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The Awl's co-editor John Herrman, Deadspin reporter Greg Howard, and Slate writer Amanda Hess awarded David Carr fellowships at the New York Times — New York Times Awards David Carr Fellowships to 3 Journalists — The New York Times announced on Tuesday that it had chosen three journalists …
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Fusion revenue jumped from $28.1M in 2014 to $63.5M in 2015, while losses grew from $27.3M in 2013, to $35M in 2014, and $37.6M in 2015 — Still a joint venture, Fusion more than doubled its revenue in 2015 — Univision CFO Francisco Lopez-Balboa brushed aside reports that the company wants …
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Univision says it paid $27.1M for its 40.5% stake in satirical news site The Onion — Univision Swings to Fourth-Quarter Profit, Discloses $27.1M Price Tag for Onion Stake — Univision Communications on Tuesday said it swung to a fourth-quarter profit amid lower impairment losses and lower interest expense and other items.
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With CEO Jack Griffin gone, the stage is set to break up Tribune Publishing — With CEO Jack Griffin's unexpected ouster today, all bets are off on where the company is headed strategically. — Specifically, I think the stage is set for Tribune to entertain offers for its various newspaper properties …
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Chicago Tribune and @laobserved
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Sources: Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp is considering acquiring Yahoo's core business, to gain its digital reach of 1B users globally — Time Inc. Said to Be Interested in Joining Fray of Yahoo Suitors — Time said to have heard Citigroup bankers' pitch on Yahoo deal


PBS to launch free 24-hour channel and online stream dedicated to children's programming later this year — PBS Is Creating a Channel Exclusively for Children — PBS is starting a new 24-hour channel dedicated solely to children's programming. — The channel, which will be called PBS Kids …
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Publishers need to use predictive and conversational bots to add a service on top of their content if they want to survive — News Publishers Need To Jump Into Bots (1/2) — The survival of the news industry depends, for a large part, on its ability to create services on top of their contents streams.
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Nieman Lab and Motherboard


Technorati, former Web 2.0 darling that raised $32M in its heyday, acquired for $3M by Buffalo advertising monetization service Synacor — Synacor Buys Technorati For Just $3M To Build Out Its Mobile And Ad Tech Business — Yet more consolidation underway in the ad tech business …
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Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman says company is aiming to sell a stake in Paramount Pictures by end of Q3 — Viacom Approached by Investors for Paramount Pictures Stake — Media giant hires PJT Partners to help with discussions — CEO Dauman aims to reach agreement on deal by third quarter
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New York Times, Fortune, Variety, Broadcasting & Cable, Wall Street Journal and @lucas_shaw


After nine years without ads, Pocket experiments with sponsored content in Recommended feed; Premium subscribers will remain ad-free — Pocket Wants You To Read Ads Later Too — People love Pocket. Its 22 million registered users have saved over 2 billion articles.
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Pocket Blog, @cjc, @viticci, Android Police, VentureBeat, The Verge, Engadget and The Next Web

TheStreet's CEO Elisabeth DeMarse resigns; former USA Today President and Publisher Larry Kramer to take over role on interim basis — TheStreet Makes Leadership Changes — TheStreet has announced two key changes to its leadership team. Elisabeth DeMarse, who was named CEO in 2012, has resigned.


Spotlight movie fails to acknowledge the dogged reporting of the National Catholic Reporter, beginning in 1985 — How ‘Spotlight’ missed the story: Column — ‘National Catholic Reporter’ exposed priest abuse and the Catholic Church coverup in 1985. — It is just a single line of dialogue …
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