Monday 13 May 2013

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How ABC plans to use live streaming and the cloud to challenge Aereo

ABC is going to offer iOS users in New York and Philadelphia a 24-hour live stream of its programming this week. It's the first time a broadcaster has embraced live streaming.

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Bitcoin buzz stays high — even after bubble

Bitcoin is more liquid and popular than ever before -- though the cyber-currency remains controversial. Here's a round-up of a busy week of Bitcoin news.

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Back to the future: What if the ‘mass media’ era was just an accident of history?

We are used to thinking of a "mass media" market made up of large newspapers and TV networks as the normal state of affairs in media, but what if that was just a historical anomaly?

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Pay to play: Can YouTube succeed with its paid channel subscriptions?

YouTube started to offer paid subscriptions to select channels this week. But are people actually going to pay for their YouTube videos?

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News flash: Twitter doesn’t have to hire journalists to be a powerful media competitor

Twitter says it doesn't have any interest in hiring reporters or performing other journalistic functions -- but regardless of whether it does so, it is still a powerful media entity and one that grows stronger by the day.

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Financial Times joins Flipboard, says it’s a better deal than Apple

The Financial Times is the latest publisher to strike a partnership with Flipboard. The deal is interesting because the FT recently left another third-party platform, iTunes.

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Ping.it: Not a Google Reader replacement, but a tool to discover emerging viral content

Ping.it aims to help users discover targeted content across the web -- for example, YouTube videos that appeared on Reddit and got the largest number of Facebook likes. The service, in public beta, is still clunky, but worth checking out.

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Is it the best of times or the worst of times for journalism? Yes

There are plenty of reasons for pessimism about the state of the media and journalism, including repeated layoffs, bankruptcies and so on. But there are also many reasons to be optimistic about the current environment.

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YouTube launches its paid subscription channels with select partners

YouTube's long-rumored paid channels are live: The Google-owned service started its new subscription offering with select partners Thursday.

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Apple wins trademark case over ‘iBooks’

Apple has won one of its many lawsuits involving "i" products -- a federal judge threw out a case in which a New York publisher claimed that it, not Apple, has the rights to use "iBooks."

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