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Ev Williams / Medium:
Medium says it's laying off 50 employees, about a third of its staff, and closing its NY and DC offices, as it refocuses on a “less proven” means to pay writers — We've decided to make some major changes at Medium. — I'll start with the hard part: As of today …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sources: Kelly will be replaced by a pro-Trump conservative, and Rupert Murdoch may lobby Trump to place conditions on AT&T-Time Warner merger — Megyn Kelly's decision to jump from Fox News to NBC resolves one of the last unanswered questions of the Roger Ailes scandal: Would she stay or would she go when her contract ended?
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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Source: Kelly left because NBC News offered her creative freedom; the network likely did not exceed Fox News' $20M offer — “Everyone else came to her with an idea of what they wanted,” a person close to Kelly says. “NBC really wanted to hear what she wanted to do, and then they delivered it.”
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Megyn Kelly is leaving Fox News for a new role at NBC, where she will host a daytime news and debate program and anchor a Sunday night news show
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New York Times:
Apple removed news apps made by The New York Times from its App Store in China, complying with what it vaguely described as a request from Chinese authorities — Apple, complying with what it said was a request from Chinese authorities, removed news apps created by The New York Times from its app store in China late last month.
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
GOP approves new fines of up to $2.5K for Congress members who livestream or take photos from House floor; Dem. John Larson blasts the move as unconstitutional — Republicans barreled ahead with a plan to fine members who use their phones to broadcast future floor protests …
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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins confirms CBS licensing deal for Hulu's live TV service, expected to launch in Q1, and says it will cost “under $40” — Hulu will offer its upcoming live TV service at a price under $40. — Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins announced the price point at Citi's 2017 Internet …
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Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
Gary Vaynerchuk buying women's lifestyle publisher PureWow, will integrate it with his digital marketing agency; source says PureWow's 2016 revenue was ~$20M — Serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk is buying PureWow, a women's lifestyle media company, in the latest sign of the convergence of publishers and digital advertisers.
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Guardian CRO Hamish Nicklin, ex-Google staffer and a critic of programmatic ads, works to find a better ad model after Guardian's 2016 pre-tax loss of $87M — Back in the late noughties, Hamish Nicklin took up boxing. He was drawn to the sweet science as a fun way to keep fit …
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Bloomberg:
Analyst: SoundCloud Go, the service's premium tier, has fewer than 250K subscribers, as the company struggles to find a business model — After years of trading physical dollars for digital dimes, the music industry is finally seeing a payoff. Subscriptions to streaming music services jumped …
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Financial Times:
Financial Times acquires geographic information system tech company GIS Planning — 4 January 2017: The Financial Times announces the acquisition of GIS Planning, a San Francisco-based internet technology company providing organisations with data and intelligence on foreign direct investment …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Interview with Meet the Press host Chuck Todd, on Trump's phone-in TV interviews, emphasis on visuals, lack of laughter, and more — The ‘Meet the Press’ host opens up about the surprising thing he shares with the president-elect. — Chuck Todd has interviewed Donald Trump many times …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer received a tour and briefing from Obama's press staff, had an hours-long meeting with Josh Earnest, Jen Psaki — Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer spent Tuesday afternoon getting a tour and a briefing from President Barack Obama's press staff …
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