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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
A collection of New York Times journalists known as the 2020 group are undertaking a strategic review of the paper, causing fear and unrest in the newsroom — A working group is focused on results in 2020 — which means the paper must transform itself right now
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@politico, @justinnxt, @vermontgmg, @dannysullivan, @joepompeo, @wcpsarah and @joepompeo
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times launches a one-week test of a state-specific morning news roundup, California Today, by Los Angeles-based staffer Ian Lovett — The New York Times, no stranger to focused newsletters, is turning its attention to California. — With California Today …
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New York Times, @passantino, FishbowlNY, @jimdalrympleii, @jcstearns, @fmanjoo, @iglovett, LA Observed and @iglovett
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Elizabeth Spayd, incoming New York Times public editor: 'I'm not there to make friends'
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@notjoshearnest, @mikiebarb, New York Times and New York Magazine
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Inside the WaPo newsroom under Bezos: $60M in digital revenue so far, increased risk-taking, more investigative projects, data at heart of newsroom decisions — One of the first things you notice in Washington Post editor Marty Baron's office is the typewriter art on the wall.
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@heoj, @lainnafader, Business Insider, Washingtonian, @jbenton, Recode, @lpolgreen, @mlcalderone, @myurow, @pbump, @hermanywong, @raju, @raju, @meyerson and @sulliview
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Marc DeBevoise named president and chief operating officer of CBS Interactive — Marc DeBevoise has been named president and chief operating officer of CBS Interactive. — With the new title, he'll add CNET to his oversight list. — More generally, DeBevoise will lead strategy …
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Broadcasting & Cable, FishbowlNY and Variety
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Americans aged 18-24 watch just 2.3 hours of TV a day versus those over 35 who watch more than twice that — Unless you are a millennial. Then you're only watching an enormous amount of TV every day. — TV! It's cooked! Toast! Doneso. Ready for the fork.
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Nat Ives / Ad Age:
Bloomberg's Chief Revenue Officer Paul Caine steps down, Chief Operating Officer Jackie Kelley to assume his duties on an interim basis — Chief Operating Office Jackie Kelley to Assume His Duties on an Interim Basis — 6 Ways You Can Put Behavioral Automation to Work for Your Clients Today
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FishbowlNY, Media Wire Daily, @whatthebit and @themehulpatel
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Financial Times makes 30% of its ad revenue from the luxury market, subscribers report household incomes of $200K+ per year, says CEO John Ridding — John Ridding lives in luxury — or at least nearby. The CEO of the Financial Times serves a readership with enviable pocketbooks and portfolios …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Mashable hires Andrew Springer, ABC News head of global social media strategy, for similar role, poaches Ben Fullon from Vox Media to lead paid media strategy — Mashable, the digital-media company making a push to boost video and TV production, has recruited Andrew Springer …
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FishbowlNY and @aabramson
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
On social media, Fox News' audience is more engaged than its rivals'; interaction on Facebook is 0.16%, whereas average for top 50 news organizations is 0.12% — The news site with the most engagement on Facebook isn't the biggest digital property or even the biggest page on the social network.
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TVNewser, @lmoses, @nivedithg and Mediaite
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Hogan's legal team wants Nick Denton to submit to a deposition, despite restraining order, in effort to advance on collection of $10M for which Denton is liable — Hogan demands a deposition and documents as part of a move to possibly move forward in collection efforts against Denton.
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Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Uber partners with Pandora to give drivers streaming music option, first 6 months ad-free — As the battle for drivers continues to heat up, on-demand car services are tacking on more benefits to build up their respective armies. Today, Uber is upping the ante with the launch of Pandora music on its driver app.
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Uber Global, VatorNews, Ubergizmo, Roadshow and TechCrunch
John Hopewell / Variety:
Cable industry grew 7% in 2015 in Europe while TV remains a growth driver — Growth drivers include triple, quad play, and digital TV upgrades — Triple and quad-play offers of broadband Internet, telephony and TV helped drive a 7.1% growth in Europe's cable industry revenues in 2015 …
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