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The authors behind popular Wall Street blog Zero Hedge have been unmasked by a disgruntled ex-employee, who also unveils details of its internal workings — Unmasking the Men Behind Zero Hedge, Wall Street's Renegade Blog — The veil is lifted on a secretive website.
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Zero Hedge authors reply to Bloomberg article unmasking them by aiming to discredit the source, their ex-employee — The Full Story Behind Bloomberg's Attempt To “Unmask” Zero Hedge — Over the years, Zero Hedge has proven to be a magnet for media attention.
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Business Insider, @scottnations and @johngapper
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YouTube responds to music industry's complaints about low artist payments, says it is more like radio than Spotify — YouTube hits back at ‘noise’ around its music payouts — It's been a bruising month for YouTube as labels, music industry bodies and artists have attacked Google's video service …
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YouTubers will soon receive money raised during Content ID disputes — New system will set earned revenue aside for whoever's found in the right. — YouTubers will soon be able to receive revenue made during Content ID claim disputes. — As is, if a YouTuber uploads a video …
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YouTube Creator Blog, Tubefilter, PCWorld, Polygon, The Verge, Digital Music News, Engadget, 9to5Google and VideoInk
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Snapchat strikes a non-exclusive deal with NBC to show Olympics highlights in US via live stories and Discover channel curated by BuzzFeed — Snapchat Scores Unprecedented Deal With NBC to Showcase Olympics — Companies to share revenue from ads paired with content
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Financial Times, Re/code, VatorNews, The Verge, Vanity Fair, @benfischersbj, @sarahfrier, @petersontee, @alexjamesfitz, Tubefilter, The Next Web, Mashable and Bloomberg
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Rovi buys TiVo for $1.1B in cash and stock, at $10.70 a share, will rebrand as TiVo — Rovi Buys TiVo for $1.1 Billion — Entertainment technology company Rovi has purchased original DVR service TiVo for $1.1 billion, or $10.70 per share. — “Rovi's acquisition of TiVo …
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Business Insider, Business Wire, Forbes, Broadcasting & Cable, @hblodget, Ad Age, @hblodget, VentureBeat, Variety, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, Business Insider, Daring Fireball and Fortune
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Journalist Julia Ioffe, who wrote a profile of Melania Trump for GQ, receives antisemitic abuse online — Journalist who profiled Melania Trump hit with barrage of antisemitic abuse — Julia Ioffe has received disturbing calls and online abuse since profiling Donald Trump's wife for GQ …
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Washington Post, @clarajeffery, Fox News, @bencjacobs, @markmackinnon, @mcfaul, @yaffaesque, @laurennmcc, @digiphile, @hannahjwaters, The Week and Fortune
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Google Tests Feature That Lets Media Companies, Marketers Publish Directly to Search Results — HBO's ‘Silicon Valley’ put a spotlight on the new feature this week by posting ‘news’ stories to Google — Google is experimenting with a new feature that allows marketers, media companies …
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Nieman Lab, Search Engine Land, @dannysullivan, @b_fung, @mikeisaac and @dangillmor
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Sources: Medium in advanced talks to distribute some of Conde Nast's content; Steven Levy may bring tech hub Backchannel to Conde Nast — Tech writer Steven Levy is in talks to leave Medium and head back to Conde Nast — Tech journalist Steven Levy is on the move.
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@mathewi, @pkafka and @sjkmcnally
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Sources: FB, Twitter, Instagram are discouraging publishers from promoting their Snapchat accounts — Twitter and Facebook want publishers and brands to stop promoting their Snapchat accounts — No more free Snapchat rides for publishers and brands on Twitter and Facebook.
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Sources: Business Insider faces editorial staff turnover and low newsroom morale, with some blaming relentless management pressure to generate more traffic — Here's what Business Insider employees just said about why people are leaving — As 2015 drew to a close, it felt as though the year …
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How The Center for Investigative Reporting is trying to build and control its own audio platform though investigative journalism and its Reveal podcast — The Center for Investigative Reporting bets it can change audio journalism—and itself — In 2014, The Center for Investigative Reporting found itself …
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