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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 …
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
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Editor & Publisher, Chicago Sun Times and Tribune Publishing Co.
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
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
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
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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Yahoo! Finance, RTTNews, MarketWatch, 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
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
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
How Turner's new social aggregation site Surf.co connects to third-party sites like Reddit, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube, and Giphy — Turner's Super Deluxe Is Building a Video and Gif Aggregation Site (Exclusive) — Turner Broadcasting's digital media venture Super Deluxe is getting ready …
Laurie Beth Harris / American Press Institute:
Interview with founders of email newsletter Clover, which aims to inform teen girls about news and has had a daily 70% open rate since launch February 1 — Emailing teenagers the news: 8 good questions with Clover's Liza Darwin and Casey Lewis — Email newsletters are in the midst of a renaissance …
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