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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Meerkat Is Ditching the Livestream — And Chasing a Video Social Network Instead — Two weeks ago, Meerkat CEO Ben Rubin sent an email to his company's 48 investors laying bare an observation that he'd made peace with months earlier: Meerkat, the livestreaming app that played the role …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Samsung says it has no plans to buy Tidal — Samsung Says It Won't Buy Tidal (EXCLUSIVE) — Samsung has no plans to acquire Jay Z's Tidal music service, the company told Variety Friday. — “The rumor of Samsung acquiring Tidal is not true,” said Samsung spokesperson, breaking the company's silence on the matter.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sources: Samsung has reduced jobs at Milk Music, likely to shut down service soon — Samsung Likely to Shutter Milk Music Service; Considering Tidal Deal (Exclusive) — Samsung is getting close to making a major announcement in the music space, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the plans.
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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter Editorial Director Karen Wickre Is Leaving the Company — Twitter's editorial director, Karen Wickre, is leaving the company after more than four years. — Wickre made the announcement in a Medium post Friday. She ran Twitter's editorial teams, which includes overseeing …
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Voicemails that appear to be from Trump phone show friendship with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, and Tamron Hall — Voicemails Appear to Reveal Donald Trump's Cozy Relationship With the Liberal Media — Early Thursday morning, Gawker received an anonymous email with an attachment …
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BBC:
Turkish police raid offices of anti-Erdogan daily paper, Zaman, after court ruling placed it under state control — Turkey police raid critical Zaman newspaper in Istanbul — Turkish police have raided the offices of the opposition Zaman newspaper, hours after a court ruling placed it under state control.
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Agence France-Presse:
Istanbul court orders anti-Erdogan daily Zaman into administration amid alarm over freedom of expression
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Alex Weprin / Politico:
SEC filing: New Media Investment Group agreed to keep buyer of Las Vegas Review Journal secret indefinitely — Las Vegas newspaper sellers agreed to keep buyers a secret ‘indefinitely’ — Gatehouse/New Media Investment Group agreed to keep the new owner of the Las Vegas Review Journal secret …
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Alastair Sharp / Reuters:
Toronto Star to invest C$10M into Star Touch tablet edition in 2016, expects it to break even in 2017, posts Q4 loss of C$233M with revenue down 8% to C$213.7M — Toronto Star publisher ups bets on tablet app, online forums — Torstar Corp (TSb.TO) will pour more money into the tablet version …
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Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Business Insider generated €9.4M revenue with a net loss of €1.1M in Q4, revenue increased 41% in 2015 — Axel Springer Report Gives Peek at Business Insider Finances — Net Loss of €1.1 million From Oct. 30 Through Dec. 31 — Consulting Services Add Creative And Digital Agency Expertise
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Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
La Presse+ app generates more than 75% of La Presse's advertising revenue, is accessed by 250K unique devices per weekday, average 40 minutes in the app — For La Presse, the tablet is the future as it leaves print behind — Publisher Guy Crevier says newspapers should change their model before they find themselves in a crisis
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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Google will extend right-to-be-forgotten to all Search domains for searches from EU country where request was filed beginning next week — Google confirms it will extend E.U. right-to-be-forgotten to all Google Search domains from next week — Google has confirmed previous reports …
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
New Emmy Rules Open Categories to YouTube and Other Streaming Shorts — The TV Academy is also increasing nominee count in writing and directing races and doing away with ranked voting. The TV Academy is rolling out additional changes for the 2016 Emmys, and it's good news for streamers who deal in short form content.
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Simon Thomsen / Business Insider Australia:
Sydney Morning Herald suspends Australian journalist Paul Sheehan indefinitely from his position at Fairfax Media over his fabricated rape story — The Sydney Morning Herald has suspended columnist Paul Sheehan over his false rape column — The Sydney Morning Herald has suspended …
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