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THE FINANCIAL TIMES - The billionaire former paper boy is buying most of the titles of Media General, a Virginia group that also owns 18 television ...

ECONSULTANCY - Finally, it’s the end of the week. But what have we been reading and sharing around the office? Here’s a quick round up of the content that grabbed our attention. Pop back later to see what our UK and US offices have being checking out as well. -      Online giants mow down Aussie ...

PAIDCONTENT - What, me, worry? Those three words broadly sum up the attitude of the broadcast TV network chiefs regarding the encroachment on their turf by digital media companies, as they conducted their traditional springtime dog and pony shows for advertisers in New York this week. Two weeks earlier, ...

PAIDCONTENT - With the rise of social platforms and emergence of new mobile and connected devices, we have seen an explosion in the amount of information being created and consumed. It is not a surprise that we have quietly entered the post-search world. And with information exploding on the web, companies big ...

READWRITEWEB - If the Facebook IPO and Pinterest's $1.5 billion valuation mean anything, it's that social media have become business as usual. Everybody's full of social media advice and best practices these days. For today's Big Question, we asked the ...

READWRITEWEB - Sometimes less is more. At least, that's how this social video app works. The key to this is in its limited ability to choose. Think about going to the grocery store: When there are 12 types of ketchup to choose from, everything can quickly ...

PAIDCONTENT - With the rise of social platforms and emergence of new mobile and connected devices, we have seen an explosion in the amount of information being created and consumed. It is not a surprise that we have quietly entered the post-search world. And with information exploding on the web, companies big ...

MEDIA DECODER - The money will go toward expanding coverage of immigration and ethnic communities in Southern California, United States-Mexico border issues and Brazil, the newspaper ...

GIGAOM - The Oracle of Omaha acquired his hometown newspaper in January and just snapped up dozens more in a $142 million deal. This is supposed to be the fastest declining industry in America. What is Warren Buffett up ...

PAIDCONTENT - The Oracle of Omaha acquired his hometown newspaper in January and just snapped up dozens more in a $142 million deal. This is supposed to be the fastest declining industry in America. What is Warren Buffett up to? Here’s why the deal makes a lot more sense than it appears: A “three corner ...

ECONSULTANCY - The Wall Street Journal revealed some interesting data about readership trends by device and time today at the Business Development Institute's social and mobile conference for Financial Services. While a live Twitter feed streamed the thoughts of the audience, Michal Shapira, Associate Vice ...

MEDIAPOST - Media General is getting out of the newspaper business, and Warren Buffett is jumping in feet first, with a deal transferring 63 Media General newspapers to Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway for $142 million in cash, along with a $400 million loan to Media General, plus a line of credit up to $45 ...

MEDIAPOST - citing the continuing weakness in print advertising demand and broader economic uncertainty, the 'Los Angeles Times' is closing "LA, Los Angeles Times Magazine." In its place, the newspaper is creating a quarterly glossy publication covering luxury, design, fashion and ...

MEDIA DECODER - The head of Berkshire Hathaway reached a deal with Media General to acquire nearly all of its 63 newspaper properties for $142 million in ...

ECONSULTANCY - Finally, it’s the end of the week. But what have we been reading and sharing around the office? Here’s a quick round up of the content that grabbed our attention. Pop back later to see what our UK and US offices have being checking out as well. -     Online giants mow down Aussie department ...

PAIDCONTENT - What, me, worry? Those three words broadly sum up the attitude of the broadcast TV network chiefs regarding the encroachment on their turf by digital media companies, as they conducted their traditional springtime dog and pony shows for advertisers in New York this week. Two weeks earlier, Google, ...

PAIDCONTENT - yeah go redbox stick it to $NFLX ...

PAIDCONTENT - Details of the new venture are still hard to come by. But the new streaming service being jointly launched in August by Verizon and Redbox seems clearly intended to compete with over-the-top services like Netflix, and not so much meant to further the TV Everywhere goals of Verizon FiOS. ...

GIGAOM - Speaking at an investor conference Wednesday, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo said his company's joint venture with Coinstar's Redbox will seek to leverage the DVD-rental kiosk operator's 30 million customers and not so much on Verizon FiOS' nearly 4.4 million ...

MEDIAPOST - A new Viacom study on social media says viewers engage around seven different types of social TV activities -- online or offline -- a week. The No. 1 request for content via social TV services is full-length episodes (88%), followed by sneak peeks of new episodes ...

MEDIAPOST - A new Viacom study on social media says viewers engage around seven different types of social TV activities -- online or offline -- a week. The No. 1 request for content via social TV services is full-length episodes (88%), followed by sneak peeks of new episodes ...

MEDIAITE - Chris Matthews had a successful ratings night on Wednesday during his 5pm time slot on MSNBC, beating Wolf Blitzer‘s The Situation Room in both the demo and total viewers. Matthews scored 111,000 demo viewers to Blitzer’s 64,000 and 720,000 total to his CNN rival’s 430,000. Here are the rest ...