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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Vox Hires Choire Sicha to Oversee Partnerships With Facebook, Snapchat — Awl Network co-founder will be director of partner platforms — Vox Media has long counted its own content platform as a key to its success. But now it says the future lies in platforms run by others …
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: Trinity Mirror to launch new weekday tabloid New Day on February 29, priced at 25p — Trinity Mirror To Unveil ‘New Day’ Tabloid — Trinity Mirror to unveil ‘New Day’ tabloid on 29 February — The publisher of The Daily Mirror will this month unveil a weekday newspaper called …
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Cablevision customers can now live stream CBS when away from home — Cablevision and CBS have just announced a deal that, effective immediately, lets the cable company's subscribers watch a live stream of CBS both in and out of the home. Under traditional TV Everywhere deals …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
CBS Touts Record-Breaking Grammys Streaming, Despite Technical Glitch
CBS Touts Record-Breaking Grammys Streaming, Despite Technical Glitch
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Tim Baysinger / Adweek:
Old New Yorker Stories Are Being Turned Into Compelling Short Films for Amazon Prime — How did David Remnick feel when he saw Burkhard Bilger's 2014 story, “The Ride of Their Lives”, about young Texas bull riders, turned into a film? — “In a way, it was more emotional,” said Remnick …
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Tess Stynes / Wall Street Journal:
Gannett Q4: revenue down 9.7% YoY to $739.3M, advertising revenue down 13%, circulation declined 7.9% — Gannett's Revenue Falls on Continued Ad, Circulation Declines — Media company posts a profit of $20.4 million — Gannett Co. said its fourth-quarter revenue fell 9.7% on continued declines …
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
The Associated Press is partnering with AMD for more virtual reality journalism — After moving into virtual reality video journalism last year, the Associated Press is partnering with chip maker AMD for a new push into VR. Today, the companies announced that they're launching a web portal …
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Sean Captain / Fast Company:
Cable and tech companies line up political allies and fund consumer coalitions ahead of FCC vote Thursday on TV set-top box rules — The Future Of How You Watch TV Could Change This Week — Behind an FCC proposal to lower cable equipment fees is a fight for control of television involving Google, pay-TV services, and Hollywood.
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BBC:
Indonesia bans Tumblr over porn — Indonesia has banned the blogging platform Tumblr, saying that the site distributes pornographic content. — Azhar Hasyim, e-business director at Indonesia's Information Ministry, told the BBC the decision had been made without consultation with the New York-based company, which is owned by Yahoo.
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Press Gazette:
Barclay family says Telegraph is not for sale amid staff uncertainty over ‘strategic review’ — The owners of the Telegraph have emphasised the company is not for sale amid staff uncertainty over future plans for the group. — Telegraph Media Group staff were sent a letter …
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Justin McCurry / Guardian:
Japanese TV anchors lose their jobs amid claims of political pressure — Supporters of the three news broadcasters say prime minister had private dinners with top media executives before the departures — Many British politicians would doubtless rejoice at the news that Andrew Marr …
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Owen Williams / The Next Web:
The original Popcorn Time is back from the dead — but nobody knows who's running it — Popcorn Time suddenly went offline last year with the Motion Picture Association of America claiming it had successfully shut down the service by catching the people behind it. Now, it's suddenly back from the dead.
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Ashley Baker / Daily Front Row:
Interview with The New York Post's media columnist Keith Kelly, on rumors of a Condé Nast sale, paywalls, Anna Wintour, digital revenue for magazines, and more — Exclusive: Keith Kelly on the State of the Media — The New York Post's storied media columnist Keith Kelly …
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