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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Yahoo is exploring “strategic alternatives”, says its chairman; CEO Marissa Mayer outlines plans for $400M in cost cuts and asset sales that could bring in $1B+ — Yahoo for Sale, Says Yahoo, Finally Admitting the Obvious (Also Q4 Results!) — Who cares how Yahoo's business performed in its fourth quarter?
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William Alden / BuzzFeed:
Yahoo writes down Tumblr's value by $230M, nearly a quarter of what it paid for it in 2013
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Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Yahoo announces 15% staff cut, will close 5 overseas offices as part of “aggressive strategic plan”, $1.27B in quarterly revenue, up 1.5% YoY, beating estimates
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Alex Weprin / Politico:
ESPN's FiveThirtyEight launching a presidential documentary series — FiveThirtyEight, the ESPN-owned news site which emphasizes data over political punditry, is launching a documentary series called “FiveThirtyEight's Election.” — The six-part series, which will be produced by ESPN Films …
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Time Launches New Site Called ‘Motto’ for Young Women — Publisher aims to ramp up digital advertising with content focused on life, work and play — Magazine publisher Time Inc. has launched a new website called Motto aimed at younger women looking for advice about life, work and play.
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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Torrents Time lets anyone launch their own web version of Popcorn Time — Popcorn Time, an app for streaming video torrents, just got a new web version: Popcorn Time Online. Unlike other attempts to bring Popcorn Time into the browser, this one is powered by a tool called Torrents Time …
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Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg Business:
ESPN Teams Up With Tencent to Offer Sports Online in China — Disney sports division will provide live games, commentary — Accord includes NBA, college basketball and X Games events — Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN division will offer live games and Mandarin-language sports commentary online …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube Red to launch its first original programming, three films and a series, on February 10 — YouTube Set to Premiere First Original Movies, PewDiePie Series — YouTube next week is set to launch its first exclusive programming — a test of how many customers will fork over $10 per month …
Malathi Nayak / Reuters:
Comcast Q4: beats expectations with $19.25B total revenue, up 8.5%, video subscribers up 89K; NBCU revenue up 13% to $7.5B — Comcast revenue beats Street as NBCUniversal, Internet units grow — Comcast Corp posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue on Wednesday …
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Sydney Smith / iMediaEthics:
Talking Points Memo Unpublishes Juan Thompson Essay, Trust with Writer ‘Irrevocably Broken’ — Talking Points Memo unpublished a freelance first-person essay by Juan Thompson, The Intercept reporter who was fired for fabrication. — Talking Points Memo said it didn't believe Thompson's story …
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Betsy Reed / The Intercept:
The Intercept says reporter Juan Thompson fabricated quotes, used fake email accounts to impersonate people, including alleged source, was on staff until Jan.
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Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon plans to open “300 to 400” brick-and-mortar bookstores, according to CEO of mall operator General Growth Properties — Amazon Plans Hundreds of Brick-and-Mortar Bookstores, Mall CEO Says — Amazon.com is planning to open as many as 400 brick-and-mortar bookstores …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Live Streaming Pioneer Justin Kan to Relaunch Justin.tv On Snapchat — Justin.tv is about to make a comeback... as a Snapchat channel: Justin Kan, founder of the pioneering live streaming site Justin.tv, announced Wednesday that he was bringing it back on Snapchat.
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Justin Kan and The Verge
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Harper's Editor-in-Chief Christopher Cox Suddenly Fired After Editing Only Three Issues — Last fall, Harper's publisher and CEO John R. MacArthur promoted Christopher Cox, then serving as deputy editor of the 165-year-old literary and political magazine, to editor-in-chief.
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Hollywood Reporter:
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio appoints Julie Menin as city's film czar as agency expands into more segments including digital distribution — Julie Menin Named New York City Film Czar — Julie Menin has been chosen by Mayor Bill de Blasio to serve as New York City's new film czar, it was announced Tuesday morning.
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