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Bay Area News Group laying off 11 copy desk staffers; Managing Editor cautions “we will be eliminating a layer of valuable editing” — Bay Area News Group memo: ‘We will be eliminating a layer of valuable editing’ — Bay Area News Group is laying off 11 copy desk staffers …
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Kelly Ripa to Return to ‘Live,’ Ending a Standoff With ABC — Kelly Ripa's standoff against ABC will end next week. — Ms. Ripa informed the staff of her morning show, “Live With Kelly and Michael,” on Friday night that she would return Tuesday, according to an email obtained by The New York Times.
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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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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.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Both The Washington Post and The Guardian investigated police shootings, but The Guardian entered its project in tougher Pulitzer categories and didn't win — Why The Washington Post Won A Pulitzer For A Story The Guardian Also Owned — Both outlets investigated police shootings …
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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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Mark Toner / INMA:
Washington Post begins selling its content management system Arc to small publishers, sees a $100M market including media and non-media companies — The market for The Washington Post's content management system, Arc, could be more than US$100 million, including media and non-media companies.
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David Kravets / Ars Technica:
Lawsuit accuses PACER, a federally run system providing access to court documents, of overcharging the public — Lawsuit accuses PACER of milking the public for cash in exchange for access — Lawsuit says PACER revenue increased to $145M after 2012 price hike to $0.10/page.
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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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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 …
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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