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Karen Cheung / Hong Kong Free Press:
Chinese journalist Jia Jia reported to be missing en route to Hong Kong — Mainland Chinese journalist Jia Jia was taken away by the authorities at Beijing airport on Tuesday as he was about to board a flight to Hong Kong. His disappearance is believed to be connected to an open letter published …
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@comradewong and @wang_pablo
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Tribune Publishing wins $56 million auction to acquire OC Register — One of the largest newspapers in California may soon have a new owner. — Tribune Publishing, the newspaper chain whose holdings include the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, has agreed to purchase …
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Wall Street Journal, Chicago Business, Orange County Register and Business Wire
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New York Times:
Analytics firm Jellybooks shares ebook data: most ebooks not read in full by majority of readers, and just 5% of ebooks finished by more than 75% of readers — Moneyball for Book Publishers: A Detailed Look at How We Read — Andrew Rhomberg wants to be the Billy Beane of the book world.
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Digital Book World, @randfish, @qntm, BOOK RIOT and Melville House Books
Amanda Meade / Guardian:
Fairfax Media to cut 120 full-time jobs at Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review, and The Age — Fairfax Media journalists on strike until Monday after 120 jobs axed — Staff at Sydney Morning Herald, Age and Australian Financial Review respond after editorial director announces major redundancy program
Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Producers of Spotlight movie, Open Road Films, acknowledge fictionalized dialog after Boston College worker Jack Dunn asks for scene to be removed — ‘Spotlight’ Distributor Absolves Boston Man of Complicity in the Church Cover-Up — Open Road, which distributed the Oscar-winning movie …
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New York Times, Associated Press, Boston Herald, Guardian and NECN
Reuters:
German court rules Apple violated OpenTV streaming video patents, orders company to stop selling infringing products in Germany — German court rules against Apple in video streaming patent case — A German court has ruled against Apple Inc in a case over video streaming patents …
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TechCrunch, Fast Company, AppleInsider, TechEye, Geeky Gadgets, Telecompaper, StreetWise Journal, Patently Apple, SlashGear, Engadget, 9to5Mac and MacRumors
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Forbes investigating after freelance contributor replied to a pitch from PR agency asking for £300 for company profile, saying Forbes pays “very small sum” — Forbes investigates after ‘contributor’ asks PR for £300 to write online profile
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
The Independent launches £12.99 a month subscription app in advance of print closure, includes news, business, comment, sports, and columns — Independent launches paid-for digital edition — Independent Daily Edition subscription app contains news, business, comment and sport sections, offered in free trial
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@broderick, @mattietk, @shonaghosh, Mediatel, Digiday, Press Gazette and The Drum
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The Coral Project to release Trust open source comment management app in beta later this year, will be tested at The New York Times and Washington Post — The Coral Project unveils its first product to make comments better — On Monday at SXSW, The Coral Project provided more details …
Anita Busch / Deadline:
Relativity Says It Has Closed $400M Financing Deal With Maple Leaf Films — Relativity Media said today that it has secured $400M in film financing from Michael Wexler and Tove Christensen's Maple Leaf Films and that the two companies have executed a binding agreement for Maple Leaf Films …
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New York Post, The Wrap, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, Business Wire and Variety
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fandango to Rebrand M-Go Video Service ‘FandangoNow’ — Rollout timed for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ April 1 home-video release — NBCUniversal's Fandango is aiming to phase out the M-Go brand by the end of the month, announcing plans to relaunch the service as “FandangoNow.”
Discussion:
Indiewire, Broadcasting & Cable, Broadcasting & Cable, Deadline, The Wrap and Home Media Magazine
Jacob Silverman / The Baffler:
How a writer went from earning $150 per piece for the Atlantic to $2K for one story for its paid content wing, and discovered there is money in journalism — The Rest Is Advertising — Recently, I landed the tech-journalism equivalent of a Thomas Pynchon interview: I got someone from Twitter to answer my call.
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@caitlin__kelly, @simonowens, @mathewi, @kgreen, @herandrews, @bellamackie, @annabrones, @chaykak, @kmonson, @mythilirao, @heydonnelly, @michaelroston, @dangb88, @davebry9, @stevesilberman and @ravisomaiya
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