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Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Comcast deal could put NY1 in FiOS homes — Comcast's acquisition of Time Warner Cable could be a boon for NY1, TWC's beloved local cable news channel. — According to an open letter from Comcast executive V.P. David L. Cohen, cable channels owned by Time Warner Cable would be subject …
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Edward Wyatt / DealBook:
Industry Shifts May Aid Comcast in Takeover Bid — On the face of it, the merger of the country's two largest cable companies would seem like a nonstarter, given its steep regulatory hurdles and skepticism from consumer watchdogs. — But Comcast's proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable comes …
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Michael J. Copps / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists need to generate a national discussion on the future of the internet — Journalists need to generate a national discussion on the future of the internet — Dear Journalists: — You may wonder why a long-time regulator like me is writing to you.
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Gigaom, The Verge, @cjr, @mparekh, @edwardericsonjr, The Newspaper Guild, Boing Boing and Kirk LaPointe's …
David Ingram / Reuters:
Comcast again turns to Davis Polk for Time Warner antitrust case — (Reuters) - Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O) will again be working with its longtime antitrust counsel at Davis Polk & Wardwell, as the communications and entertainment group seeks to navigate the U.S. approval process to merge with rival Time Warner Cable Inc (TWC.N).
DealBook:
For Comcast, Daring Deals to Expand Its Reach Across Industries
For Comcast, Daring Deals to Expand Its Reach Across Industries
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Slate, @peterfhart, Los Angeles Times, Variety, Mediawire Daily and Business Insider
Jeanine Poggi / AdAge:
What Comcast-Time Warner Cable Means for Advertising
What Comcast-Time Warner Cable Means for Advertising
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The New Yorker Blog, Capital New York, Variety, Business Insider and NY Daily News
Amy Schatz / Re/code:
Peering could replace net neutrality as one of the key issues in Comcast-Time Warner review
Peering could replace net neutrality as one of the key issues in Comcast-Time Warner review
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@waltmossberg and Deadline.com
Heidi Moore / Guardian:
The Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger is not a marriage made to last
The Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger is not a marriage made to last
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Piers Morgan was questioned by Scotland Yard's hacking squad — Former Daily Mirror editor confirms he was interviewed by officers from Operation Weeting in December — Piers Morgan, the CNN presenter who used to edit the Daily Mirror, has been interviewed under caution by Scotland Yard detectives investigating phone-hacking.
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Lucia Moses / Adweek:
The Guardian's Unusual Take on Native Ads — The Guardian is jumping on the native ad trend—but, in character for the British newspaper, it's doing so in its own way. Today it announced the first client, Unilever, of Guardian Labs, its in-house branded content unit.
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Peter Travers / Rolling Stone:
De La Soul to Make Entire Catalog Available for Free — Pioneering hip-hop group also releasing flood of new music — In honor of next month's 25th anniversary of their debut album 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul are making their entire catalog available for free download for 25 hours on the group's website.
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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Wall Street Journal:
Pandora to let advertisers target listeners based on its sense of their political leanings — Internet Radio Service Builds Profiles of Its Audience — Pandora Hopes to Build Ad Revenue by Pinpointing Likely Voting Preferences — Next time you listen to a Bob Marley channel on Pandora Media Inc. …
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Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
Welcome Words: Why The Times Bucked the Government on a Drone Strike Story — The United States is considering a drone strike to kill an American with alleged terrorist ties. That's a pretty big deal - shocking to those of us who haven't become completely inured to such news.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Guardian Media Group takes 15% stake in digital training company — Decoded, based in London's Silicon Roundabout, has trained more than 7,000 people to ‘Code in a Day’ — The parent company of the Guardian has taken a minority stake in Decoded, the London-based digital training company …
Maggie Brown / Guardian:
Ofcom boss: ‘BBC licence fee should be shared with other broadcasters’ — Outgoing chair Colette Bowe says making funding ‘contestable’ would promote competition, dynamism and innovation — The BBC licence fee should be shared with other broadcasters to promote “competition …
Eric J. Smith / NetNewsCheck:
McClatchy Print Slide Offset By Digital Gains — While ad revenue continued to slide during McClatchy Co.'s fourth quarter, the company said its print declines were partially offset by 2.2% growth in direct marketing and total digital advertising. — The McClatchy Co. today reported total …
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Jessica Misener / BuzzFeed:
This American Life and Google team up for a podcast-style Valentine's Day doodle — The Story Behind Today's Super Romantic Google Doodle — This American Life's Ira Glass tells BuzzFeed about the radio-inspired stories gracing today's Google homepage, as well as why social media unnerves him, and his own Valentine's Day plans.
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Maxim owners grow desperate as latest deal collapses — The troubled auction to sell Maxim is back on. — The owners of Alpha Media and Maxim magazine had already dropped Darden Media Group as a potential buyer even before the arrest Wednesday of convicted stock swindler Calvin Darden Jr …
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Mediawire Daily, FishbowlNY and Fox Business
Lexy Savvides / CNET:
Fair use provision recommended for Australian copyright law — A report by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has recommended that fair use provisions be added to Australian copyright law. — The ALRC handed down its recommendations in response to a request from the previous federal government …
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Twitter Photos Blocked In Venezuela, Users Say — A social media crackdown as protests threaten the government. — WASHINGTON — Twitter photos and videos appear to be blocked in Venezuela as the government there attempts to reassert control amid widespread public protests.
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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Indian Publisher Withdraws Book, Stoking Fears of Nationalist Pressure — NEW DELHI — In a fight with a major company, a frail 84-year-old retired headmaster would seem to be the David to India's publishing Goliath, Penguin Books. — But this week the headmaster, Dinanath Batra …
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Henry Taylor / TheMediaBriefing:
ABC combined circulation: Is it really a ‘new dawn’ for magazine measurement? — Advertising, Consumer Media, Digital Media, Mobile — In what has already been called a “new dawn” for the magazine industry, the ABC has started combining print and digital sales figures into one audited figure …
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Trent Wolbe / The Verge:
Can we save AM radio? — Keeping amplitude modulation out of the dustbin of history — Before Facebook, before the internet, before cellphones and TV and even FM radio, there was AM radio. Entire families would gather around elaborate refrigerator-sized receivers and bask in the warm glow …
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