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Top HeadlinesLinkedIn has been making some significant moves towards becoming a media entity focused on business news, and the launch of new magazine-style channels of content is just the latest example of this. Read More »News Corp COO Chase Carey spoke about Fox's digital strategy in an earnings call Wednesday afternoon. The company saw strong growth in home video, thanks to digital downloads. Carey also acknowledged that Hulu will have to adapt in coming years to compete with Netflix. Read More »Slacker has seen some solid growth after its relaunch in February - now, the company wants to add millions of paying subscribers with a carrier partnership. Read More »The long-running fight over Google's decision to scan the world's library books took a new twist on Wednesday as an appeals court pushed the parties over copyright law's "fair use" doctrine. Read More »Branch might have set out to connect the world's conversationalists on one platform, but it's interesting to see how companies are adopting the resource as a more limited way to connect with customers. Read More »Zach Braff is raising money for his next movie on Kickstarter. That's wrong, argues writer, producer and director Ken Levine. Read More »Startup founder Chad Whitacre caused a fuss recently when he suggested that a reporter do an "open interview" that would be available to everyone -- but why is that approach seen as such a threat by some media outlets? Read More »Popular politics blog The Dish, which went independent and added a metered paywall at the beginning of this year, is probably not going to reach its $900,000 goal, founder Andrew Sullivan says. Read More »PBS is landing on the Roku with two dedicated channels, which will bring content from shows like Dinosaur Train, Curious George, Frontline and Nova to the media streamer. Read More »Users will now get their own vertical on BuzzFeed, where they can submit according to their "Cat Power." Read More »Jill Abramson, the executive editor of the New York Times, addressed media trends at Wired's conference in New York City. Read More »When the NPR show Planet Money wanted to put together a project about the economic life-cycle of a T-shirt, Kickstarter seemed like the natural approach -- and it showed how much crowdfunding has in common with public media. Read More »Local papers will get a heaping of Major League Baseball highlights thanks to a new syndication deal with NDN, a company backed by Reggie Jackson. Read More »The new weekend editor at Gawker's auto-focused Jalopnik blog got hired because he was a knowledgeable commenter on the site, an example of how the feedback loop between writers and readers can pay off for blogs. Read More »YouTube is reportedly close to launching paid channel subscriptions on its site - and we've found a number of clues that hint at kids content being part of this initiative. Read More »Aereo, which sells $8 a month subscriptions to watch TV on mobile devices, has responded to lawsuits from broadcasters by filing an unorthodox suit of its own this week. The suit may be for PR purposes more than legal ones. Read More »There is a conventional wisdom in the media industry that micropayments for online content don't work, but Greg Golebiewski of Znak It says that this isn't true, and that media companies need to experiment with the model. Read More »Digital library distributor Baker & Taylor launched an app Monday that will let library patrons read ebooks on iOS and Android devices. Read More »The New York Times is launching a series of short, web-only documentaries with nonprofit Retro Report. The weekly 10- to 15-minute documentaries will run on the NYT's baby boomer blog and will examine events of the past. Read More »Follow paidContent:   |  |
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