Mediagazer: NYT Washington reporter: 'This is the most closed, control-freak administration I've ever covered' (Dylan Byers/Politico)

11:10 AM ET, October 8, 2013

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Philly.com:

Inquirer editor fired because of “philosophical differences” over direction of newspaper — Inquirer editor Marimow fired — William K. Marimow, editor of The Inquirer, was abruptly fired Monday morning by publisher Robert J. Hall because of what Hall said were …

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

BBC Launches Playlister, A Social Music Service With Spotify, YouTube And Deezer To Tag Tracks Heard On BBC — On the heels of the BBC ramping up its iPlayer on-demand video and music player as the go-to place for all its digital assets, the UK's public broadcaster is also gearing up to take its music service up another notch.

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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Tony Hall: BBC should give public access to shows online before broadcast

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Stephen Gandel / Fortune:

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Mathew Ingram / paidContent:

Has putting up a paywall at The Guardian become a moral imperative rather than a choice? — The Guardian newspaper in Britain is one of the most prominent papers without a paywall, and some media-industry observers argue that it should erect one soon or potentially lose its ability to create great journalism.

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Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:

Boston Globe plans Facebook-like ‘stream of content’ — In late 2011 the Boston Globe (BostonGlobe.com) became the first major news site to implement responsive site, with the website resizing to suit the screen size it is viewed on. Fewer than two years on and the site, which has a paywall …

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Bloomberg:

iTunes Radio to reach UK and Canada before Pandora, also expanding to Australia and NZ in early 2014 — Apple Said to Expand ITunes Radio to U.K. Before Pandora — Apple Inc. (AAPL) plans to expand iTunes Radio to English-speaking countries outside the U.S. by early 2014 …

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Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:

Fox, Sinclair and Local TV file suit against Aereo in Utah — The fight over Aereo is moving to Utah. On Monday afternoon, Fox Broadcasting Co., Sinclair Broadcast Group and Local TV filed suit in federal court in Utah against Aereo, the start-up company that streams broadcast TV signals to consumers via the Internet.

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Max Blau / Mashable:

How Spotify Engineered the New Music Economy — Steve Cooper didn't expect much from Spotify. — When the New York-based band Spirit Animal released “The Black Jack White” last spring, the band's frontman didn't have high hopes about the streaming music service.

Jon Lund / GigaOM:

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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:

Media Matters Gets Some Right-Wing Competition — A new group called TruthRevolt, run by radio host Ben Shapiro, launched Monday with calls to boycott Ritz Crackers if it doesn't stop its sponsorship of Al Sharpton's show on MSNBC. — A nonprofit group that bills itself as a right-wing version …

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Nick Summers / The Next Web:

Beats says its new Beats Music streaming service will launch ‘within the next few months’ in the US — Beats will launch its long-awaited music streaming service, Beats Music, “within the next few months” in the United States. Luke Wood, president and COO of the company …

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Guardian:

Press plans for post-Leveson regulation rejected by ministers — Privy council delays final decision on royal charter as efforts to find common ground are dogged by distrust — Plans on how to regulate the press industry have been delayed until later this month after a difficult meeting …

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

NYT Washington reporter: 'This is the most closed, control-freak administration I've ever covered' — Sanger: 'This is the most closed, control-freak administration I've ever covered' — David Sanger, the New York Times reporter who has spent two decades reporting in Washington …

Discussion: @dylanbyers and TruthRevolt.org

Hilary Mason:

What Mugshots Mean For Public Data — The New York Times has a story this morning on the growing use of mugshot data for, essentially, extortion. These sites scrape mugshots off of public records databases, use SEO techniques to rank highly in Google searches for people's names …

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
First they came for the mugshot websites, but I said nothing...

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Judge Allows Broadcasters to Examine Aereo's Patents — The plaintiffs suing for copyright infringement want to find out why Aereo's patent applications state there is no simple way to access TV programming on digital devices. — Over objections made by Aereo's lawyers …

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Alan D. Mutter / Reflections of a Newsosaur:

7 tumultuous years for Tribune newspapers — A directive to cut up to $100 million in spending at the Tribune Co. newspapers is but the latest challenge to a group of iconic titles that have been twisting in the wind for seven of the most tumultuous years ever experienced by the publishing industry.

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