘questioned in Nigeria anti-fraud inquiry’ — The owner of a London-based global television news channel is being questioned in a major inquiry by Nigeria's anti-fraud unit, while scores of his British workers are pursuing legal action over unpaid wages.
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Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Washington Post introduces Backdrop feature on all election stories, a pop-up providing background information — The Washington Post builds new feature to add context to election coverage — The pop-up button called Backdrop will be available on all stories about the 2016 US presidential race
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Daily Mail and General Trust Q4: Mail Online ad revenue up 27%, total company advertising down 3%, Daily Mail to increase cover price to 65p from February 1 — Daily Mail website's ad revenues surge as paper announces price hike — Mail Online ad income soared by 27% in the fourth quarter …
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Conor Dougherty / New York Times:
What it's like to cover Google when you can't get an interview with Larry Page — Try to Interview Google's Chief Executive. It's Emasculating. — I started as The New York Times's Google beat reporter in August 2014. Shortly thereafter, I told the company's public relations people …
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