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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
How tensions among founders built up inside The Markup, based on interviews and internal documents shared by Executive Director Sue Gardner — The Markup was one of the most highly anticipated media startups in recent memory. Julia Angwin, a former Wall Street Journal investigative reporter …
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Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing:
Report: Authentic Brands, owner of Juicy Couture and Aéropostale, is in talks with Meredith to buy Sports Illustrated for about $110M — The long-running sale of Sports Illustrated has taken yet another twist. There are still a bunch of bidders in the mix, but a new one emerged Thursday …
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The Wrap, Wall Street Journal, @benmullin, @awfulannouncing, New York Post, Vanity Fair and Media Matters for America
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Sarah Sanders hosted a briefing for kids of WH press and staffers Thursday after the WH set a record Tuesday for the longest stretch without a press briefing — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday hosted a briefing for children who spent time at the White House as part of the nationwide …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Sinemia, a MoviePass rival that launched last year, may end consumer subscription services and focus on building membership programs for cinema chains — - Company may focus on building platforms for movie theaters — Service's struggles follow similar issues at ailing MoviePass
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Misinformation doesn't have to be altered: legitimate content that's viewed out of context, or presented with false context, can become a viral hoax — This week, nearly 20,000 people fell for a video hoax. And it wasn't even altered — the video came from a mainstream news organization.
New York Times:
Six employees of Turkish paper return to jail after appeals court upholds their sentences on terrorism-related charges; 150+ journalists are in jail in Turkey — Six people who worked for Turkey's oldest independent newspaper were returned to prison on Thursday on terrorism-related charges …
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@nytimesworld and Turkey Purge
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:
Sources: Amazon is readying a high fidelity music streaming service that's expected to launch before the end of 2019, will likely cost $15 per month — Here comes Amazon. — Less than a week after the online giant launched its first fully free music streaming service …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
BBC says iPlayer's market share fell from 40% in 2014 to 15% now because of streamers, proposes remedies like lengthening show availability to stem the loss — Corporation wants to be able to show programmes for up to a year in attempt to stem decline — The BBC has admitted iPlayer …
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BBC, Videonet, Broadband TV News and @jimwaterson
Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
MNG withdraws three of its six nominees to Gannett's eight-person board; Gannett says these nominees still have conflicts of interest — The hedge fund-owned newspaper company that made an offer to acquire Gannett has scaled back its effort to seize control of the board of directors …
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Nicole Carpenter / Gizmodo:
A look inside the creative streaming community on Twitch, which includes channels from musicians, knitters, makeup artists, scientists, and photographers — “Hi! I see you, but I'm focused on the reading right now. I can chat during the next break!" This message popped up on the stream …
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@noopkat, @kohquette and @sweetpotatoes
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Comcast is in talks with Disney to sell its 30% stake in Hulu — - Comcast is weighing a number of factors with regard to a sale, including valuation, using sale proceeds to pay down debt and support the dividend, and future controls over Hulu. — Comcast has had a frustrating run …
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Interview with Twitter's head of content Kay Madati on the 60% increase in payouts to publishers with content deals in 2018, strategy for NewFronts, and more — Driven by a growing number of content deals, Twitter says it paid 60% more revenue back to publishers in 2018 than the year prior …
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@digiday, @larakate, @kaymadati and Editor & Publisher
Alison Weissbrot / AdExchanger:
Podcast hosting and analytics platform Acast acquires Pippa, another podcast hosting and analytics platform that works with independent creators — The podcast industry is in flux, with more content moving behind paywalls and under big streaming platforms.
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acast, @acast, @richardberryuk, @susiewarhurst, @cheriehu42, Tech.eu and RAIN News
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