Top News:
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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Media Wire Daily, FishbowlNY, @petersmeg, @katierosman, @espiers, @s_m_i, @espiers, @pmarca, @mathewi, @joel__dc and New York Magazine
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’
Discussion:
Multichannel News, Fortune, The Week and Digital TV Europe
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.
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 …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
New nonprofit site Coda Story thoroughly covers a single issue at a time, starting with LGBTQ rights in Russia — A new storytelling platform hopes to move crisis reporting beyond isolated events in the news cycle — The Coda Story homepage is a busy place — filled to the corners …
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
The Boston Globe is using Notes to publish directly to Facebook — It's no Instant Articles, but Facebook's Notes feature is giving the Boston Globe another way to post directly to the Facebook platform. — On Tuesday the newspaper started to use Notes with Ground Game …
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 …
Discussion:
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Fandango Acquires M-GO Movie Service from Dreamworks Animation And Technicolor — NBCUniversal-owned online ticketing service Fandango has acquired the movie streaming service M-GO from its joint owners Dreamworks Animation and Technicolor. Financial terms of the acquisition weren't disclosed.
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 …
Discussion:
@neilthackray, @mikejakeman, @jeremyzilar and @tomstandage
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.
Discussion:
Reynolds Center, The Verge, Wall Street Journal and Variety
Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
Former Top Executive of Chinese Online Video Giant Youku Tudou Detained on Corruption Charges — Lu Fanxi served as president of peer-generated content at the online video giant until July, shortly before the company was bought by Alibaba Group for $4.8 billion.
Discussion:
Financial Times, Deadline and Variety
Raf Casert / Associated Press:
International Federation of Journalists: at least 2,297 journalists and media staff killed over past 25 years — Report counts some 2,300 journalists killed in past 25 years — BRUSSELS (AP) — In the last quarter century, at least 2,297 journalists and media staff have been killed …