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Jason Del Rey / Recode:
Jim VandeHei says his yet-to-launch media startup Axios may charge $10K+ for some subscriptions eventually, but will launch ad-supported and free to readers — Advertising to start, then big-money subscriptions. — We still don't know a lot about Axios, the yet-to-launch media startup founded …
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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen of Politico reveal details about their new startup, Axios, including its mission statement: “Media is broken—and too often a scam.”
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman apologizes for editing user comments and says the company is working to combat abuse by taking action against “toxic users” — Reddit will start issuing warnings, timeouts and permanent bans to its most abusive trolls, but will also limit …
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Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo:
Some high-ranking Reddit moderators say they're losing hope in the site's future as users from the pro-Trump subreddit harass others, inflate vote counts, more
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YouTube Blog:
YouTube announces support for 4K live streams of 360-degree and standard videos; first 4K stream will be Game Awards on December 1 — Back in 2010, we enabled 4K video support for the very first time. Since then, millions of videos have been uploaded at that eye-popping resolution …
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Avery Hartmans / Business Insider:
Report: ad tech company AppNexus has filed confidentially for an IPO, expected around Q2 2017, valuing the company between $1.5B and $2B — AppNexus' long-awaited IPO is about to happen. — The ad tech company has filed paperwork confidentially for an initial public offering …
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Andrea Peterson / Washington Post:
CBC journalist Edward Ou was denied entry to the US and had his mobile phones briefly confiscated, as he travelled to cover the Dakota Access Pipeline protest — Award-winning Canadian photojournalist Edward Ou has had plenty of scary border experiences while reporting from the Middle East for the past decade.
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Mia Shanley / Reuters:
Spotify could start to become profitable as early as next year, says board member and early investor Par-Jorgen Parson — Music streaming service Spotify, one of Europe's most valuable tech start-ups, could start to become profitable as early as next year, said a board member who was also one of the company's first investors.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Profile of Steve Bannon, incoming White House chief strategist, who some call racist and nativist, while others see an opportunist using the alt-right for power — When Julia Jones arrived at her office in Santa Monica at 8 a.m. — by Hollywood screenwriter standards, the crack of dawn …
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Reporters Without Borders:
Bahrain sentences Faisal Hayyat, a journalist who hosts a YouTube channel, to three months in jail for a tweet deemed to insult a religious symbol and group — Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounces the conviction of Bahraini journalist and blogger Faisal Hayyat for allegedly insulting religion in a tweet.
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Netflix enables downloading of shows and movies to watch offline on iOS and Android for all streaming plans; selection is mostly limited to Netflix originals — For now, the selection is mostly limited to Netflix originals — You can finally take Netflix with you onto a plane or the subway.
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Hugh McIntyre / Forbes:
Spotify unveils Singles, a new weekly series featuring exclusive recordings, replaces Sessions with Live — Throughout the year, Spotify has seemingly focused its vast resources on several areas: playlists, acquisitions, and original content. The latter of the three has only been a topic …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Politico's national editor, Kristin Roberts, is leaving and says she plans to focus on work that “reminds me that journalism is a public service” — Kristin Roberts, Politico's national editor, is leaving for an as-yet unannounced job in journalism, she told Poynter Wednesday.
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BuzzFeed:
Majority of BuzzFeed UK's 80-member staff sign cards seeking unionization under National Union of Journalists; CEO Peretti asks for more discussion — CEO Jonah Peretti responded: “We'd like an opportunity to talk directly with you before you make any irreversible decisions.”
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