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James Pinkstone / Vellum:
Composer claims Apple deleted 122GB of music from his laptop and replaced some songs with more widely available versions after he subscribed to Apple Music — Apple Stole My Music. No, Seriously. — “The software is functioning as intended,” said Amber.
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Pew Research Center:
Study: readers spend an average of two minutes on 1K words and longer articles on mobile, traffic from Twitter leads to longer engagement than from Facebook — Long-Form Reading Shows Signs of Life in Our Mobile News World — In recent years, the news media have followed their audience's lead …
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Alex Spence / Politico:
News Corp faces continuing ad revenue slump and circulation revenue decline at UK's Sun, Times, and Sunday Times — Slump at Sun and Times adds to Fleet Street's advertising woes — NEW YORK — Advertising revenues from News Corp's British newspapers fell by a “mid-teens” …
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Kshitiz Goliya / Reuters:
News Corp quarterly revenue falls 7.3% to $1.89B; firm reports net loss of $149M due to one-time charge from a lawsuit
News Corp quarterly revenue falls 7.3% to $1.89B; firm reports net loss of $149M due to one-time charge from a lawsuit
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
The New York Times and Chef'd partner to deliver ingredients used in NYT Cooking recipes starting this summer — New York Times to Start Delivering Meal Kits to Your Home — Times partners with Chef'd to drop off ingredients for recipes — Publisher is seeking new revenue sources as print declines
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Competency trial begins Friday for Sumner Redstone, with implications for his media empire of Viacom, CBS, and more — Sumner Redstone Trial Captivates Hollywood and Wall Street — The media mogul Sumner M. Redstone was in the middle of a bitter divorce from his wife of 52 years …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple Music's new student membership option discounts the service by 50% — Amid news that Apple Music is getting a makeover come this summer, Apple today launched a new plan to boost subscribers to its streaming music service and competitor to Spotify, SoundCloud, Tidal and others.
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Eugene Kim / Business Insider:
Report: Katie Couric mulls an exit from Yahoo less than a year after signing $10M contract — Katie Couric is looking to jump ship from Yahoo — Katie Couric is mulling an exit from Yahoo, just a year after signing a new contract worth $10 million last year, according to the New York Post.
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
With new columns and newsletters, ProPublica is trying to attract new readers and have more fun — While ProPublica spends most of its energy reporting long investigative stories on topics like patient safety and college debt, the nonprofit site has a goal of publishing at least one shorter piece per day.
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Former Venezuela parliament head sues News Corp for libel over Wall Street Journal story about US drug probe — Ex-Venezuela parliament head sues News Corp over drug article — The former head of Venezuela's National Assembly filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the Wall Street Journal …
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Periscope public beta allows users to permanently save broadcasts by typing #save in title of stream — Periscope mimics FB Live by letting you permanently #Save replays — Periscope added its biggest missing feature today in a move that could make it more palatable to brands and social stars …
Rishika Sadam / Reuters:
Time Inc Q1: digital ad revenue up 23.2% helped by digital acquisitions, total revenue up slightly to $690M — Time Inc revenue rises as digital acquisitions pay — Magazine publisher Time Inc's quarterly revenue rose for the first time in six quarters, helped by acquisitions in its digital business.
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. announces People/Entertainment Weekly network, a free, ad-supported streaming service to launch in fall, focused on lifestyle and celebrities
Time Inc. announces People/Entertainment Weekly network, a free, ad-supported streaming service to launch in fall, focused on lifestyle and celebrities
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
New Day failed because of unclear pricing, early deadlines, and a timid launch on the cheap with little staff investment — Why The New Day didn't work... and had no hope of working — The New Day's demise is no surprise. A couple of weeks after its launch I blurted out at a Media Society seminar …
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Nicola Clark / New York Times:
New Day, British Newspaper That Shunned Web, Will Close After 10 Weeks
New Day, British Newspaper That Shunned Web, Will Close After 10 Weeks
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
The Secret Service to run background checks on reporters applying for GOP and Democratic convention credentials, raising criticism from journalists — How The Secret Service Is Trying To Handcuff The Press — The media fightback has begun after the Secret Service was given the power …
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Sources: LinkedIn has held talks with publishers about introducing its own version of Facebook's Instant Articles — LinkedIn Exploring Its Own Version Of Facebook's Instant Articles — Exploratory talks with publishers in the works. — LinkedIn is considering introducing its own version …
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