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Adam Pasick / Quartz:
Spotify expands music discovery with Fresh Finds, a weekly playlist of music from new artists culled from music blogs and review sites — Spotify is using 50,000 anonymous hipsters to find your next favorite song — Spotify's personalized Discover Weekly playlist has won millions of fans …
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news.spotify.com, International Business Times, Music Business Worldwide, Music Ally, Design & Trend, Lifehacker, MobileSyrup.com, newstalk.com, AndroidHeadlines.com, Ubergizmo, Complete Music Update, Digital Music News, Tech Times, SlashGear, The Verge, Guardian, Telegraph, The Next Web, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Billboard, Engadget, Digital Spy, PCWorld, RAIN News, Digital Trends, Tech Insider, hypebot and BuzzFeed
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.
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Jonathan Lansner / Orange County Register:
CEO Justin Dearborn says Tribune Publishing will bid for The Orange County Register
CEO Justin Dearborn says Tribune Publishing will bid for The Orange County Register
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Editor & Publisher, Chicago Sun Times and Tribune Publishing Co.
Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
Newsy, bought by E.W. Scripps in 2013 for $35M and aimed at young audiences, is added to Sling TV along with Univision-Bedrocket channel Flama — Newsy, Flama Join Sling TV Lineup — Adding more millennials-focused fare to the mix, Sling TV has added Newsy and Flama to its core, $20 per month “Best of Live TV” package.
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NetNewsCheck Latest, PR Newswire, Broadcasting & Cable and The Next Web
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Sources: ComScore charges publishers between $10-$20K to track traffic on platforms like Facebook and Flipboard in addition to costs for main site measurement — Publishers Have to Pay Up to Track Their Audiences on Distributed Platforms — And ComScore Measurement of Apple News Is Still Pending
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@jeremymbarr and AdExchanger
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
CNET launches Technically Literate, a monthly fiction series featuring short stories about technology, to entice new readers to its 33M+ monthly audience — Tech Site CNET Tries Something Completely Different: Publishing Fiction — The technology news site CNET is known for covering the latest digital products.
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@conordougherty, bookforum.com and Melville House Books
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Times of India group acquires US cricket broadcaster Willow TV, committing $100M for purchase and future investments in cricket rights, acquisitions, marketing — Times Group Buys Only U.S. TV Network Devoted to Cricket — Buyer commits $100 million to purchase of Willow TV and investments in rights, acquisitions, marketing
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TechStory, TelevisionPost.com, @aasifshabbir, Financial Times, PR Newswire, The Economic Times, @kelseylh and VCCircle
Dale Maharidge / The Nation:
As newsrooms slim down, veteran reporters are forced from the profession, leaving younger journalists without mentors and confidence in the future — These Journalists Dedicated Their Lives to Telling Other People's Stories. What Happens When No One Wants to Print Their Words Anymore?
John Koblin / New York Times:
MSNBC President Phil Griffin says network wasn't trying to end Melissa Harris-Perry's show — Melissa Harris-Perry Says MSNBC Show Deserved ‘Proper Burial’ — Melissa Harris-Perry is still frustrated with MSNBC. — Ms. Harris-Perry, the former weekend morning host …
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Washington Times, Salon, Latin Post, TheBlaze.com, The Mary Sue, The Root, Teen Vogue, Washington Post, @eugene_scott, Mediaite, Quartz, Variety and @brianstelter
Guy Chazan / Financial Times:
Axel Springer 2015: pre-tax earnings up 10.2% to €559M, revenue up 8.5% to €3.3B, plans to expand investment in digital businesses in 2016 — Axel Springer sees earnings rise 10% amid digital growth — Axel Springer announced a 10 per cent increase in earnings for last year …
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Bloomberg Business, RTTNews, MarketWatch, Yahoo! Finance, Axel Springer SE and Octafinance
Amy Qin / New York Times:
China extends censorship to online TV industry as new prohibitions on depictions of gay relationships, smoking, reincarnation, and more — China Cracks Down on Online Television — BEIJING — The authorities in China are tightening their grip on the country's booming online television industry …
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CNN, Gay Star News, Hong Kong Free Press and ecns
Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Rhapsody's losses nearly doubled last year to $35.5M on revenue of $202M as costs of growth rose — Rhapsody's Losses Nearly Doubled Last Year to $35.5 Million — Rhapsody, operated under the Napster brand outside of the United States, is showing how difficult the subscription music service business …
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Guardian, @harrymccracken, Fortune, Digital Trends and RAIN News
Chia Lun Huang / WAN-IFRA:
Hong Kong's The Initium has attracted 4M monthly uniques in its first six months with coverage about investigative journalism in China, Taiwan's election, more — New Hong Kong media startup capturing Chinese global market — A new media startup in Hong Kong is on its way to become …
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China Digital Times