A Ray of Light for the New York Times

In 2014.
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Spotify (Finally) Shows Up on the iPad

Prettier pictures, same sound. Paying customers only.
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Plans for “TV Everywhere” Bog Down in Tangled Pacts

It was dubbed “TV Everywhere.” But for many TV viewers, it has had trouble going anywhere.

The New Yorker Likes Sony’s “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” and Sony is Furious

A story about embargoes. No, wait! Where are you going?
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“Qwikster” Is a Crummy Name, But It’s Better Than “Old Fogey Discs”

Which is what Reed Hastings really wants to call the new/old Netflix DVD business. Turns out you can learn a lot when you watch a CEO take on his blog-post commenters.
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Netflix Content Boss Says Price Hike Isn’t a Price Hike, But Is a “Radical Change”

Bad day for Netflix shares. Good day to have Ted Sarandos on stage fielding questions at an industry event.
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Netflix Cuts Its Guidance by One Million Subscribers

Netflix, which instituted a price hike earlier this fall, says the higher costs are turning off more customers than it expected — it is cutting Q3 subscriber projections by four percent.
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Exclusive: MailChimp Buys Phil Kaplan’s Tiny Newsletter Start-Up, TinyLetter

MailChimp, the Atlanta-based email marketing service, has bought TinyLetter, which is well-known entrepreneur Phil Kaplan’s most recent start-up.
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New Groupon Filing: ACSOI Dumped, Revenue and Subs Up, Losses Remain

As expected, Groupon gave up its controversial accounting metric in a new IPO filing, which also showed strong revenue and subscriber growth.
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Netflix Premieres on the iPhone