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Michael R. Bloomberg / BloombergView.com:
Michael Bloomberg says he won't enter presidential race because he can't win and running could lead to a victory by Donald Trump or Ted Cruz — The Risk I Will Not Take — Americans today face a profound challenge to preserve our common values and national promise.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook VP of partnerships Dan Rose confirms talks with NFL about securing rights to live-stream games; sources say other bidders include Amazon and Verizon — Facebook Exec Clears the Air Over NFL, Celeb Deal Talks for Live-Stream Push (EXCLUSIVE) — Facebook is breaking its silence …
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Joan E. Solsman / The Wrap:
CBS trying to secure NFL streaming rights for online subscription service CBS All Access, says CEO Les Moonves — CBS in Talks to Score NFL Streaming Rights — CBS, unsatisfied with splitting the broadcast rights to Thursday night NFL games, is in talks to nail down the digital streaming licenses …
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
CBS CEO Les Moonves says networks will eventually find a skinny bundle model that works and that the sweet spot is likely $35-$39 per month for 12-18 channels — Moonves Endorses Streaming Skinny Bundle — Sees a $39 a month service with 12-18 networks as ‘inevitable’
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Millennial news site Mic acquires Hyper, mobile app that aggregates video content into magazine format — Mic Acquires Mobile Video App Hyper — Millennial-focused Web publisher looks to curate top video content each day — Many digital media companies are focused on distributing content …
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Emily Bell / Columbia Journalism Review:
We need more debate about publishing's future as ad blocking cuts revenues and distribution moves to social platforms owned by a few companies — Facebook is eating the world — Something really dramatic is happening to our media landscape, the public sphere, and our journalism industry …
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Natasha Onwuemezi / The Bookseller:
Journalists from BuzzFeed, GQ, and the Mirror join Index on Censorship campaign condemning seizure of Turkish newspaper Zaman — Pullman condemns seizure of Turkish newspaper — Authors including Philip Pullman and Tom Holland, and journalists from Buzzfeed, GQ and the Mirror have joined Index …
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New York Times:
Turkish court appoints trustees to manage Cihan, another opposition-linked news agency
Turkish court appoints trustees to manage Cihan, another opposition-linked news agency
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Oliver Ellrodt / Reuters:
Turkey's Zaman vows to continue as opposition newspaper in German exile
Turkey's Zaman vows to continue as opposition newspaper in German exile
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Steve Dent / Engadget:
Amazon launches its first live show, Style Code Live, a QVC-like web show — Amazon's first live show is QVC for the YouTube generation — Now that Amazon has its own private fashion labels, it's launching its its first ever live TV show called Style Code Live.
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Sheila Burke / Associated Press:
Fox reporter Erin Andrews awarded $55M in suit against hotel owners and stalker after being secretly recorded nude at hotel — Jurors award Erin Andrews $55M in suit over nude video — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury awarded Erin Andrews $55 million on Monday in her lawsuit against a stalker …
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Richard Deitsch / SI.com:
Amid Andrews trial, female sports reporters open up about safety
Amid Andrews trial, female sports reporters open up about safety
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Erin Griffith / Fortune:
Behind Dick Costolo's and Jack Dorsey's efforts to fix Twitter — Fixing Twitter — How the media-juggernaut-turned-train- wreck is getting back on track after a rough two years. — In late January the Tweeps needed a kumbaya moment, and Jack Dorsey knew exactly how to give it to them.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Subscription video startup Vessel, headed up by ex-Hulu CEO Jason Kilar, announces it is going ad-free for subscribers — Following YouTube Red, video subscription service Vessel goes ad-free for paying subscribers — Vessel, the video subscription startup headed by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar …
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Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
The New York Times Begins Testing Ad Blocking Approaches — Some Visitors With Ad Blockers Are Asked to Either Whitelist the Times or Subscribe — Viewability and Verification in the Age of Programmatic — The New York Times on Monday began testing out “various approaches” to combatting the rise of ad-blocking technology.
John Reynolds / Press Gazette:
UK newspaper The Sun appoints Gordon Smart as deputy editor — Gordon Smart, editor of The Scottish Sun, is returning to England to become The Sun's deputy editor. — Smart, who joined The Sun in 2004 writing for its showbusiness pages, will effectively become number three on the UK's best-selling national daily title.