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Twitter may not end up buying a media company, but its interest in Mic and Circa is just one battle in an ongoing war over the future of news.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
The big social channels know that news is important and the scramble is on to monetize it through acquisitions. 
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Digital consumption of the news is quickly becoming the norm, with 64.5% of Americans now combing the headlines online.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Great look at the evolution of online news.
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Last July, The Washington Post launched a live video channel that its president proclaimed would be “the ESPN of politics.” Instead, PostTV turned out to be more like a public access show. Within five months, the live content had vanished and the “channel” became little more than a clearinghouse for pre-taped video packages and recycled press briefing footage, along with the occasional original report. What the Post learned in its video flop in 2013 is what The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, POLITICO and other large news organizations had discovered in years prior: Creating quality live television is expensive — the Post invested millions of dollars and dozens of staffers to Post TV — and much harder than it looks. The end result didn’t interest readers — or advertisers....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Dylan Byers explores why live video won't save print.
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Are social media going to turn into mass media?