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Tribune Publishing Co.:
Tribune Publishing reassigns top editors as editor-publishers at 8 papers, reports Q4 revenue up 1% to $462M YoY, ad revenues down 1.9% to $268M — TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CO. REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER 2015 RESULTS — Michael Ferro Donates Chicago Sun-Times Stake Tribune Adopts Content …
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Ken Doctor / Politico:
The impact of Tribune Publishing changes: editor/publisher roles, the Maharaj memo, the exit of executives Denise Warren and Michael Rooney, and la.com plans — Between the lines of today's big Tribune reshuffle — The Jack Griffin era at Tribune Publishing is over - almost before it had really taken hold.
Chicago Sun Times:
Tribune chair Ferro donates Sun-Times stake to charitable trust — Michael Ferro has donated his stake in the Chicago Sun-Times to a charitable trust. File photo — Tribune Publishing Chairman Michael Ferro has donated his stake in the Chicago Sun-Times to a charitable trust.
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Verizon and Hearst announce joint video venture, will launch mobile-focused lifestyle and comedy channels aimed at millennials this spring — Verizon and Hearst to Create TV for Mobile Millennial Viewers — Seeking to entertain the elusive millennial, Verizon Communications and Hearst announced …
Mike Snider / USA Today:
Sony cuts monthly rate for PlayStation Vue to $40, a $10 drop, and adds ESPN and Disney channels in 7 cities — PlayStation Vue gets price cut plus ABC, ESPN — Sony's PlayStation Vue online video service is getting a price cut and a content upgrade, gaining ABC, ESPN and channels from Disney.
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
IAB/YouGov study of 2K UK adults: 47% of people 18-24 use adblockers, 54% would turn off blockers to access content — Study: More than half of all ad blocker users would disable them to read content — The latest IAB/YouGov study on the state of ad blocking in the U.K. contains more bad news …
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Guardian:
30 Sudanese journalists launch hunger strike over forced closure of El Tayar newspaper, while editor-in-chief Osman Marghani faces death penalty — 30 Sudanese journalists launch country's biggest ever hunger strike — Reporters protest against the forced closure of El Tayar …
South China Morning Post:
Headline news: editor at liberal Chinese newspaper fired over front page double meaning — Deputy editor is also censured over ‘serious public opinion guidance incident’ — Nectar Gan and Mimi Lau in Guangzhou — Main menu — An editor of an outspoken newspaper in southern China …
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Jane Martinson / Guardian:
UK culture secretary to rush closure of loophole allowing viewers to watch BBC iPlayer without a TV license, launches initiative on impact of adblockers — Government to bring forward law to close BBC ‘iPlayer loophole’ — Culture secretary also asks if BBC shows such as Strictly Come Dancing …
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Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
How The New Yorker uses SnapChat to attract a young audience and experiment with its brand — 'We're not afraid of emoji': How the New Yorker speaks Snapchat — In adapting its brand to Snapchat, not even the 91-year-old New Yorker is above using an emoji here and there.
Alexios Mantzarlis / Poynter:
Hoaxmap creators Karolin Schwarz and Lutz Helm have collected and debunked almost 300 rumors about refugees in Germany since February 8 launch — Hoaxmap is collecting debunked rumors about refugees — Earlier this year, a group of refugees showed up in a supermarket in Groß-Gerau …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Las Vegas Review-Journal editor-in-chief Keith Moyer plans to bring back in-house page design and copy editing, hopes to restore AP service, more — At the Las Vegas Review-Journal, new editor Keith Moyer finds a fixer-upper — Keith Moyer was in his sixth year of teaching journalism …
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