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Kerry Flynn / International Business Times:
Snapchat Discover One Year Later: How 23 Media Companies Are Building Stories For Evan Spiegel — Snapchat may have a few problems, but Discover ain't one. At least, that's what media companies are cheering. It's been a year since Snapchat launched its network of media partners …
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The New York Observer
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Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Snapchat launches original campaign show Good Luck America hosted by Peter Hamby on Discover
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Engadget and The Next Web
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
How FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's plan to open the cable box could affect strategies of tech firms like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others — Inside the FCC's audacious plan to blow up the cable box — FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler dropped a bomb on the cable television1 industry yesterday …
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Monday Note, Palo Alto Online, @tcarmody, @davidsshamilton, @gassee, @lukewatsonnyc and Fortune
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Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Atom Tickets raises $50M from Fox, Disney, Lionsgate, and others, to help people organize group movie viewings, get discounts — Hollywood Studios Leading $50M Investment in Mobile Movie Ticketing App — Start-up Atom Tickets is designed to make it easier for friends and larger groups to arrange a rendevouz at the theater.
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Wall Street Journal
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Politico leaders dismiss reports that internal tensions led to departures — Leaders Deny Strife Caused Departures From Politico — In recent weeks, the staff at Politico noticed nearly all of its bosses — including the political publication's founders, Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris …
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@mgsiegler, Gawker, @rachelsb, Nieman Lab, @edmorrissey, @benmullin, @nytanon, @scranecolt, Folio, Washington Post, Fortune and MinOnline
Ashraf Sweilam / Associated Press:
Egypt arrests cartoonist for illegally running a webpage — EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian cartoonist, whose work is occasionally critical of government figures, was arrested in the capital, Cairo, on Sunday and charged with running a webpage without a license, the country's Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Kraig Kitchin steps down as CEO of TheBlaze, replaced by Stewart Padveen; ad sales and marketing execs also resign — Head of Glenn Beck's Media Empire Quits as The Blaze Burns Down — Kitchin will stay with the company, but resigned from the top job after friction with fellow Beck executive Jonathan Schreiber.
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@gabrielsherman, Breitbart and @ggreeneva
Madeline Welsh / Nieman Lab:
The Programming Corporation of America to create local, online videos and partner with local outlets to capture digital political ad dollars — The Programming Corporation of America has a plan to keep those digital political ad dollars local — Political ad dollars have been a boon for local TV stations for decades.
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Street Fight and WMUR
Guardian:
How Facebook tracks voters' political habits and contact information for targeted campaign ads across devices — How Facebook tracks and profits from voters in a $10bn US election — Social network lets campaigns match profiles with political habits and contact info …
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@zeigor, @ognyanova and RedState
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:
Amazon ramps up investment in podcasts, other radio-style shows to expand Audible offering — Amazon Hiring Comedians, Engineers for Growing Audio Service — Audible expands to offer radio-style programming, podcasts — Division is advertising for almost 100 positions worldwide
Kathy Kiely / Washington Post:
Media organizations need credibility, so covering Michael Bloomberg's potential presidential run differently than others was wrong — Michael Bloomberg's news outlet couldn't cover him fairly. So I quit. — What happens to journalism if journalists can't bite the hands that feed them?
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Politico, GeekWire, @uwjournethics, @rafat, @nycjim, @mikemadden, @benmullin, FishbowlNY and iMediaEthics
Tim Gray / Variety:
After Oscar Piracy, Studios Step Up Push for Digital Screeners — Hollywood and Oscar have many ongoing issues aside from diversity, and high on that list is piracy. Earlier this month, the pirate-tracking firm Excipio said that all eight best-picture contenders are available on file-sharing sites, up 59% from last year.
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The Wrap
Betsy Reed / The Intercept:
Robert Mackey joins The Intercept to report and analyze news about human-rights abuses, leaving The New York Times, where he wrote the Open Source column — The Intercept Welcomes Robert Mackey to Its Staff — We are delighted to announce that Robert Mackey is joining The Intercept …
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@nycjim, @robertmackey, @ggreenwald and Talking New Media
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