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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Despite recent accuracy and speed, doubts about TMZ as a news source persist due to its tabloid nature and admitted practice of paying sources for information — TMZ was first — again. Will its word alone ever be good enough for traditional media? — To almost no one's surprise …
Elmo Keep / Fusion:
Prince ferociously protected his copyrights, issuing takedown notices and refusing to stream his music through any service except Tidal — Why Prince didn't want his music on the internet — Prince was an artist of such singular vision, possessed by talents so otherworldly …
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Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:
Limited availability on streaming services will diminish Prince's legacy, while Bowie's legacy, with his full catalog online, will grow over time — What Prince could have learned from Bowie about the value of music streaming — Musically speaking, there wasn't a huge amount …
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Al Jazeera America's executive vice president of finance, Anand Gupta, claims racial discrimination in lawsuit, details lavish spending at network — Former Al Jazeera Executive Files Bias Suit — Al Jazeera America may have shut down last week but that has not protected the network from further unwelcome news.
Alex Spence / Politico:
Financial Times memo warns of daunting conditions, indicates delays in filling job vacancies and, streamlining print production as print advertising slumps — Financial Times: ‘We are facing daunting conditions’ — LONDON — The Financial Times is braced for “daunting trading conditions …
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Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Yahoo received more than 10 first-round offers, valuing core business at about $4B-$8B, will narrow it down to about 7 as soon as next week — Yahoo Said to Narrow Field of Bidders as Soon as Next Week — Company received more than 10 first-round offers for core unit
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC pledges women will fill half of on-air roles by 2020 — Commitment is part of package of diversity measures following criticism that corporation is not reflecting its audience's makeup — The BBC has pledged that women will make up half the people who appear on its TV and radio stations and in leading on-screen roles by 2020.
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New York Times:
Chinese regulator shut down iBooks Store and iTunes Movies in China last week say sources; Apple working on making them available again soon — Apple No Longer Immune to China's Scrutiny of U.S. Tech Firms — For years, there has been a limit to the success of American technology companies in China.
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Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Swiss £4 per month regional news curation app Zwölf has 35K subscribers, 1,500 daily users six months after launch — Is curation the way forward? A Swiss media group's take on getting people to pay for regional news — Swiss media company Tamedia is hand-picking 12 stories a day …
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
The New Republic CEO Guy Vidra resigns one week after Editor-in-Chief Gabriel Snyder's departure was announced — New Republic CEO Guy Vidra resigns — Guy Vidra, the CEO of The New Republic, is stepping down and will leave the company entirely at the end of the month …
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Christian / The Official BitTorrent Blog:
BitTorrent appoints new co-CEOs, plans to launch mobile streaming video service this spring, add ad-supported streaming to its Bundle platform this summer — BitTorrent, Inc. Names Co-CEOs to Accelerate Focus on On Demand and Live Streaming Media Platforms
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Jay Wallace becomes EVP news and editorial at Fox News as Michael Clemente moves to longform unit: both will report directly to CEO Ailes — Fox News Launches Longform Unit With Michael Clemente; Jay Wallace Upped to News Head — EMAIL ME — The new division shifts former news topper Clemente to specials.
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