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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
The New York Times is launching on Snapchat Discover with a daily weekday edition based on its Morning Briefing for users in the US and Canada — The New York Times is the latest media company to fully embrace Snapchat, the rising social media app owned by Snap.
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
The New York Times now has 3M subscribers, adding 276K digital subscribers in Q4 of 2016; total advertising revenue in 2016 still fell by 9%
The New York Times now has 3M subscribers, adding 276K digital subscribers in Q4 of 2016; total advertising revenue in 2016 still fell by 9%
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Bob Fernandez / Philly.com:
Thousands of Comcast employees stop work in Philadelphia and other cities to protest Trump's immigration executive order — Thousands of Comcast employees in Philadelphia streamed out of the Comcast Center on Thursday afternoon to protest President Trump's recent executive order on Muslim immigrants and refugees from seven nations.
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Doug Lederman / Inside Higher Ed:
UC Berkeley cancels Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos speech after protests turn violent on campus — California campus is latest to be inflamed by protests — reportedly fueled by visiting mob from off the campus — over appearances by the Breitbart writer and provocateur.
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TechCrunch:
Sources: Spotify weighs plan to delay its IPO until 2018 in order to improve margins, renegotiate licensing deals, more — Feb 2, 2017, 10:40 amFeb 2, 2017, 11:19 am — Spotify — the music streaming company with over 100 million users (40 million of them paying) …
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John Mannes / TechCrunch:
Amazon reports Q4 revenue of $43.7B, up 22% YoY, vs $44.68B expected, as net income rises 55% YoY to $749M; stock down 3%+ — Mixed faces in Seattle today as Amazon delivered its Q4 2016 earnings. The e-commerce company reported lower than expected revenue of $43.74 with better than expected earnings per share of $1.54.
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Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
Snap Inc. files for IPO, aiming to raise $3B; firm had $404M in revenue in 2016, up 500% YoY, on a $514M net loss — Snap today filed its S-1 paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), triggering the process to go public. The company aims to raise $3 billion …
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National Post:
Sources allege former Vice Canada music editor Yaroslav Pastukhov tried to recruit journalists as cocaine couriers from Las Vegas to Australia — An editor allegedly used Vice Canada to recruit drug mules — TORONTO — An editor with Vice Media used the Canadian headquarters …
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Cynthia Littleton / Chicago Tribune:
CBS unveils plan to merge its radio division with Philadelphia-based Entercom, creating a broadcast platform with 244 stations and national reach — WBBM-AM is one of Chicago's CBS Radio affiliates. — Variety — CBS Corp. has unveiled plans to merge its radio division …
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Claudia Rosenbaum / BuzzFeed:
Judge dismisses Melania Trump's $150M defamation lawsuit against The Daily Mail, but lawsuit against Maryland blogger still scheduled for November — The first lady had sued the Daily Mail and a political blogger for claiming in stories she worked as a “high-end escort” and suffered from a “full-blown nervous breakdown.”
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Sources: gossip reporter Nikki Finke was about to start a column at Mediaite when her former boss Jay Penske scooped her back up — MORE FROM: — In a dramatic move that may strike more fear in the heart of Hollywood than any President Trump executive order, Nikki Finke is back in business.
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Simon Houpt / Globe and Mail:
The Canadian government says it has pulled its advertising from Breitbart.com, after determining that the site did not align with its code of value and ethics — The federal government says it has pulled its advertising from Breitbart.com, the so-called alt-right website whose controversial former chairman …
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Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
Source: Disney's Bob Iger won't attend Trump's economic advisory council meeting due to conflict with previously scheduled company board meeting — Notably, the exec was one of the only entertainment industry figures slated to appear at the event. — As multiple corporations speak …
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