Re/code
Over the last six years, ad company Eyeview has raised $19.5 million. Now it's adding another $15 million, all of which comes from Marker LLC, which had already backed the company.
StreamDaily
Condé Nast Entertainment (CNÉ) on Friday announced a program that pairs prominent creators with Condé Nast’s media brands and production projects. The first to be named as lead digital contributor is beauty vlogger
Kandee Johnson, who will head CNÉ’s beauty vertical.
Funny Or Die
Funny or Die brings together several porn stars to explain net neutrality and point out that if it goes away, porn downloads will be slower. (To be safe, NSFW.)
Variety
Will consumers buy a TV content-delivery service that won't offer ABC, ESPN, Disney Channel, HBO, TNT, TBS, CNN and more? Sony thinks so. It is unveiling an Internet-delivered TV service for PlayStation game console owners, which begins in a limited test in four markets
The New York Times
A large North Carolina-based furniture store jumped headfirst into digital with aid from manufacturers. Design Network is taking off
The Wall Street Journal
The new Website details where online consumers can find movies and TV shows. It designed to thwart piracy by showing how much content is out there legitimately. But it could be used to prove to consumers that they really don't need a cable subscription
Gigaom
...But you need to authenticate before you get to watch Showtime and Starz
Variety
With Eight-second long videos, Ocho social sharing app has $1.64 billion in seed money and support of Showtime Networks and Vice Media. Turns out, some research says eight seconds is just how much attention time consumers give for uninterrupted viewing before distractions kick in.
Gigaom
Possibly trying to tie something many voters dislike (Obamacare) to something most of them likely don't understand/haven't heard of (net neutrality), Florida's Sen. Cruz, who may be a Republican candidate for president in 2016, implies it's a scheme to slow down the Internet. (Yes, Cruz gets campaign money from Comcast.)
Wall Street Journal
There's a new logo and “Heroes Rise” is the new tagline for Machinima, marketing efforts to rally its creators and change the focus from layoffs that have been the biggest news Macinima's been making lately.