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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Washington Post builds Bandito detection tool that monitors alternate versions of stories set by editors, then automatically serves the most popular — Washington Post's ‘Bandito’ Tool Optimizes Content For Clicks — System promotes version of a story with most popular headline, images
Discussion:
@alexgoldmark, @wsjcmo, @tha_rami, @carlazanoni, @elanazak, @charlesforelle, @bruceanderson, @ahmed, @michaelroston and @elanazak
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Twitter introduces First View, new video ads placed at the top of users' timelines — Timing Is Everything: Twitter Unveils First View Ads, Videos At The Top Of Your Timeline — Twitter has been in the spotlight for the past several days over allegedly imminent (longstanding) plans to change the order of Tweets in your timeline.
Discussion:
The Twitter Blog, SocialTimes, Business Insider, @carlquintanilla, @mikeisaac, @kantrowitz, Marketing Land and The Next Web
Brent Lang / Variety:
Viacom stock plummets 14.2% to $35.89, after chairman Philippe Dauman slams critics — Viacom Stock Plunges 14% After Chairman Philippe Dauman Slams Critics — Viacom's newly appointed chairman Philippe Dauman vowed to bolster the media company's falling stock price during an earnings call on Tuesday …
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Viacom Q1 revenue dropped 6% to nearly $3.2B, 10% drop in profits overall — Viacom, in Midst of Leadership Shake-Up, Reports Drop in Profit — Viacom, the media group that includes MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon cable television networks and the Paramount film studio …
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Multichannel News, VentureBeat, @emilysteel, Variety, campaignlive.co.uk, Business Insider and @emilysteel
Rem Rieder / USA Today:
Keith Moyer, new editor at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, says Adelson family assures him it will stay out of news gathering process — Big plans for Adelson's Vegas paper — Talking about plunging into the fire. — For the past six years, J. Keith Moyer, a former newspaper publisher and editor …
Discussion:
@sulliview, @sulliview, @jayrosen_nyu, @dangillmor, mprnews.org, @minnpost and MinnPost
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Viacom extends partnership with Snapchat, signs multi-year deal to sell advertising on Snapchat's behalf — Viacom To Sell Snapchat Ads In Multiyear Deal — Media giant to sell ads throughout video messaging app — Investors have been fretting about Viacom Inc. 's cable TV fortunes …
Wall Street Journal:
Gannett Co. considering parcel delivery business as it explores options for its fleet of paper carriers and delivery trucks — Gannett Explores Parcel-Delivery Business — Gannett is exploring the parcel-delivery business as it examines how to make the most of its fleet of paper carriers and delivery trucks.
Discussion:
@alexweprin
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Relativity Media to exit bankruptcy soon after judge approves reorganization plan — Judge Officially Confirms Relativity's Reorganization Plan — The judge's blessing will allow the studio to move forward in releasing ‘Masterminds,’ ‘The Disappointments Room,’ ‘Before I Wake,’ ‘Kidnap,’ ‘Strangers 2’ and other films.
The Boston Globe:
Boston Courant, a twenty-year-old weekly newspaper, to shut down after losing wrongful termination lawsuit — Print-only Boston Courant publishes last edition — The Boston Courant, a weekly newspaper that covered some of Boston's most prosperous neighborhoods for 20 years …
Discussion:
Boston, MA Patch and Boston Business Journal
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Users streamed 315M minutes of the Super Bowl from CBS and NFL, an average of 1.4M people per minute, up from from 213 minutes, 800K/min in 2015 — More People Streamed the Super Bowl Than Ever Before. Here Are the Numbers: — Late last night, CBS announced it had streamed the Super Bowl to a …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Trinity Mirror reveals editor-in-chiefs for 11 regions following Local World takeover — William Turvill's blog - — Trinity Mirror has created six new editor-in-chief positions as part of a restructure following its Local World takeover. — The publisher has divided its business into 11 regions …
Discussion:
Prolific North and Street Fight
Kate Palmer / Telegraph:
Guardian Media Group and Apax owned Ascential prices shares at 200p, floats at about a £800M valuation — Guardian-owned magazine business Ascential floats for £800m — Ascential, which owns titles Retail Week and the Health Service Journal, makes stock market debut today
Discussion:
Guardian, Press Gazette, Campaign UK, Life Style Extra and GlobalCapital
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