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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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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
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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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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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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Medium raises $50M Series C led by Spark Capital, adds Ben Horowitz, Judy Estrin to board; source puts value at $600M, up from $400M in Sept when it raised $57M — Ev Williams's Medium raised $57 million in September — now it's raised another $50 million — You may have heard there's …
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Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
Survey: Editors see media losing ground as legal advocate for 1st Amendment — Editors around the country are losing confidence in the news industry's ability to fulfill its role as a First Amendment champion, and they believe that shrinking resources are to blame, according to a report released …
George Slefo / Ad Age:
IAB: digital ad revenue rose to $59.6B in 2015, up 20% from previous year, driven by mobile ad spend, up 66% to $20.7B, and social media revenue, hitting $10.9B — Digital Ad Spending Surges to Record High as Mobile and Social Grow More Than 50% — Mobile Marketers Hiked Outlays 66%
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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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John Koblin / New York Times:
ABC's change to boost morning TV lineup creates rancor after executives failed to notify Kelly Ripa of Michael Strahan's move to Good Morning America — Kelly Ripa's Absence From ‘Live’ Points to Rancor at ABC — It seemed like an innocent enough announcement: Michael Strahan …
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Charles Ornstein / New York Times:
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to pay $2.2M to settle violations of HIPAA rules after allowing ABC TV crew to tape dying patient for reality show NY Med — New York Hospital to Pay $2.2 Million Over Unauthorized Filming of 2 Patients — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has agreed to pay …
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Jared Newman / PCWorld:
HBO Now heads to consoles with Xbox One and Xbox 360 apps (and some Samsung Smart TVs too) — HBO's first apps for consoles and Samsung Smart TVs are here to help you watch Game of Thrones without cable. — HBO Now has come a long way on app support since launching exclusively on Apple TV one year ago.
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