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Amy Schatz / Re/code:
Justice Department Backs Broadcasters in Aereo Dispute — In a Supreme Court filing Monday, the Justice Department backed broadcast networks in their fight against online video streaming startup Aereo. — Justice Department lawyers argued that Aereo's broadcast television streaming service infringes …
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Broadcasting & Cable, Gigaom, CNET, Los Angeles Times, Electronista, The Verge, @anildash, @dangillmor and @swildstrom
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Sam Gustin / TIME:
Aereo Boss Says He's ‘Confident’ Ahead of Supreme Court Battle — Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia discusses his closely watched legal battle with TV broadcasters — Aereo founder and CEO Chet Kanojia is “confident” in his company's case as the upstart video firm prepares to defend itself …
Ira Teinowitz / The Wrap:
Supreme Court Rejects FilmOn X's Request to Join Aereo Case
Supreme Court Rejects FilmOn X's Request to Join Aereo Case
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Capital New York, Globe and Mail and Reuters
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
In ad-skipping deal, Dish gets rights to internet-based TV service that includes ABC and ESPN — Dish just secured rights to launch an internet TV service — Dish and Disney confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that they've reached a retransmission agreement late Monday …
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Forbes, ESPN MediaZone ESPN MediaZone, The Wrap, Los Angeles Times, Deadline.com, Reuters, @pkafka, Sports Update, @dangillmor, Variety, CNET and The Verge
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
With a Whopper of a Disney Deal, Charlie Ergen Gets a Head Start on the Web TV Race
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Dish disables “auto hop” ad-skipping feature for ABC shows until three days after they air
Dish disables “auto hop” ad-skipping feature for ABC shows until three days after they air
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Gigaom and @shaliniwsj
Capital New York:
The Awl hires Matt Buchanan from The New Yorker, John Herrman from Buzzfeed — Matt Buchanan and John Herrman are leaving their positions at The New Yorker and Buzzfeed, respectively, to work for The Awl, Capital has confirmed. — The pair worked together at FWD, Buzzfeed's tech vertical …
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@daweiner, @peretti, @fmanjoo, @lindseyweber, @nbj914, @chrisgeidner, @emilybell, @frucci, @pkafka, @choire and @emmacargo
Erik Wemple:
Glenn Greenwald, PandoDaily tussle over Ukraine, editorial independence — On Friday afternoon, Paul Carr, the investigations editor for PandoDaily, told his followers on Twitter that something was up: … This story, it turned out, involved First Look Media, the much-discussed …
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bookforum.com, @mathewi, @ckaratnytsky, @paulcarr and @chanders
David Kaplan / Global Investigative Journalism Network:
Masked Gunmen Seize Crimean Investigative Journalism Center — As Russian troops streamed into Crimea, Ukraine, yesterday, masked gunmen broke into and seized the office of the Crimean Center for Investigative Journalism in the region's capital, Simferopol.
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Poynter, @aidanpwhite, The Huffington Post, @timkarr and Kirk LaPointe's …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Russia Wages Media War Alongside Crimea Invasion
Russia Wages Media War Alongside Crimea Invasion
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The Daily Beast, Forbes, The Dish and Politico
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Wellcome Trust aims to provide a home for long-form science journalism online with launch of Mosaic — The Wellcome Trust is launching a new online magazine tomorrow which aims to provide a home for long-form science-based journalism. — Mosaic will be updated on a weekly basis with 3,000-plus word articles going up every Tuesday.
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The Independent
Marc Fisher / Columbia Journalism Review:
Who cares if it's true? — Modern-day newsrooms reconsider their values — BuzzFeed editors say their audience used to see their site as a place you could find really cool stuff, but not a place you could trust. They're trying to change that. (Sean Hemmerle)
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Fast Company and @jayrosen_nyu
Caysey Welton / Folio:
Tom Drouillard Named AAM CEO — He joins the organization from Scarborough Research. — The Alliance for Audited Media named Tom Drouillard as its new CEO, president and managing director. He will be replacing Mike Lavery, who is retiring on March 31. — Drouillard carries …
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Jim Romenesko:
Cheryl Gould leaves NBC News after 37 years — Cheryl Gould was the first female executive producer of “NBC Nightly News,” and helped create “NBC Overnight with Linda Ellerbee. Her time at NBC - nearly 37 years - “has taken her all over the globe and country,” NBC News president Deborah Turness writes in a memo.
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TVNewser, @antderosa, @vivian, FishbowlNY, The Huffington Post and @romenesko
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Changes at the Orlando Sentinel felt ‘extremely familiar’ for a former Sun-Times photographer — When the photo staff at the Orlando Sentinel was told they'd have to reapply for their jobs last week and that those jobs would be “videocentric,” according to a report from the National Press …
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@poynter
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
FCC Proposes $1.9 Mil Fine Against Viacom, NBCU and ESPN for Emergency Alert Spot — The FCC has proposed levying $1.93 million in fines against Viacom, NBCUniversal and ESPN for airing commercial for the 2013movie “Olympus Has Fallen” that used the distinctive warning tone of the federal Emergency Alert System.
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Re/code, Broadcasting & Cable, Radio & Television …, Deadline.com, The Wrap and Hollywood Reporter
James Titcomb / Telegraph:
Johnston Press hopes to raise £75m in rights issue — Scotsman and Yorkshire Post publisher will issue new shares to investors at a discount as part of a debt refinancing package expected as soon as April — The newspaper group behind The Scotsman and The Yorkshire Post …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sources say Piers Morgan still in negotiations with CNN; his staff staying on with the network — Piers Morgan update — From our conversations with CNN sources: — · Piers Morgan's primetime CNN program is just weeks away from its end; meanwhile, the host is in negotiations …
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Piers Morgan Plans to Remain at CNN for ‘Big Name’ Interviews
Piers Morgan Plans to Remain at CNN for ‘Big Name’ Interviews
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Showbiz411, TheBlaze.com, TVNewser, The Inquisitr News, Forbes and FTVLive
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Rebekah Brooks: NI's ‘rogue reporter’ defence shaky after 2009 revelations — Former News International chief tells phone-hacking trial that company's corporate line came from NoW editor Colin Myler — Rebekah Brooks knew that News International's position in 2009 that phone hacking …
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BelfastTelegraph.co.uk and ITV News
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