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Noah Robischon / Fast Company:
BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti and President Greg Coleman on how company uses data and local knowledge to tailor and leverage international coverage — BuzzFeed's Global Domination Plan: The Techniker Has Been Informed — BuzzFeed is expanding across the globe—and tackling one of advertising's greatest challenges.
Discussion:
Fast Company, @eawharton, Fortune, @petersterne, Mashable and Re/code
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
SiriusXM succeeds financially as other radio and digital music outlets struggle, but internet in cars poses a threat — SiriusXM Fights to Dominate the Dashboard of the Connected Car — On the 36th floor of a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper, the actors Ice Cube and Kevin Hart joshed …
Discussion:
@nytimesbusiness
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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Mediaite, @felixsalmon, @profjeffjarvis, @jbenton, The New York Observer, @petersterne, @mollywood, @petersterne, @adamsinger, @_bmturner_ and @ajs
CNN:
Case in front of US Supreme Court raises First Amendment questions after student rapper who wrote protest song gets suspended from high school — Killer Mike: Free speech — unless it's rap? — Killer Mike and Stephen Colbert talk race in America — Mike Render, Erik Nielson …
Discussion:
Stereogum
Gregg Carlstrom / Columbia Journalism Review:
How Benjamin Netanyahu has quietly extended his reach to every corner of Israeli media — What's driving Israel's media crackdown? — In the past few months, a veteran Israeli radio presenter lost half his airtime because he asked a top security official a tough question.
Discussion:
@davidsheen, @cameraorg and @davidsheen
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Pressure builds for Viacom to sell assets as stock falls, confidence in Dauman falters; analyst thinks company could get $5.5B for Paramount, $11.1B for MTV — Should Viacom Sell Paramount? Analyst Pressure Builds — EMAIL ME — CEO Philippe Dauman may need to act soon as the stock sinks …
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion:
@saramorrison, The New York Observer, @jessesingal, @todougherty and @scatx
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 …
Discussion:
@jonzgreenberg, @will_doran, @billadairduke, @road_worrier, Raleigh News & Observer and @raleighreporter
Garrett Reim / Los Angeles Business Journal stories:
Issues-based political media startup, Attn: Inc., founded by Jarrett Moreno and Matthew Segal, raises $18.6M, led by Evolution Media Partners — Political Media Startup Attn: Inc. Raises More Than $18 Million — Attn: Inc. of West Hollywood, a politically liberal news and advocacy site, has raised $18.6 million.
Discussion:
@garrettreim
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! …
Discussion:
FishbowlNY, @mathewi, @eosredux2 and Deadline
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