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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Apple calls the DoJ's ebook remedy a draconian and punitive intrusion into its business — Apple has today filed a brief in opposition to the Department of Justice's proposed ‘remedy’ in the ebook price fixing case. The statement speaks out against changes which the DoJ suggested earlier today …
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The United States Department of Justice:
Department of Justice Proposes Remedy to Address Apple's Price Fixing … The Department of Justice and 33 State Attorneys General today submitted to the court a proposed remedy to address Apple Inc.'s illegal conduct, following the July 10, 2013, U.S. District Court for the Southern District …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
NYT journalist fights ruling nixing reporter's privilege
Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:
Feds say Apple must give access to Amazon and Barnes & Noble e-bookstores
Feds say Apple must give access to Amazon and Barnes & Noble e-bookstores
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
U.S., states propose remedy for Apple e-book price-fixing
U.S., states propose remedy for Apple e-book price-fixing
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The Verge
Kate Irby / McClatchy:
Senators spar over definition of ‘journalist’ in seeking to protect them — WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee, looking to provide protections for journalists and their sources, ran into a roadblock Thursday when lawmakers couldn't agree on the definition of “journalist.”
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Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:
Medium isn't the message: Be careful how you read what's published on platforms — Yesterday, my Twitter feed was lit up with outrage over a post on Medium in which the writer, Michele Catalano, described an unexpected visit from men with badges and guns after she and her husband had Googled …
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Kashmir Hill / Forbes:
Big Boss, Not Big Brother, Spotted Long Island Family's ‘Suspicious’ Google Searches
Big Boss, Not Big Brother, Spotted Long Island Family's ‘Suspicious’ Google Searches
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Hollywood Reporter:
Modern Seinfeld Twitter Account Lands Creator a Sitcom Job — Jack Moore joins Fox's “Us & Them” on the strength of the fantasy mashup account, which he said “was basically pitching storylines.” — Twitter often costs people jobs, not helps land them. — Former BuzzFeed writer Jack …
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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Yahoo Paid $60M to $70M for Rockmelt — Will Dump Browser and Use Tech to Better Deliver Its Media and Mobile Properties — According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo paid $60 million to $70 million for social browser startup Rockmelt, with an aim of using its technology to turbocharge its myriad of media and mobile properties.
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Roger Yu / USA Today:
Time Warner Cable drops CBS in New York, LA, Dallas — CBS, Time Warner Cable, Leslie Moonves — CBS said Friday afternoon that it has failed to reach an agreement with Time Warner Cable by their Friday, 5 p.m. deadline and the cable company has dropped the No. 1 primetime network in key markets.
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Washington Post Co.'s newspaper division posts another loss, but online revenue is up — The Washington Post's newspaper division posted an operating loss of $49.3 million in the first six months of 2013, the company says in its second-quarter earnings report.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Guardian strikes Dailymotion video deal — Guardian News & Media to launch dedicated online video channel that will be available to Dailymotion's 112 million users — The Guardian has struck a deal with Dailymotion, the world's second largest video-sharing website, to increase the reach …
Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Cox Said to Discuss Merger With Malone-Backed Charter — Cox Communications Inc., the third-largest U.S. cable provider, has held talks about combining with rival Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR), according to two people with knowledge of the matter. — Cox President Pat Esser has discussed …
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Emily Greenhouse / The New Yorker Blog:
Twitter's Free-Speech Problem — In 2011, with the help of Bitch magazine, a young media critic named Anita Sarkeesian hosted a Web-video series called “Tropes vs. Women.” Over six segments, she critiqued archetypes of females in film, comic books, and TV, from the bubbly …
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Angela Washeck / 10,000 Words:
Storify Has Competition, and It's Called Brickflow — Just when you think you've mastered the art of quick, effective visual storytelling, there's a brand new tool to learn. — The latest tool for journalists to tinker with? Brickflow, a building-blocks type of application you can use …
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Josh Sternberg / Digiday:
HuffPo Pushes Further Into Sponsored Content — Publishers are crazy for native advertising, but they're stuck with a problem: Who is going to create it? — That's why publishers like Vice and Gawker have begun partnered content-creation arms. Add The Huffington Post to the mix.
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