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Dee Lockett / Vulture:
Recording Industry Association of America starts counting on-demand streaming audio and video toward certifying albums as gold or platinum sellers — The RIAA Finally Bows to Streaming, Making 17 Artists' Albums Go Gold and Platinum — This is huge. — Call it the Anti effect, or just call it getting hip to the times.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Time Warner urges Hulu to remove current-season episodes from the service amid renewed talks, seeks 25% stake — Time Warner Talks With Hulu Zero In on Current Seasons — Media giant says the availability of these shows contributes to people ‘cutting the cord’
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Brandt Ranj / Business Insider:
Sesame Street partners with a VC, will invest up to $1 million in a bunch of startups — It has already been a big year for Sesame Street, which as of January is brought to you by the letters H, B, and O. — But the well-known children's program is now adding something new and seemingly odd to the mix: venture capital.
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Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Yahoo's Marissa Mayer to unveil cost-cutting plan that includes up to 15% staff reduction, closure of some units — Yahoo's Marissa Mayer to Unveil Cost-Cutting Plan — Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is expected to unveil a plan on Tuesday aimed at slashing the Internet company's costs …
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Facebook:
Facebook says it's now using feedback from user surveys in News Feed when selecting stories, warns some Pages will lose referral traffic — News Feed FYI: Using Qualitative Feedback to Show Relevant Stories — The goal of News Feed is to show you the stories that matter most to you.
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
21st Century Fox Looks to Save $250M in Voluntary Film, TV Staff Resignations — The entertainment conglomerate is looking to reduce costs and recalibrate the businesses. — 21st Century Fox is offering voluntary resignations to staff at its film and TV networks units to reduce $250 million …
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Variety, Broadcasting & Cable, Ad Age, The Wrap and Wall Street Journal
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Condé Nast's focus on bottom line and relentless pursuit of web traffic is unsettling some employees — Condé Nast Adapts to New Forces, Unsettling Some Inside — A few years ago, Anna Wintour, David Remnick and Graydon Carter went to see S. I. Newhouse Jr. …
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Michael Wolff / USA Today:
Guardian's transition into digital lost it $120M last year, and may exhaust its funds within five years — Guardian bet shows digital risks — As much as any newspaper in the world, Britain's Guardian has been single-minded and aggressive in its belief that conversion to digital distribution …
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Washington Post:
At Politico, Albritton wanted credit as financier and creative force, VandeHei wanted more control and a chance to profit from his own startup — Why the marriage at the top of Politico couldn't be saved — Jim VandeHei wanted more control. Robert Allbritton wanted more credit.
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Dru Sefton / Current.org:
NewsHour archives of almost 10K episodes from 1975-2007 to be digitized and available online — ‘NewsHour’ archives to be digitized and available online — More on Quick Takes Subscribe to Quick Takes Follow this author — More than three decades of NewsHour are heading to an online home …
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
ComScore Closes Rentrak Acquisition, Creating TV, Digital Measurement Giant — ComScore has closed the acquisition of Rentrak in a stock-for-stock deal. — The company said early Monday that it has completed the deal that creates a digital and TV audience measurement powerhouse looking to challenge Nielsen.
Laura Prudom / Variety:
Conde Nast Entertainment Forms Unscripted TV Production Unit — Conde Nast Entertainment is expanding its reach with the formation of CNE Studios, a new division which will produce unscripted television shows for the company, it was announced Monday. The studio aims to develop and produce projects …
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