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Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch:
Reddit Hires Twitter's Former News Manager, Mark S. Luckie, As Head Of Journalism And Media — Reddit Hires Twitter's Former News Manager As Head Of Journalism And Media — Reddit has hired Mark S. Luckie, the former news manager at Twitter and the person behind Today in Black Twitter …
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Haaretz:
Israeli police briefly detain Washington Post Jerusalem Bureau Chief William Booth, accusing him of ‘incitement’ as he interviewed people on street — Israel Police Arrest Washington Post Jerusalem Bureau Chief for ‘Incitement’ — Israeli police forces detained Washington …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Tidal flubs release of Kanye West's new album, delaying downloads but charging credit cards — Thousands Bought Kanye West's New Album, But Never Received Their Download — Digital music service TIDAL climbed to the top of the App Store, thanks to scoring the exclusive rights to Kanye West's new album …
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Yara Bayoumy / Reuters:
Bahrain orders release of US journalist Anna Day, her camera crew pending further investigation, after arresting them for participating in an illegal gathering — Bahrain to free U.S. citizens accused of illegal gathering - lawyer — Bahrain's public prosecution office said on Tuesday …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
CBS Touts Record-Breaking Grammys Streaming, Despite Technical Glitch — CBS said its live Internet stream of the 58th Annual Grammy Awards via its All Access subscription service registered record highs — even though the Eye suffered a glitch Monday night that prevented some users from temporarily accessing the show.
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Scott Moritz / Bloomberg Business:
AT&T phasing out its U-Verse TV service, as it pushes customers to newly acquired DirecTV — AT&T Takes U-Turn on U-Verse as It Pushes Users Toward DirecTV — Service lost 240,000 TV customers as more shifted to satellite — Company develops hub plan to consolidate all video offerings
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Joan E. Solsman / The Wrap:
Spotify Nears 30 Million Paid Subscribers (Report) — Spotify must be hitting the right notes. — The Swedish start-up is nearing 30 million paid members, according to a report in the Financial Times. That's up from 20 million it reported in June, and compares to 11 million subscribers of chief rival Apple Music.
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Chris Sutcliffe / TheMediaBriefing:
Interview with Guardian CEO David Pemsel suggests publication may start producing some members-only content — Guardian Media Group's David Pemsel: A paywall “would diminish our reach and influence around the world” — David Pemsel will be speaking at Digital Media Strategies this March.
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Noah Robischon / Fast Company:
BuzzFeed generates 5B monthly views across platforms with its global news team, video studio, ad agency, and sophisticated data team focused on social sharing — How BuzzFeed's Jonah Peretti Is Building A 100-Year Media Company — Once the “bored at work” network, BuzzFeed …
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Wall Street Journal:
YouTube star Casey Neistat says Facebook has few measures to deal with users who steal content — Facebook's Video Tactics are Underhanded, YouTuber Casey Neistat Says — Creator scrubbed Web to track ‘Freebooters’ of viral snowboarding video — Around eight billion video views occur daily …
Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
LA Times reorganizes newsroom, creates news and enterprise hub, separate desk for print coverage — Next step into digital news age by LA Times — Already in the midst of replacing last year's buyout class with younger reporters and editors, the Los Angeles Times is also going to reorganize …
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Jonathan Kuperberg / Broadcasting & Cable:
Tegna Media reports Q4 revenue of $462M, down 7% YoY, with $296M in core advertising revenue, a 7% YoY increase — Tegna Media Reports 7% Decrease in Q4 Revenue — Excluding big political losses, quarter revenue was up 12% from Q4 2014 — Tegna Media announced fourth quarter revenue of $462 million, a 7% decrease from Q4 2014.
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