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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
New Emmy Rules Open Categories to YouTube and Other Streaming Shorts — EMAIL ME — 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 …
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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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Nate Hoffelder / The Digital Reader:
Barnes & Noble to close Nook App store, Nook Video, and UK Nook Store March 15 — B&N is Shutting Down One of Its Top Three Digital Blunders on 15 March — Barnes & Noble announced a slew of of closures on Thursday, including Nook Video, the UK Nook Store, and what had to have been one of B&N's greatest digital mistakes.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Sources: Facebook, Amazon, Verizon, and Yahoo to bid on digital rights to NFL Thursday night games, league would like deal completed by March 20 — Facebook Wants to Pay for NFL Streaming Rights but Apple Doesn't — Last month, the NFL sold off TV rights to its Thursday night games to CBS and NBC*.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How Vice Media pleases sponsors: blurring logos in a KKK documentary, using reporter's interview to promote a video game, killing banking investigation, more — Vice Media goes gonzo on the news. Advertisers may be a different story. — With its swaggering reporting style and frank …
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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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Tim Peterson / Marketing Land:
Sources: Facebook to announce it will open Messenger to publishers for content distribution at its F8 conference in April — Facebook Plans To Open Messenger To Publishers At F8 In April — Facebook will officially let publishers distribute content through Messenger and will announce …
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Today's Zaman:
Turkish court appoints trustees to take over management of Zaman newspaper amid mounting political pressure — Court appoints trustees to take over Zaman management — An stanbul court has appointed trustees to take over management of Zaman newspaper, »»
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Jane Martinson / Guardian:
BBC white paper may be delayed until after EU referendum — Charter renewal proposals unlikely to be published before June 23 due to political considerations and huge public response to green paper — The government is likely to delay publishing the white paper on the renewal …
VICE News:
Journalist Turned al Shabaab Commander Sentenced to Death in Somalia for Murdering Reporters — A former media officer for the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab who arranged news conferences in the years when the militants controlled the capital Mogadishu was sentenced to death on Thursday for the murder of six local journalists.
Sara Guaglione / MediaPost:
Outbrain Acquires Revee, Time Inc To Utilize Its Real-Time Tech — Outbrain, a content discovery platform, today announced that through its acquisition of technology company Revee, it has launched Automatic Yield, a content recommendation solution that enables publishers to monetize audiences with a real-time understanding of content.
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Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
Facebook adds Spotify integration to Messenger so users can share songs and playlists — Spotify becomes first music platform to integrate with Facebook Messenger — Music has arrived on Messenger. — Facebook announced today that its mobile messaging platform now integrates with Spotify.
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