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Top News:
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Breaking News From Twitter: There's Breaking News on Twitter — News today from Twitter: Twitter would like to provide more of your news. — That's the upshot of a press event in New York today, where Twitter, CNN and Dataminr, a Twitter-blessed data company, announced a new tool designed to help journalists find news on Twitter.
Discussion: @margafret and @edmundlee
Margarita Noriega / @margafret: .@Dataminr is an amazing tool, @rafikam gave me a preview, and it was amazing. http://recode.net/...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: Interesting that @twitter & @cnn are helping @Dataminr market the product. Even @ROWGHANI was at presser: http://recode.net/... via @pkafka
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
CNN And Twitter Partner With Dataminr To Create News Tool For Journalists — CNN is hosting a press event today to announce a partnership with Twitter and social analytics company Dataminr to launch a new tool called Dataminr For News. — Dataminr CEO Ted Bailey said the goal is to …
Discussion: Dataminr, Poynter, The Verge, @michaelsurtees, Engadget, @digiphile, @willoremus, @jweb, @jcstearns, Variety, Pocket-lint and CNET
Sandra Oshiro / Poynter: CNN, Twitter team collaborate on news mining tool
Michael Surtees / @michaelsurtees: Fav quote so far about @Dataminr: "It's like bionic vision for our reporters" http://www.theverge.com/...
Christopher Trout / Engadget: Twitter tool tells journalists what's BREAKING!
Alex Howard / @digiphile: @VivianSchiller How much does @Dataminr for news cost? Is this something a small newsroom or local NPR affiliate can afford?
Will Oremus / @willoremus: Now @Dataminr is partnering with @CNN & other news orgs to make Twitter a better breaking-news machine. http://techcrunch.com/...
Joe Webster / @jweb: .@CNN, @Twitter & @Dataminr are teaming up to create a new news wire. http://techcrunch.com/... via @TechCrunch
Josh Stearns / @jcstearns: Another question re: Twitter/CNN Dataminr partnership: Should a tool like this be created for first responders? Does one already exist?
Brian Steinberg / Variety: CNN to Incorporate More Twitter Activity Into Coverage
Elyse Betters / Pocket-lint: Twitter serves up Dataminr news tool for journalists and more search filters for all
Vivian Schiller / Twitter blog:
A faster, easier way for newsrooms to find breaking news on Twitter — Today, Twitter and CNN have announced a partnership with Dataminr to develop an alert system for journalists called Dataminr for News. — When news breaks, it can be minutes or even hours before newsrooms begin to report.
Discussion: Daily Dot, @marksluckie, @joannauk, Mashable, @edmundlee, @ericaamerica, @cpen, @sladurantaye, @vivianschiller, Wired, Kirk LaPointe's … and CNET
Kate Knibbs / Daily Dot: Twitter is about to get even better at breaking news
Mark S. Luckie / @marksluckie: Dataminr and what it means for the future of newsgathering on Twitter: http://blog.twitter.com/...
Joanna Geary / @joannauk: Very excited about Dataminr for News - very cool tool indeed. http://blog.twitter.com/...
Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable: CNN Doubles Down on Twitter-Based Reporting With Dataminr Deal
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: >@dataminr sells tools to $$ traders looking for market-moving tweets. Now it wants to sell same tech to newsrooms: http://blog.twitter.com/...
Erica Anderson / @ericaamerica: My most-favorite project yet at Twitter: Dataminr for News. Proud of the team, the outcome, the potential. http://blog.twitter.com/...
Carolyn Penner / @cpen: "When news breaks, it can be minutes or even hours before newsrooms begin to report." Introducing Dataminr for News http://blog.twitter.com/...
Steve Ladurantaye / @sladurantaye: This is crazy big deal for news RT @magicandrew: Excited to finally share about @Dataminr for News and @CNN. http://blog.twitter.com/...
Vivian Schiller / @vivianschiller: @digiphile @raju We're live now with our announce. Wanted to demor for media first. (and yes, @raju, IS a class act) https://blog.twitter.com/...
Tim Moynihan / Wired: New Twitter Tool Finds Hot Topics Before They Trend
Daniel Terdiman / CNET: CNN, Twitter release tool to help journalists find news faster
Nitasha Tiku / Valleywag: Today's News, Brought to You By Tech Giants
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Why CNN partnered with Twitter and Dataminr
Why CNN partnered with Twitter and Dataminr
Discussion: Gigaom
David Carr / New York Times:
As I Was Saying About Web Journalism ... a Bubble, or a Lasting Business? — Last week, it occurred to me that the departure of Ezra Klein, the creator of The Washington Post's influential Wonkblog, to join the young company Vox Media was a bit of a moment — an inflection point in the emergence of a news economy online.
Discussion: The New Yorker Blog, @benhuh, @justinnxt, @gregory, @brandoncarte, @carltonpurvis, @digiphile, @viceukmedia, @suzykhimm, @dananorak, @dangillmor, @carr2n, @cappiwill, @jonathanwald, @peterlattman and @azi
George Packer / The New Yorker Blog: Telling Stories About the Future of Journalism
@benhuh: I prefer to call this the Golden Age of Digital Journalism vs a bubble. But all good things... http://www.mediagazer.com/...
Justin Ellis / @justinnxt: "You can't hit all the digital news players with the same stick because they are not the same thing" Amen @carr2n http://www.nytimes.com/...
Greg Galant / @gregory: I hope @Sequoia_Capital starts using the tagline "Silicon Valley financing stop of first resort" -@carr2n @nytimes http://www.nytimes.com/...
Brandon Carte / @brandoncarte: .@carr2n explains why @buzzfeed, @voxmediainc, @Upworthy, @businessinsider, @Recode, @HuffingtonPost & @gawker matter http://nyti.ms/Mv1lww
Carlton Purvis / @carltonpurvis: No one wants to admit it's a bubble: http://nyti.ms/1lmt7e2
Alex Howard / @digiphile: .@carr2n: inside the bubble, outlines of some new, lasting changes in how news is made, distributed & cashed in on: http://www.nytimes.com/...
@viceukmedia: "Now everybody wants to be Vice or be Vice-like, or have a piece of Vice" @carr2n on web journalism http://www.nytimes.com/...
Suzy Khimm / @suzykhimm: At $1.4 billion, VICE is valued at five times what The Washington Post recently sold for. http://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Miller / @dananorak: "Please don't explain the Internet to people, David." @carr2n explains the internet > http://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: On Sunday, @carr2n said there's no journalism bubble. Here he looks again at rapidly evolving ecosystem: http://www.nytimes.com/... recommended
David Carr / @carr2n: Gawker's @jdel: "Music is playing loud and fast, but wouldn't want to be looking for a chair if it stopped, http://www.nytimes.com/...
Cappi Williamson / @cappiwill: "Now everybody wants to be Vice or be Vice-like, or have a piece of Vice." http://www.nytimes.com/...
Jonathan Wald / @jonathanwald: "The large media companies of tomorrow are being created right in front of us, right now. @carr2n follows up. http://www.nytimes.com/...
Peter Lattman / @peterlattman: "As I Was Saying About Web Journalism ...a Bubble, or a Lasting Business?" @Carr2n w/ bonus Media Equation column http://www.nytimes.com/...
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Why everyone is starting a news site: free-agent talent, cheap tech, maturing business models — The newsonomics of why everyone seems to be starting a news site — You'd think the new digital printing presses were minting money. — Just within the last month, all kinds of details …
Discussion: Economist, @justinnxt, @niemanlab and Politico
Justin Ellis / @justinnxt: Ken Doctor tries to answer what we're all asking: Why does it seem like everyone's launching a news site? http://www.niemanlab.org/...
Nieman Lab / @niemanlab: What makes it easier to launch a new news site in 2014 than 5 years ago? Ken Doctor offers four ideas http://www.niemanlab.org/...
Dylan Byers / Politico: Ezra Klein vs. Nate Silver: The Wonk Super Bowl
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Major Expansion Ahead at The Washington Post — The Washington Post has significantly increased its budget and plans to make dozens of newsroom hires under its new owner, the Amazon founder Jeffrey P. Bezos, the paper's executive editor, Marty Baron, said in an interview on Wednesday.
Discussion: Adweek, The Huffington Post, FishbowlDC and Capital New York
Adweek: Washington Post Outlines Hiring, Expansion Plans After losing Ezra Klein, paper puts a focus on blogs By Lucia Moses
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post: Washington Post Editor Marty Baron Announces 2014 Expansion Plans
Patrick Tutwiler / FishbowlDC: WaPo Planning 'Impressive Investments' for 2014
Johana Bhuiyan / Capital New York: Washington Post plots web expansion
Harry Jaffe / Washingtonian:
Katharine Weymouth Defends Decision Not to Fund Ezra Klein's New Venture — "It just didn't make sense for us," the Post publisher says of Klein's proposed website. — Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has absorbed the responsibility—much of it critical—for not keeping Ezra Klein …
Discussion: Poynter, @harryjaffe, @mlcalderone, @raju, @sophiegg and JIMROMENESKO.COM
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: Washington Post announces plans to hire bloggers, redesign site
Harry Jaffe / @harryjaffe: KWeymouth, not Bezos, the "decider" on turning down @ezraklein new venture. http://www.washingtonian.com/ ...
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: Weymouth, not Bezos, made decision to pass on Ezra venture: "It just didn't make sense for us." http://www.washingtonian.com/ ...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Why @washingtonpost Publisher Katharine Weymouth turned down @ezraklein's "authoritative wiki" pitch:http://www.washingtonian.com/ ... h/t @abeaujon
Sophie Gilbert / @sophiegg: Katharine Weymouth tells @harryjaffe that funding @ezraklein's new venture "just didn't make sense for us." http://www.washingtonian.com/ ...
Jim Romenesko:
Report: Hundreds of Patch employees laid off — I'm told that hundreds — two tipsters claim two-thirds of the editorial staff — have been laid off by Patch's new owner, Hale Global. I have asked the company for confirmation. (It bought Patch from AOL on January 15.)
Discussion: SoundCloud, New York Times, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Gawker, Poynter, Forbes, The Wrap, Digital Media Wire, Common Sense Journalism, Mediaite, @jbenton, VatorNews, @digiphile, @digidave, @travelinganna, @dangillmor, @terry_casey, @pottsmark, @russellblairct, @kiragoldenberg, @raju, FishbowlNY, @romenesko, Mashable, Top Digital Journal News and New York Magazine
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times: New Owner of Patch Lays Off Hundreds
Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider: Massive Layoffs At Patch: 'They Put A Bullet In Its Head Today'
Sarah Hedgecock / Gawker: Listen to Hundreds of Journalists Getting Fired
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes: Post-Handoff Patch Lays Off Hundreds
Doug Fisher / Common Sense Journalism: Patch slowly sinks into the sunset?
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: Unsurprising but still sad http://jimromenesko.com/...
Steven Loeb / VatorNews: Patch gets hit with another big round of layoffs
Alex Howard / @digiphile: 80-90% of @PatchTweet employees reportedly laid off: http://jimromenesko.com/... Is that what "profitability" required? http://www.nytimes.com/...
David Cohn / @digidave: Patch's new owner lays off staff. Audio of the corporate-sounding breakup here: http://bit.ly/MggnWh . Ends with - "best of luck."
Annemarie Dooling / @travelinganna: The comments on the Patch layoffs story are an interesting glimpse at independent local news http://jimromenesko.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: Sad if unsurprised to see Patch mega-layoffs. Not sad that Armstrong/AOL gave it a try, though. Important experiment http://jimromenesko.com/...
Terry Casey / @terry_casey: Welp, RIP Patch. http://jimromenesko.com/...
Mark Potts / @pottsmark: Sad but unsurprising. RT @romenesko: Report: Two-thirds of Patch employees have been laid off by the new owner. http://jimromenesko.com/...
Russell Blair / @russellblairct: So Patch has laid off two-thirds of its editorial staff. http://jimromenesko.com/... via @romenesko
Kira / @kiragoldenberg: Commenters on @romenesko piece on major Patch cuts all offer to help newly unemployed find hyperlocal jobs http://jimromenesko.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Expected from who bought it MT @romenesko: Two-thirds of @PatchTweet employees have been laid off by the new owner: http://jimromenesko.com/...
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY: New Patch Owner Cuts Hundreds of Staffers
@romenesko: Report: Two-thirds of Patch employees have been laid off by the new owner. http://jimromenesko.com/...
Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable: Report: Most Patch Employees Fired; Leaked Audio Surfaces
Michael Thomas / Top Digital Journal News: News startup Patch announces big layoffs as company restructures
Adam Martin / New York Magazine: The A-Patch-Calypse Has Started
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
The O.C. Register's supremely ghoulish financial strategy — The Orange County Register building in Santa Ana is shown. The company is seeking to buy life insurance on its employees, not to benefit the employees' families, but to benefit the company's pension plan. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Discussion: @jimmyorr, @froomkin, @bgrueskin, @romenesko and LA Observed
Jimmy Orr LATimes / @jimmyorr: Yikes. OC Register looking to take out 'dead peasant' insurance on its employees http://www.latimes.com/... (@hiltzikm)
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: OC Register employees now have proof their bosses would be happy if they up and died: http://www.latimes.com/...
@bgrueskin: New revenue strategy for newspapers: Taking out life insurance policies on their reporters http://www.latimes.com/...
@romenesko: OC Register's plan to buy life insurance policies on some staffers causes "confusion and consternation." http://www.latimes.com/...
Kevin Roderick / LA Observed: Los Angeles Register starts up its social media presence*
Jim Romenesko:
Orange County Register owner blasts Los Angeles Times' story on his 'ghoulish strategy'
Orange County Register owner blasts Los Angeles Times' story on his 'ghoulish strategy'
Discussion: LA Observed, Los Angeles Times and The Newspaper Guild
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times: O.C. Register boss resents being labeled a 'ghoul'
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
James Clapper Suggests Journalists Could Be Edward Snowden's 'Accomplices' — NEW YORK — Director of National Intelligence James Clapper urged former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and his "accomplices" to return leaked documents during a hearing on Wednesday.
Discussion: Politico, UT Documents, TheHill, Techdirt, The Lede, @huffpostmedia, Mashable, Wired.co.uk, @gaberivera, @trevortimm, @mlcalderone and BGR
Hadas Gold / Politico: Clapper refers to Snowden 'accomplices'
Glenn Greenwald / UT Documents: Does Obama administration view journalists as Snowden's "accomplices"? It seems so.
Rebecca Shabad / TheHill: Intelligence chief wants Snowden 'accomplices' to return documents
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Chilling Effects: James Clapper Tells Congress That Journalists Are Ed Snowden's 'Accomplices'
Robert Mackey / The Lede: Video From Snowden's German TV Interview
@huffpostmedia: Our splash on James Clapper's comments about Snowden's 'accomplices' today http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ ... pic.twitter.com/Pz3KTuFtw5
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Mashable: Intelligence Chief: Snowden and 'Accomplices' Should Return 'Stolen' NSA Documents
Gabe Rivera / @gaberivera: Creepy perjurer and enemy of our constitution DNI James Clapper suggests journalists are "accomplices": http://www.mediagazer.com/...
Trevor Timm / @trevortimm: Sure sounds like James Clapper called dozens of journalists "accomplices" to Edward Snowden today. Chilling. http://mashable.com/...
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: ODNI didn't rule out Clapper was referring to journalists when mentioning Snowden's "accomplices" http://huff.to/1ff6rXk
Associated Press:
Egypt Refers 20 Al Jazeera Journalists To Trial On Terrorism Charges — CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's chief prosecutor has referred 20 journalists from the Al-Jazeera TV network, including four foreigners, to trial on charges of joining or assisting a terrorist group and spreading false news that endangers national security.
Discussion: McClatchy Washington Bureau, Guardian, Mediaite and The Newspaper Guild
Patrick Kingsley / Guardian: Egypt charges 20 Al-Jazeera journalists with belonging to Muslim Brotherhood
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Journalists express solidarity in calling for release of Al-Jazeera five
Journalists express solidarity in calling for release of Al-Jazeera five
Discussion: Latest News & Headlines, Voice of America, BBC, @felicitybarrtv, Al Jazeera English, @hazemsika, @hackneylad, @sokkari and The Huffington Post
Elizabeth Arrott / Voice of America: Egypt to Try 20 Al Jazeera Journalists on Terror Links
Felicity Barr / @felicitybarrtv: Thanks to all journalists who took part in press conference about Al Jazeera's detained staff. http://www.theguardian.com/... #freeAJstaff
Hazem Sika / @hazemsika: Free them all - Journalists express solidarity in calling for release of Al-Jazeera five http://www.theguardian.com/...
Jack Shenker / @hackneylad: British journalists renew calls for #Egypt to release @Repent11 @PeterGreste @abdallahelshamy & all jailed reporters: http://www.theguardian.com/...
Hosam El Sokkari / @sokkari: Journalists express solidarity in calling for release of Al-Jazeera five: Journalists in Britain today called ... http://www.theguardian.com/...
Katerina Eva Matsa / Pew Research Center:
Local TV audiences bounce back — Bucking a long-range trend of declining viewership, the audience for local TV news grew in all three major time slots in 2013. Viewership climbed 6% in the morning (5 to 7 a.m.) and 3% in the early evening (5 to 7 p.m.) newscasts, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.
Discussion: The Wrap, @tv_agent, @pewjournalism, @asmitch, @danharland, @halliejackson, Erik Wemple, Advancing the Story, Poynter, TVSpy and The Huffington Post
Brent Lang / The Wrap: Local News Viewership Rises in 2013 Thanks to Obamacare, Manhunts and Tornadoes (Study)
Micah Johnson / @tv_agent: Raises for EVERYONE! RT @Lawlor_Scripps News viewing grew 6% in AM & 3% in PM, bucking a trend back several years. http://www.pewresearch.org/...
PewResearch Journo / @pewjournalism: Local late night #newscasts have lost about one-sixth of their viewers (17%) since 2007. @FactTank http://www.pewresearch.org/...
Amy Mitchell / @asmitch: Local TV audiences bounce back in 2013 after 5 years of decline. Qu: will it last? http://www.pewresearch.org/...
Dan Harland / @danharland: .@PewResearch says more people watched local TV news in 2013 than 2012. I won't take ALL the credit... but thanks! ;) http://www.pewresearch.org/...
Hallie Jackson / @halliejackson: AM news up 6% - most of any time period, thx to viewers watching #AMNewsers! Local TV top news source http://www.pewresearch.org/... h/t @TomHannon
Debora Wenger / Advancing the Story: TV News: Good news, bad news about audience growth
Kristen Hare / Poynter: Pew study shows local TV news still the 'top news source'
Merrill Knox / TVSpy: Pew: Local TV Audiences Grew in 2013
Catherine Taibi / The Huffington Post: More People Watching Local Morning Shows In 2013, Study Finds
Azi Paybarah / Capital New York:
Grimm offers a 'friendly' apology to NY1 reporter — Rep. Michael Grimm apologized in a phone call to the NY1 reporter who he threatened after an on-air interview in Washington last night. — NY1 reporter Michael Scotto, appearing on air this morning, said Grimm "called to apologize" and "said it was really not him."
Discussion: New York Times, @mikescotto, Latest News & Headlines and Talking Points Memo
Michael Scotto / @mikescotto: @repmichaelgrimm called to apologize. He said he "overreacted." I accepted his apology.
Sarah Wheaton / New York Times:
Rep. Michael Grimm Threatens an NY1 Reporter
Rep. Michael Grimm Threatens an NY1 Reporter
Discussion: NY1, New York Post, Mediaite, The Awl, Politico, The Week, @popehat, @tim_eastman, @errollouis, @ryanjreilly, @kagrox, @dylanbyers, @burgessev, @badler, Capital New York, Poynter, @reformedbroker, The Huffington Post, @connellyal, @jenniferpreston, Post Politics, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Business Insider, Politicker, @thestustein, Capital New York, @jswatz, Gawker, @zogblog and Mediaite
Evan McMurry / Mediaite: NY1 Reporter Describes Altercation with Rep. Grimm: 'Angrier Than I've Ever Seen a Politician'
Choire Sicha / The Awl: Michael Grimm For Mayor
Peter Weber / The Week: The real scandal with tough-guy Rep. Michael Grimm
@popehat: Grimm did not commit assault because a reasonable person would not believe that a member of Congress would do what they promised to do.
Tim Eastman / @tim_eastman: It appears @repmichaelgrimm has a history of menacing and borderline psychotic behavior: http://www.newyorker.com/... #Grimm
Errol Louis / @errollouis: "you ever do that to me again I'll throw you off this f—g balcony" snarls @repmichaelgrimm, who still needs to answer ethics questions.
Ryan J. Reilly / @ryanjreilly: NEW: Statement from @repmichaelgrimm: pic.twitter.com/6eXEgkBVya
David Waldman / @kagrox: If only the reporter had been armed.
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: Bob Hardt, NY1 political director, is demanding "full apology" from Grimm's office... http://www.politico.com/...
Burgess Everett / @burgessev: Per NY1 transcript, Grimm to reporter: "No, no, you're not man enough, you're not man enough. I'll break you in half. Like a boy."
Ben Adler / @badler: whoa, I just watched the video of Michael Grimm threatening to throw NY1 reporter off a balcony for asking a question http://www.ny1.com/...
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: Congressman allegedly threatens NY1 reporter
Downtown Josh Brown / @reformedbroker: Staten Island has the perfect congressman for Staten Island. http://www.nytimes.com/...
Paige Lavender / The Huffington Post: Michael Grimm Gets In Reporter's Face: 'I Will Break You In Half' (VIDEO)
Aaron Connelly / @connellyal: A Congressman threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony. http://www.nytimes.com/... I guess he has not seen the British House of Cards.
Jennifer Preston / @jenniferpreston: Tough guy @Repmichaelgrimm threatens to toss NY1 reporter @mikescotto off balcony at #SOTU. w/video by @swheaton .http://www.nytimes.com/...
Aaron Blake / Post Politics: Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) threatens reporter: 'I'll break you in half'
Brett Logiurato / Business Insider: New York Congressman Caught On Tape Physically Threatening To 'Break' A Reporter 'In Half'
Colin Campbell / Politicker: Michael Grimm Threatens Reporter During Interview
Stu Stein / @thestustein: #RichardSherman just texted, he said you want to see a"thug" see Rep Michael #Grimm http://www.nytimes.com/... #SOTU #uniteblue
Azi Paybarah / Capital New York: Michael Grimm threatens NY1 reporter
John Schwartz / @jswatz: "I expect a certain level of professionalism and respect"—Rep. Grimm, who threatened to throw reporter off a balcony http://www.nytimes.com/...
Gabrielle Bluestone / Gawker: Congressman Threatens to Throw Reporter Over Capitol Balcony on Camera
Zack O. Greenburg / @zogblog: Completely unacceptable that a US congressman physically threatened a reporter — and showed absolutely no remorse: http://www.nytimes.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety:
TiVo to Buy Content-Recommendations Firm Digitalsmiths for $135 Million — TiVo plans to acquire Digitalsmiths, a provider of TV and movie content discovery and recommendation services, for $135 million in cash. — Digitalsmiths offers personalized video search, recommendations and browsing …
Discussion: Home Media Magazine, Deadline.com, Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch and multichannel.com/rss
Chris Tribbey / Home Media Magazine: TiVo Acquires Digitalsmiths
David Lieberman / Deadline.com: TiVo Pays $135M For Cloud Service Digitalsmiths And Raises Stock Buybacks
Everdeen Mason / Wall Street Journal: TiVo to Buy Cloud-Based Media Services Firm Digitalsmiths
Jeff Baumgartner / multichannel.com/rss: TiVo To Buy Digitalsmiths For $135 Million
Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
Refresh, refresh, refresh... Twitter is monetizing your compulsiveness — Every time you refresh your tweets, Twitter banks a tenth of a penny. — The company, which will issue its first quarterly earnings report next week, considers "timeline views" the best measure of how engaged its users are.
Discussion: @ninanjira, @stephmbuck, WebProNews, AppNewser and Electronista
Nanjira / @ninanjira: Twitter holds a patent on the "scrollable refresh trigger"...better known as "pull to refresh". http://qz.com/...
Stephanie Buck / @stephmbuck: Every time you refresh your tweets, Twitter banks 1/10 of a penny. It's monetizing your compulsiveness. http://qz.com/... ht @Brie
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Why the mobile-preview feature in BuzzFeed's CMS should matter to you — When Dao Nguyen wrote a post that looked terrible on a mobile device, she knew BuzzFeed had a problem. Nguyen is BuzzFeed's vice president of growth and data, and "obviously it's not my job to write a post," she said by phone.
Discussion: @poynter
Daniel Roberts / Fortune:
HowAboutWe buys Nerve.com — Exclusive: The company is launching an entire network of content sites based around dating and love—an effort to challenge much bigger properties and be more than a dating site. — FORTUNE — Your go-to Friday night date routine may not be as unique as you thought.
Discussion: Folio, The New York Observer, TechCrunch, @brianjmoylan, @zseward, VentureBeat, Famously, VatorNews, Capital New York, The Next Web, Fast Company, @beejoli and @luxnightmare
Pubintern / Folio: HowAboutWe Media Looks to Rekindle Nerve.com
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer: HowAboutWe...Buy Nerve and Become a Media Company?
Brian Moylan / @brianjmoylan: Here's what I've been up to at my new gig. So excited to be EIC for @Nerve @famously @_swimmingly and @thedatereport http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/ ...
Zach Seward / @zseward: Great to see Nerve, a pioneer of web publishing, given new life http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/ ...
Rebecca Grant / VentureBeat: HowAboutWe forms media network to explore love, sex, dating, relationships, and ... rhinos?
Faith Merino / VatorNews: HowAboutWe buys Nerve.com and branches out into media
Johana Bhuiyan / Capital New York: HowAboutWe launches media network to cover 'modern love'
Ken Yeung / The Next Web: Dating site HowAboutWe expands into lifestyle media after acquiring Nerve.com
Chris Gayomali / Fast Company: Dating Website HowAboutWe Buys Nerve, Aims To Create Sexy Original Content
Beejoli Shah / @beejoli: SO excited to be part of the HowAboutWe team as editor of Famously, all things celebs + modern love. ðŸ'—ðŸ'"ð Ÿ' http://observer.com/...
The blog turns 20: a conversation with three internet pioneers — Dave Winer, Megan Hourihan and Justin Hall on the web's transformation from 'small village' to 'megalopolis' — Before Twitter, Whisper and Snapchat there was the Blog - the platform that made it possible for non-techies to publish on the internet.
Discussion: @davewiner, @blogdiva, @jayrosen_nyu and @megnut
Dave Winer / @davewiner: "Julia Child was a blogger as was Benjamin Franklin and Patti Smith." http://bit.ly/1feZBkp
Liza Sabater / @blogdiva: FIRST WAVE OF BLOGGERS WERE MOSTLY MALE gender clashes with the new bloggers happened often. Blogher was born from that #BigBadWolfFeminism
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Three pioneers of blogging Justin Hall, Dave Winer, Meg Hourihan are interviewed about then (1994-98) and now. http://www.theguardian.com/...
Amanda Holpuch / Guardian:
Academic group proposes editor blogging ban to keep 'professional' tone — Professors criticise the International Studies Association's suggested ban as 'antithetical to the entire academic enterprise' — A major academic body is proposing that editors of its journals be banned from blogging …
Discussion: @smsaideman and @mathewi
Stephen Saideman / @smsaideman: Seems that folks care about academic blogging: http://www.theguardian.com/... who knew? @AmandaMurdie is sharp as always.
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:
The Daily Dot Acquires The Kernel As Euro Tech Media Starts Motoring — A number of changes are afoot in the European tech media scene and it's worth us pausing for a moment to take stock. The first item on the agenda is the news that London-based site 'The Kernel', lately a 'tabloid' style news site …
Discussion: London Evening Standard, Business Wire, The Kernel, @joshdilworth, @jonrussell, @kernelmag, The Next Web and Tech.eu, Thanks:@dmfreeman
Oscar Williams-Grut / London Evening Standard: London-based technology magazine The Kernel acquired by Texas-based The Daily Dot
Milo Yiannopoulos / The Kernel: We're joining the Daily Dot family
Josh Jones-Dilworth / @joshdilworth: Proud! Today @dailydot bought The Kernel to be the weekend magazine to our daily newspaper: http://techcrunch.com/...
Jon Russell / @jonrussell: So The Kernel is going away... again, sold to Daily Dot http://www.standard.co.uk/...
The Kernel / @kernelmag: We're thrilled to announce that we have been acquired by @dailydot. Full story in the Evening Standard: http://www.standard.co.uk/...
Martin Bryant / The Next Web: 'Internet newspaper' The Daily Dot buys UK-based 'Internet tabloid' The Kernel
Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: The Kernel acquired by The Daily Dot publisher; founder and editor Milo Yiannopoulos to move on
Emmanuel Naert / INMA:
De Standaard learns, profits through digital edition's growing pains — Nine months ago today, dS Avond debuted as a free digital publication. When De Standaard began charging three weeks later, 16% of its subscriber base began paying for the publication. But digital sales weren't what the media company was hoping for.
Diego Cruz / Journalism in the Americas Blog:
Killing of Mexican journalist sparks human rights ombudsman's investigation — Mexico's National Human Rights Commission will investigate the Jan. 23 murder of a journalist in Guerrero. It is the first killing of a journalist in Mexico this year. — Miguel Ángel Guzmán Garduño …
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
How Homicide Report tells the 'true story' of LA's violent crime — Using a blog, an interactive map and robot-reporting, the LA Times's relaunched Homicide Report mixes human elements of journalism with technology to cover every murder in LA county — Credit: By kla4067 on Flickr. Some rights reserved
Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab and Co.Design
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab: Homicide Report is an interactive map that tells a story
Michelle Ferrier / Mediashift:
J-School Educators Dive into Startup Culture … When 15 educators from around the world went back to school — metaphorically speaking — at the third annual Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute earlier this month, they learned two big things: the art of the pitch in gaining support …
Discussion: @pbsidealab
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
Last.fm gets on-demand streaming music with Spotify partnership — It's safe to say digital music service Last.fm is going through some big changes in 2014. We wrote about its switch to YouTube as the source for its personal radio service, but now it has a Spotify partnership for fully on-demand music too.
Discussion: Last.fm, Telegraph, Digital Music News, VentureBeat, CNET, The Verge, Engadget, hypebot, TechHive and The Next Web
Rhiannon Williams / Telegraph: Spotify to join forces with Last.fm
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Last.fm bands up with Spotify to offer on-demand tracks
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Last.fm can now play music through Spotify
Joseph Volpe / Engadget: Now all Last.fm tracks are playable through Spotify
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By Tatiana Churanova
This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices.
For young kids starting to learn count and their parents who are fond of Halloween.
Let your little one to learn count while playing with fun Halloween toys. Just a simple shape puzzle game, loved by any kid... plus the toys are counted out loud in English!
+++ LEARNING BASE: the app is designed to give young kids the very idea of counting. The process is based on 1-to-1 correspondence; also it is involving and fun.
+++ INTUITIVE: each new puzzle falls to pieces itself first, so that your kid realizes at once what to do!
+++ ENGAGEMENT and FUN: every time when the puzzle is completed successfully the Magic of Halloween brings the toys to life; it does so in so many different ways that your little one will never be bored with seeing the same things!
+++ PRACTICE: it is SO fun that your kid is likely to practice it over and over again just to see what happens next, picking up counting just in play!
+++ 2 mini-games between series of puzzles: Find the number and Memory cards.
This app is a variation of our successful app 123 Count With Me, this time - with the true Halloween Magic. Try it for free up to 3. Upgrade to 13 (in-app purchase) not only brings more exercises, but adds also more toys, more fun and more magic!
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What's New in Version 1.8
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- Updated: Oct 14, 2014
- Version: 1.8
- Size: 138 MB
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
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I love hosting my annual cookie/ ornament exchange. It is such festive fun and a rare time to have all my Jonesboro friends all together.
These girls all love an excuse to leave the kids at home and come visit, eat and score lots of cookies and a new ornament. I love hearing the laughter and excitement in the walls of our home.
I always wonder how "dirty" the dirty Santa game will be, but it's usually not too bad. It's always funny to see that one friend who keeps losing her ornament. Luckily, it wasn't me this time!
This year it was my beautiful and fun neighbor, Lindi. She got the bean bag on the floor and the brunt of the game. I loved that it was her though. It was fun and she's a great sport about it all. She did end up with a fun ornament in the end.
My church friends and mamas make me feel so loved. I'm blessed with friends from several circles in Jonesboro. That ole saying about having a church family is truth. I pity those who do not have one.
It's serious business when the cookies start getting swaped. This picture is perfect. I loved the sound and the excitement coming from that dining room.
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Designer: Alberto Pedro Di Santo
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Design date: 2014
OpenType multi platform Mac/PC format, containing 451 glyphs. All variants may only be accessible via OpenType-aware applications.
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Donna Lena is a chancery cursive, feminine in character. Elegant and timeless, this font marks the return of the classical canons of the Renaissance thanks to its open forms and the clear-cut ends, while recalls the graceful ways and the intense gaze of the ladies that populate the Florentine paintings in the sixteenth century.
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GeoEye Pops 35% on DigitalGlobe Merger
Shares of GeoEye (NASDAQ: GEOY) are seeing increased strength during Monday's trading session after the company agreed to merge with DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI).
DigitalGlobe and GeoEye announced that its boards of directors have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which the companies will combine in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $900 million. The combination of DigitalGlobe and GeoEye will create a global leader in earth imagery and geospatial analysis with a more diversified revenue base, a superior financial foundation and significant growth potential.
Under the terms of the agreement, GeoEye shareowners will have the right to elect either 1.137 shares of DigitalGlobe common stock and $4.10 per share in cash, 100% of the consideration in cash ($20.27) or 100% of the consideration in stock (1.425 shares of DigitalGlobe common stock), for each share of GeoEye stock they own, with the amount of cash and stock subject to proration depending upon the elections of GeoEye shareholders, such that aggregate consideration mix reflects the ratio of 1.137 shares of DigitalGlobe common stock and $4.10 per share in cash.
Based upon the closing prices of DigitalGlobe and GeoEye as of July 20, 2012, the transaction delivers a premium of 34% to GeoEye's July 20, 2012 closing price of $15.17 per share.
Monday, shares of GeoEye were trading up over 34 percent, at about $20.35 per share.
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Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG) tomorrow will welcome the public to
the official opening of its 8,000th store nationwide and its
first flagship store on the West Coast, located in Los Angeles at the
iconic corner of Sunset and Vine. The store, which opens to the public
at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, features an extensive collection of
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"We are thrilled to locate our milestone 8,000th store and
latest flagship store at such a famous intersection as we bring a format
unlike any traditional drugstore to the Hollywood community," said Joe
Magnacca, Walgreens president of daily living products and solutions.
"Walgreens aims to be America's first choice for health and daily
living, and we look forward to providing an exceptional experience for
our customers as we help them get, stay and live well."
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said, "I'm very proud that
Walgreens has chosen Los Angeles for its milestone 8,000th
store, and is providing Hollywood residents with more access to
pharmacy, health and wellness services. This flagship location brings
not only a unique retail offering to this community, but also additional
jobs and economic investment that help build a vibrant neighborhood."
The store's expanded features include:
The store will be open 24 hours every day with pharmacy hours from 8
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As the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2012 sales of $72
billion, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com)
vision is to become America's first choice for health and daily living.
Each day, Walgreens provides more than 6 million customers the most
convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services and
trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and
advice in communities across America. Walgreens scope of pharmacy
services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility and mail
service, along with respiratory services. These services improve health
outcomes and lower costs for payers including employers, managed care
organizations, health systems, pharmacy benefit managers and the public
sector. The company operates drugstores in all 50 states, the District
of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Take Care Health Systems is a Walgreens
subsidiary that is the largest and most comprehensive manager of
worksite health and wellness centers and in-store convenient care
clinics, with more than 700 locations throughout the country.
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Running shoes feel great on my feet, but a woman cannot live in sneakers alone, so I have been looking for new ways to give my tired feet a little extra support. I found Instant Arches ($8), a comfy one-size-fits-all arch support. I literally stuck a pair into my flats — they have adhesive backing to keep the support in place. I wore the shoes all day, and like most days I logged a fair bit of walking miles. See how my feet felt at the end of the day when you
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Workers celebrated the retirement Thursday of Savannah River Site's most notable Cold War remnants.
The long-defunct P and R reactors, brought online 60 years ago to make nuclear weapons materials, were permanently closed and sealed this year with 254,000 cubic yards of specially designed grout.
David Huizenga, the Energy Department's acting assistant secretary for Environmental Management, joined federal and state regulators, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions workers, and others to celebrate the completion of the reactor projects and other cleanup milestones funded by the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act.
"The accomplishments achieved through the Recovery Act, such as the closure of P and R Reactor Areas, are tremendous, but I commit to you that SRS is not a closure site," Huizenga said, noting that SRS has a promising future through new missions in the areas of environmental stewardship, clean energy and national security.
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HOUSTON — Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, described by a Texas prison official as "awake and alert," was moved Tuesday to a prison hospital for additional treatment after he became sick while fasting.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokeswoman Michelle Lyons said Jeffs was flown Tuesday the 215 miles from East Texas Medical Center in Tyler, where he was admitted Sunday, to the Texas prison hospital at Galveston.
"He's still in critical but stable condition," she said.
Jeffs, 55, last week was assigned to the Powledge Unit, about 100 miles southeast of Dallas, to serve his life sentence for sexually assaulting underage girls. On Sunday, he told corrections officers he'd been fasting since his conviction and was ill. He then was taken to the Tyler hospital, about 45 miles from his prison.
"Whenever possible, we send inmates needing medical attention to Hospital Galveston because it is a secure prison facility," Lyons said.
The prison hospital shares quarters with the University of Texas Medical Branch, the Texas prison system's chief medical provider.
"This is opposed to conditions at a 'free world' hospital where we must station correctional officers as security," she said. "Basically, once he was stabilized at East Texas Medical Center, we then were able to transport him to a more secure setting where he still will have access to hospital care."
There was no estimate on how long he would remain at the Galveston hospital but Lyons said the leader of the Fundamentalist LDS Church was expected to make a full recovery. It also was not immediately clear how long Jeffs had gone without food before being hospitalized.
An official familiar with Jeffs' condition but not authorized to discuss it publicly said Monday Jeffs had been in a medically induced coma. Lyons Tuesday disagreed with that description, but said federal regulations covering release of medical information prohibited her from disclosing more.
Jeffs was convicted this month after prosecutors used DNA evidence to show he fathered a child with a 15-year-old girl — one of 24 underage girls whom prosecutors say he took as his spiritual wives.
He received a life sentence, plus another 20-year term, and isn't eligible for parole until he is at least 100 years old. He had been in a Huntsville prison immediately after his trial, then was moved last week to the Powledge Unit.
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He tried to hang himself in Utah in January 2007 while awaiting trial on rape charges in Washington County, according to court documents. He also threw himself against the walls of his cell and banged his head, although he later told a mental health expert he really wasn't trying to kill himself. In the same time period, he was hospitalized for dehydration and depression.
In 2009, he was temporarily force-fed while in an Arizona jail.
Former church members have said Jeffs likely would continue to lead his Utah-based FLDS Church from inside prison and that his followers likely still revere him as a prophet despite the considerable evidence at his trial showing he sexually assaulted girls as young as 12. Prosecutors played an audio recording at his trial of what they said was him sexually assaulting a 12-year-old.


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Rotunda defends paying top-ups due to private income from Gate Theatre
THE board of the Rotunda maternity hospital has strongly defended its right to pay salary top-ups, saying it has its own private income from sources such as rent from the Gate Theatre.
A letter seen by the Irish Independent which was sent to the HSE by board chairman Hilary Prentice reveals that the hospital is receiving rental income from the Gate Theatre and the Ambassador entertainment venue, both of which adjoin its campus in Dublin city centre.
The Rotunda is among the voluntary hospitals and agencies which have made a business case to the HSE for eight of its senior management staff to continue receiving top-ups to their salaries.
Ms Prentice told HSE human resources director Barry O'Brien that it is a matter for the hospital to determine the pay and conditions of employees who are engaged in "non-publicly-funded services and other business elements of the hospital", the letter reveals.
A spokesman confirmed that the Rotunda owns both the Gate Theatre and the Ambassador venue, which have been part of its original lands since 1757.
However, he declined to say how much it is getting paid, saying the "details of the commercial arrangements for these is commercially confidential".
The letter from Ms Prentice said no funds from its charity arm, the Friends of the Rotunda, is used to pay any extra allowances or payments.
She said the non-publicly-funded payments to senior staff have been in place for some years and that they are calculated for "additional work carried out to support the non-publicly-funded business elements of the hospital".
Referring to budget cuts from the HSE, she added: "It is important to note that year on year the hospital has risen to the challenge of delivering more for less."
The HSE audit, first published in the Irish Independent late last year, showed that the Rotunda Hospital was listed as paying allowances to a number of senior staff.
The master, Dr Sam Coulter-Smith, was receiving a €20,000 privately funded allowance, while privately funded allowances of between €6,000 and €19,000 were listed as being paid to two other managers.
Meanwhile, the hospital board expressed concern at meetings last year about the numbers on its gynaecology waiting list – and in October it noted 50 high-risk patients.
It had to make a business case to the HSE to transfer these patients to the Mater hospital to operate on the women at a cost of €1,500 per surgery.
The board also heard about the ongoing problems posed by staffing and the infrastructure in the old building.
In one 24-hour period in October, 43 women gave birth – and "such peaks and challenges undermine the sustainability of safety", the board members were told.
Minutes of another board meeting, released under Freedom of Information, revealed how the board was critical of the HSE for cutting its budget allocation for the year.
"It would appear the Rotunda was penalised for being efficient. Of note, Beaumont hospital received €19m in extra funding. A €2.5m deficit (for the Rotunda) is projected for 2013," the minutes said.
Secretary manager Pauline Treanor told another board meeting that the biggest cost to the hospital was staffing and there is evidence to show it does not have enough staff.
The Rotunda has 30pc more junior doctors compared to the National Maternity Hospital in Holles St but the latter has 18pc more consultants.
The minutes also show concerns raised by the uncertainty over whether the Mater Hospital would terminate a pregnancy in cases where a woman's life was deemed at risk under the abortion legislation passed last summer.
The Mater has since clarified that it will carry out these terminations.
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