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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Ex-Buzzfeed president Jon Steinberg launches Cheddar, a video streaming startup for millennials covering CNBC-like topics, with $3M in funding — Former BuzzFeed president Jon Steinberg launches Cheddar, a CNBC for millennials, with $3 million in funding — Jon Steinberg …
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@petersterne, The New York Observer, @petersterne, @adamsinger, @_bmturner_ and @ajs
Greg Howard / Deadspin:
Memo: SB Nation cuts ties with writer of now-deleted Holtzclaw article, suspends longform program, plans internal review led by Vox Media's Lockhart Steele — SB Nation Memo Announces Hiatus For Longform Program — Two days ago, SB Nation published “Who Is Daniel Holtzclaw?”, a long …
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Jessica Luther / FanSided:
Why SB Nation's profile of serial rapist Daniel Holtzclaw went down in flames … On Wednesday, SB Nation published a longform piece on Daniel Holtzclaw, the former Eastern Michigan University linebacker who was recently sentenced to 263 years for the rape and assault of multiple black women …
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Maureen Morrison / Ad Age:
Israeli ad blocking company Shine partners with 30M subscriber-strong European carrier Three Group to offer network-level ad blocking — European Carrier Blocks Ads at Network Level — Shine and Three Group Team Up to Offer Ad Blocking — Free Webcast — The Skinny on Scope Management: 2016 Keys to Success
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Viacom participated in Roku's last funding round, which brought in $45.5M — Viacom Invests in Roku — Viacom has joined the ranks of big media and TV companies investing in Roku, the Web video streaming hardware and software company. — The cable programmer participated …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Turkey detains Syrian journalist Rami Jarrah, co-founder of ANA Press — Turkey detains journalist who risks his life to report from Syria — Reporter raised in London is held after applying for residency in a border city — A Syrian journalist who was raised in Britain …
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Committee to Protect …, The Huffington Post, @kreasechan, BBC, Facebook, International Business Times, telesurtv.net and BuzzFeed
Mark Toner / INMA:
How Dallas Morning News used acquisitions to expand into content marketing, event businesses — Realising it could not build an in-house, large-scale, multi-channel marketing presence as fast as it needed, The Dallas Morning News opted to acquire existing successful businesses.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Pressure on Katie Couric to deliver for Yahoo amid cutbacks — Yahoo!'s round of cutbacks this week is putting renewed pressure on Katie Couric, the global news anchor who is pulling in $10 million a year. — There was grumbling in the ranks recently, several sources said, as Yahoo! …
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@mathewi, FishbowlNY, @eosredux2 and Deadline
Axegrinder / Press Gazette:
Huffington Post Editor-in-Chief Stephen Hull suggests unpaid articles are more authentic than paid-for stories, which is “something to be proud of” — Stephen Hull and the blockheads: Backlash against HuffPo ed's claim unpaid articles are ‘more authentic’
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New Statesman, @mathewi, Wordyard, @tigerbeat, @natashadevonmbe, @jilliancyork, @jimspencesport, @laurenduca, @markloundy, terribleminds and @mathewi
Katie Sanders / PolitiFact:
Politifact expands to its 16th state, North Carolina, partnering with The News & Observer in Raleigh — Coming soon: PolitiFact North Carolina — Sorry, North Carolina politicians, the Truth-O-Meter is on its way to the Tar Heel State. — Today we announce the creation …
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@jonzgreenberg, @billadairduke, @will_doran, @road_worrier, @raleighreporter and Raleigh News & Observer
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: after launching a year ago, Sling TV now has more than 600K subscribers; Chief Executive Roger Lynch says “vast majority” are not pay-TV subscribers — Dish Network's Sling TV Has More Than 600,000 Subscribers — Hasn't been breaking out the subscribers publicly for Sling TV since launch a year ago
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TechSpot, The Next Web, The Verge, Digital Trends and @bluechoochoo
Alex Weprin / Politico:
SEC filing: Time Inc. expects continued editorial streamlining, is exploring over-the-top video network for People, Entertainment Weekly — Time Inc. anticipates more restructuring in 2016 — Time Inc. says that it will continue to restructure and consolidate its business units and products …
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