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Bloomberg:
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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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
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
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
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, Digital Music News, Fast Company, RAIN News, Tubefilter, hypebot, Digital Spy, International Business Times and Guardian
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Jeffrey Matulef / Eurogamer.net:
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, Digital Music News, PCWorld, Engadget, Polygon, The Verge, 9to5Google and VideoInk
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
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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Re/code, VatorNews, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, SocialTimes, Fortune, The Verge, Tubefilter, @sarahfrier, @alexjamesfitz, The Next Web, @benfischersbj, @petersontee, Mashable and Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
How Comcast made the deal for DreamWorks Animation in two weeks, and what the deal says about media giants' shifting bets on growth — Comcast's DreamWorks Deal Reflects Shifting Bets on Media — Two weeks ago, Comcast Corp. executives got a tip that DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. …
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Forbes, Deadline, Deadline, Fast Company, Fortune, FishbowlNY, Ad Age and Variety
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
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 …
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
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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Lauren Gambino / Guardian:
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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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
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, BGR, @dannysullivan, @b_fung, @dangillmor and @mikeisaac
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
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
Brian Morrissey / Digiday:
Interview with Nick Thompson, editor of NewYorker.com, on writing for the web, quality, paywalls, more — The New Yorker's Nicholas Thompson: ‘You have to be good at the beginning’ — The New Yorker is a true legacy media brand. The magazine has been published for more than nine decades …