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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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@scottnations, Business Insider and @johngapper


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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YouTube Creator Blog, Fast Company, RAIN News, Digital Music News, International Business Times, Digital Spy, Tubefilter, hypebot and Guardian
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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


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


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, @hblodget, Ad Age, @hblodget, VentureBeat, Variety, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, Broadcasting & Cable, Business Insider, Daring Fireball and Fortune


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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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, @mikeisaac, @b_fung and @dangillmor


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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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


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.


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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