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Jotham Sederstrom:
Fired New York Daily News editor Jotham Sederstrom says CMS and distraction to blame for missing attribution in Shaun King story — Regarding Shaun King and the Daily News — When I learned in October that Shaun King had been tapped to become a social justice columnist for the Daily News …
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Shannon Bond / Financial Times:
Univision buys out Disney's stake in Fusion, creates new division, Fusion Media, to include The Onion, The Root, and more — Univision buys Walt Disney's stake in Fusion — Univision is buying Walt Disney out of its stake in Fusion and wrapping the millennial-focused US cable channel …
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Jonathan Levin / Bloomberg:
Sources: Univision aims for IPO in second half of 2016, seeking market value of $6.5B — Univision Said Eyeing Second Half of Year for $1 Billion IPO — Company said to aim for market value of at least $6.5 billion — Shares to be sold by company, proceeds will go to repay debt
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Viacom and Dish Avert Blackout, Set Deal That Includes Sling TV Rights for Key Channels … After a long night of negotiations, Viacom and Dish have come to terms on a carriage agreement that will make some Viacom channels available through Dish's low-cost Sling TV streaming service for the first time.
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Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg:
Tribune Publishing using commenting system from startup SolidOpinion that lets readers earn or buy points for prominent comment placement — News Sites Start Charging Readers to Comment on Articles — A startup thinks newspapers can profit by getting people to pay to elevate their rants …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Saved you a tap: Gmail's Inbox now lets you email links to stories to read later, streamlines newsletters — You've heard the stat that of the many apps on their phones, most people use only five or fewer. At F8 last week, the platform di tutti platforms announced a “Save to Facebook” …
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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Baseball analyst Curt Schilling fired from ESPN one day after posting offensive commentary on Facebook — Curt Schilling Is Fired by ESPN — Curt Schilling, a former All-Star pitcher and one of the highest-profile baseball analysts on ESPN, was fired from the network Wednesday …
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Facebook:
Facebook's News Feed starts prioritizing time spent on content, and reduces how often it shows posts in a row from the same source — News Feed FYI: More Articles You Want to Spend Time Viewing — As we work to improve News Feed, we make updates to help make sure you see the most relevant stories at the top.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Medium raises $50M Series C led by Spark Capital after raising $57M six months ago, adds Ben Horowitz and Judy Estrin to its board — Ev Williams's Medium raised $57 million in September — now it's raised another $50 million — You may have heard there's a tech funding crunch …
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Kent Gibbons / Multichannel News:
Comcast blocks its subscribers from authenticating on new Starz app that also offers over-the-top TV access, directs Starz subscribers to Xfinity instead — Comcast Won't Authenticate Subs for New Starz App — Biggest cable operator unhappy Starz blends OTT, TV-everywhere in single app
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Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Wins $30 Million Contract to Sell E-Books to New York City Schools — Panel at nation's largest district votes in favor of three-year agreement — Amazon.com Inc. won a deal worth about $30 million to provide e-books to New York City, the nation's largest school district.
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James Warren / Poynter:
SEC filing: ousted Tribune Publishing CEO Jack Griffin to receive $2M in addition to $3.2M 2015 compensation — $2 million golden parachute, a jet plane and other tidbits from Tribune Publishing SEC filings — Departing can be very sweet sorrow in corporate America …
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