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NBC stations will use content from nonprofit news outlets — Ten NBC-owned television stations across the nation will team with nonprofit news outlets in an attempt to beef up their enterprise and analytical reporting, the network announced Monday. — NBC affiliates in Los Angeles …
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For Local NBC Stations, Collaborative Journalism — In a sign of increasing collaboration between journalism groups, NBC on Tuesday will announce a series of partnerships between its television stations and nonprofit news organizations. — Effectively immediately, NBC's station in Chicago …
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Apple, E-Book Publishers Probed by EU Agency — Apple Inc. (AAPL), the world's biggest technology company, and five e-book publishers are being investigated by European Union antitrust regulators over deals that may restrict sales across the region. — The probe targets the iPad-maker's deals …
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Why Europe's trustbusters targeted Apple's e-book ‘cartel’
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Europe Probing Apple And Publishers For E-book Price ‘Cartel’
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Broadcasters Press Supreme Court to Overturn TV, Radio and Newspaper Ownership Rules — Broadcasters are urging the Supreme Court to loosen restrictions that prevent companies from owning newspapers, radio stations and television stations in the same market.
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Copps submits notice to resign from FCC
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Exclusive: Verizon to take on Netflix with Web service — (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc plans to launch a standalone service allowing customers to stream movies and television shows over the Web, in a fresh challenge to Netflix Inc and the traditional cable TV business, according to several people briefed on the plan.
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NFL Near Major Media Deals — TV Networks in Talks to Extend Pacts for About $3.2 Billion a Year Through 2021 — The National Football League is close to inking an eight-year extension of three media-rights deals that should earn it a total of about $3.2 billion a year from its broadcast partners …
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Angry About Your Cable Bill? Blame the Cable Industry, Not the NFL
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Crystal Cox, Oregon Blogger, Isn't a Journalist, Concludes U.S. Court—Imposes $2.5 Million Judgement on Her — A U.S. District Court judge in Portland has drawn a line in the sand between “journalist” and “blogger.” And for Crystal Cox, a woman on the latter end of that comparison, the distinction has cost her $2.5 million.
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WikiLeaks Associates Seek Injunction on Twitter Data — Three WikiLeaks associates are appealing a court order that would force Twitter Inc. to hand over information from their accounts without a search warrant. — The WikiLeaks associates - Jacob Appelbaum, Rop Gonggrijp, and Birgitta Jonsdottir …
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T.J. Holmes Leaving CNN — CNN weekend anchor T.J. Holmes is leaving the cable channel at the end of the year, TVNewser has confirmed. Richard Prince first reported the move in his daily media column. — Holmes began his career as a producer for KSNF in Joplin, Missouri …
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MediaNews Group's ‘Digital-First’ Mondays Bring Some Paywalls Down — In the hopes of saving money while avoiding consolidation, MediaNews Group is introducing “digital-first Mondays” at six of its California newspapers. Of those papers, the three that have paywalls will make all web content free …
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The Huffington Post, NetNewsCheck Latest and Poynter


Watchdog chief faces grilling over failure to act on press's dirty tricks — The Information Commissioner who presided over a massive investigation into newspapers' illegal use of a private investigator may have to explain this week why he told MPs no legal action was necessary despite …
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The BBC's global iPlayer expands to iPhone and iPod Touch — Five months after BBC Worldwide launched its global iPlayer app to 11 Western European countries on iPad, the commercial arm of the UK broadcaster has announced that it's making the app available on iPhone and iPod Touch too.
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Kids On Kindle: Amazon Starts Publishing Children's Books — With the release of its color-screened, picture-book-friendly Kindle Fire, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is expanding into publishing books for a new audience: Kids. To start, the company's publishing division is acquiring …
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Buyouts offered at The Gazette, Washington Post's community newspapers in Maryland — The buyouts were mentioned at the bottom of a story announcing that Chuck Lyons is moving from CEO to chairman of Post-Newsweek Media, the business division that includes The Gazette: “In an unrelated development …
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At News Foo, Imagining the End of the World, and How to Cover It — Let's say, just for giggles, that the word was ending. Could be an alien invasion, a pandemic or nuclear annihilation. If one of those scenarios became a news event, how would it be covered?
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CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia Merge to Create CNBC International — TVNewser has learned CNBC president Mark Hoffman sent out a memo this morning announcing that CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia have merged to form CNBC International. — Mick Buckley, who headed CNBC Europe, is leaving the company after eight years.
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LoveFilm Gives Netflix a Heartache — Netflix has another obstacle in its international expansion, as Amazon ramps up distribution of its LoveFilm content in the U.K. The e-commerce giant announced on Tuesday that LoveFilm will be available starting Wednesday on Microsoft's Xbox Live.
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