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Matthew Zeitlin / BuzzFeed:
Why Reuters Ditched Its Big Web Push — Reuters Wednesday decided that it cares more about its business than its brand, ending a big bet on becoming a major player in online news. In a memo sent to the company today, Reuters chief executive Andrew Rashbass announced that the company will end …
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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
Reuters Next Canceled — Reuters has decided to cancel Next, the consumer facing website that had been in the works for more than two years, Chief Executive Andrew Rashbass announced this morning in a staff email. — “Next is a long way from achieving either commercial viability or strategic success.
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Jennifer Mizgata / Online News Association:
ONA working to ensure federal “shield law” truly protects journalists — As you probably have heard, last week the Senate Judiciary Committee passed S. 987, the Free Flow of Information Act (FFIA), with the support of the Online News Association and a coalition of media organizations.
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Josh Stearns / Index on Censorship:
The US shield law's dangerous precedent - and how to fix it
The US shield law's dangerous precedent - and how to fix it
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
Showbiz Lobby Puts Capitol Hill Pressure on Google to Take Action on Piracy — The showbiz lobby and a number of lawmakers on Wednesday singled out Google and other search engines for being a gateway to pirated online content, unveiling a study that showed the “critical role” …
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
NBC Universal Funded Study Shows, Yet Again, How Infringement Is Hollywood's Own Damn Fault
NBC Universal Funded Study Shows, Yet Again, How Infringement Is Hollywood's Own Damn Fault
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Richard Verrier / Los Angeles Times:
Online piracy of entertainment content keeps soaring
Online piracy of entertainment content keeps soaring
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
The Finke-Penske feud shows the difficulties of linking brands and personalities — Brand Suffers Most From Spat Between Owner and Hollywood Blogger — LOS ANGELES — For her detractors, and there are many, the turnabout is delicious: Nikki Finke, the blogger who squeezed Hollywood …
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Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Nikki Finke and Deadline owner Jay Penske still at odds
Nikki Finke and Deadline owner Jay Penske still at odds
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Alexis Sobel Fitts / Columbia Journalism Review:
#Oceanfall: The Seattle Times' glitzy new digital package unveils a substantial piece of reporting on our changing seas — The Seattle Times' glitzy new digital package unveils a substantial piece of reporting on our changing seas — Like most newspapers around the country …
John Cusack / Guardian:
Will Eric Holder guarantee NSA reporters' first amendment rights? — The US attorney general vows not to prosecute journalists, but his criminalisation of whistleblowers undermines that assurance — Another week and another wave of stories on the NSA and the unconstitutional …
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
New Knight Community Information Challenge winners focus on supporting local news and opening up government data — Sharing news stories wasn't invented with the retweet button. Thanks to funding from the Knight Foundation, Tom McDonald will be expanding his news-sharing network across …
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Sara Morrison / The Wrap:
NYT's Howard Beck Leaves Grey Lady for the Bleacher Report — New York Times NBA beat reporter Howard Beck is leaving his longtime home for the Bleacher Report. — Beck, who began at NYT in 2004, tweeted his announcement Wednesday. — The Bleacher Report was acquired by Turner Networks …
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Rem Rieder / USA Today:
Zuckerberg: No plans to get into news business — In Washington, D.C, to lobby for immigration reform, Facebook CEO participates in a wide-ranging interview at the Newseum. — CONNECT — While Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is buying The Washington Post, fellow digital icon Mark Zuckerberg …
Rem Rieder / USA Today:
Rieder: Newspaper association chief optimistic — Being president and CEO of the Newspaper Association of America is not a job for the fainthearted. Your mission includes lobbying for, speaking for and galvanizing an industry that, while it is the press, hasn't gotten very much good press, not for a long time.
Jason Lefkowitz / Just Well Mixed:
Native advertising: you can't rent your credibility, you can only sell it — You may have heard that lots of publications are having a hard time figuring out how to make money online. It's true; even though we've been at this Web thing now for twenty years, publishers still haven't figured …
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Bloomberg:
Activision Stock Sale Blocked by Judge Over Investor Vote — Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI) can't proceed with a stock sale that investors contend would give control of the video-game maker to a group led by an Activision director and the company's top executive, a judge ruled.
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