Mediagazer: Samsung to invest millions in short-form video for new mobile service; may use pay-per-month revenue model and include music (Jessica E. Lessin/The Information)

6:10 AM ET, November 14, 2014

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David Streitfeld / New York Times:

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Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:

Say Media selling content sites including XoJane and ReadWrite, which never achieved the scale needed to compete — Platishers, beware: Say Media gives up on publishing — Three years ago, Jane Pratt celebrated the launch of her new site XoJane with Say Media by throwing a party at the Jane Hotel …

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Mike Isaac / New York Times:

Reddit CEO Yishan Wong resigns, Ellen Pao to be interim CEO, Alexis Ohanian back full time as executive chairman — Reddit Chief Executive Resigns as Company Shuffles Top Ranks — Reddit, the popular online community message board, wants to grow up into a viable business.

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Alexis Ohanian / reddit:
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Mica Rosenberg / Reuters:

Condé Nast agrees to $5.8 mln settlement in suit over intern pay — Condé Nast agreed on Thursday to pay $5.8 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by thousands of former interns at the publisher who said they were underpaid for work at the company's high-end magazines.

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Amy Schatz / Re/code:

CBS, Disney, Viacom, other media firms ask appeals court to keep contracts private in FCC merger reviews of Comcast-TWC and AT&T-DirecTV — TV Networks Ask Courts to Keep Contracts Private in Comcast Merger Review — CBS, Walt Disney Co. and other media companies asked …

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Bloomberg:

Owner of the Onion, A.V. Club, and Clickhole sites hires GCA Savvian bankers to explore sale — Satirist Onion Inc. Said to Hire Adviser for Sale — Everything in this story is actually, honestly true. — Onion Inc., owner of the satirical news site the Onion and the entertainment site the A.V. Club …

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New York Times:

NYT technologists issue friendly challenge to site owners to convert to HTTPS by 2015 — Embracing HTTPS — In light of a growing number of cyber security and data privacy concerns, replacing HTTP with its secure alternative, HTTPS, is becoming increasingly important.

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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

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Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:

BuzzMyVideos Closes $2.5M Series A Funding As Eyeballs Switch To Online Video — We covered the launch of BuzzMyVideos, a new a content network which specialises in international online video content promotion, back in July. — Video makers pay for the promotional tools …

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

John Cook out as First Look Media's Intercept EIC, will return to Gawker Media to run investigations — John Cook leaves The Intercept — Intercept Editor-in-Chief John Cook is leaving the publication and returning to Gawker Media to run investigations, an individual with knowledge of the hire tells Poynter.

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
John Cook's rehire is sign of new, integrated editorial approach at Gawker Media

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Katie Campbell / NetNewsCheck Latest:

Vox.com has hit 2015 traffic and revenue goals, co-founder Melissa Bell says — Vox.com Hits 2015 Traffic, Revenue Goals — In just over six months, Vox.com has already surpassed its traffic expectations and met its revenue goals for next year, its co-founder said yesterday.

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Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:

Samsung to invest millions in short-form video for new mobile service; may use pay-per-month revenue model and include music — Samsung Preps New Mobile Video Service — Samsung Electronics is rebooting its mobile video strategy in a test of whether short-form video content can drive mobile revenues just as games have.

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