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Nick Denton / Gawker:
Hogan suit was about racist comments on another videotape, and Gawker will win on appeal — The Hogan Verdict — The decision by a Florida jury to grant $140 million in damages for a story on Gawker.com about a Hulk Hogan sex tape was extraordinary. The number is far larger than even the plaintiff himself had asked for in relief.
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
With switch to digital, Independent journalists being asked to take pay cuts of up to 50%; more than 100 journalists expected to lose their jobs — Independent staff to take huge pay cuts in move online-only — More than 100 journalists out of a total of 160 expected to lose their jobs …
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Jennifer Faull / The Drum:
Johnston Press announces it will sell, close or cut costs at 59 local newspapers, including the Scotland on Sunday, South Yorkshire Times, the Weekend Herald — Johnston Press plans to cull 59 local newspapers as i sale progresses — Johnston Press will sell, close or cut costs at 59 local newspapers, it was announced today.
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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google:
Google renames Chromecast app “Google Cast”; Vizio P-Series TVs launched with Cast support — Google renames Chromecast app ‘Google Cast’, announces Vizio P-Series TVs w/ Cast & Android tablet remote — To reflect the recent expansion of its Google Cast streaming platform …
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Google Chrome Blog, PhoneDog.com, Engadget, BetaNews and @reckless
Agence France-Presse:
French news sites Le Monde, L'Equipe, and Le Parisien, plus music streamer Deezer ask users to disable adblocking tools in effort organized by trade association — French news sites block the adblockers, telling readers to uninstall or lose access — Websites including Le Monde …
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The Next Web, The Register, PC Magazine, mUmBRELLA, FishbowlNY, GeekWire and The Verge
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
RIAA report: streaming accounted for more US recorded-music revenue than downloads in 2015, rising from 27% in 2014 to 34% in 2015 — US MUSIC INDUSTRY BODY THE RIAA HAS PUBLISHED ITS FIGURES FOR 2015, REVEALING THAT RECORDED-MUSIC REVENUES ROSE BY 0.9% LAST YEAR TO $7BN.
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Forbes, Re/code, The Wrap, Billboard and Tennessean.com
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Trump fails to give specifics about how he would change libel laws in Washington Post interview after his earlier calls for “opening up” libel laws — Donald Trump has no earthly idea what he'd do about libel laws — As this blog has noted before, Donald Trump has reveled …
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Seth Stevenson / Slate:
A week with reporters covering Trump: protests, lack of press aides, insults, banishment of media, and trying not to become inured to lies
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Tony Biasotti / Columbia Journalism Review:
San Francisco Chronicle makes a 20 page feature into a documentary, will debut in April then make the festival rounds — What the San Francisco Chronicle hopes to accomplish with its first feature documentary — On March 6, the San Francisco Chronicle published “Last Men Standing,” …
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Variety, @matthew_orr and @tonybiasotti
Glyn Moody / Ars Technica UK:
UK court rules that 8-second videos infringe on copyright in case brought by cricket board and Sky UK against Fanatix website and app — Eight-second videos are long enough to infringe on copyright, says UK judge — Sharing key sporting moments on Fanatix site just not cricket, court decides.
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Guy Chazan / Financial Times:
Bertelsmann plans to increase Penguin Random House stake — Bertelsmann, Europe's largest media group by sales, said it planned to increase its stake in Penguin Random House to as much as 75 per cent if co-owner Pearson exited the company next year. — Thomas Rabe, Bertelsmann chief executive …
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Financial Times, Reuters and Bookseller News
Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
Profile of Lara Setrakian, who launched Refugees Deeply last week, and the history of News Deeply — Lara Setrakian is building a media empire — Lara Setrakian is 33 and ready to change the news industry. Again. — Three years ago, she co-founded News Deeply, a media company centered …
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@marklittlenews, @dangillmor and FishbowlNY
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
James Marcus Named Editor of Harper's — Harper's has named James Marcus its new editor. He most recently served as the magazine's executive editor. — Marcus joined Harper's in 2010 as deputy editor. He was named executive editor in 2013. Before joining Harper's Marcus served …
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