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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Hacking trial hears details of Blair's offer to help Brooks prepare for committee appearance — Tony Blair Offered To Help Rebekah Brooks Handle Phone Hacking Hearing — The phone hacking trial was offered yet more evidence on Wednesday of former British prime minister Tony Blair's unswerving devotion …
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Guardian and Guy Fawkes' blog
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Press Gazette:
Brooks: ‘Climate of paranoia’ during last days of News of the World amid ‘police leaks to Guardian’ — Rebekah Brooks told of a “climate of paranoia” at News International in the final throes of the News of the World. — Brooks accused police of repeatedly leaking information to the Guardian …
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
News International ‘wanted Lord Mandelson to coach Rebekah Brooks’ — Phone-hacking trial hears News of the World publisher proposed ‘preparation session’ for chief's planned appearance before MPs — News International wanted Lord Mandelson to “coach” Rebekah Brooks for an appearance …
Discussion:
@lisaocarroll and @courtnewsuk
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Rebekah Brooks: no one told me about lead on Milly Dowler's whereabouts
Rebekah Brooks: no one told me about lead on Milly Dowler's whereabouts
Discussion:
Hacked Off and Guardian
Jemima Kiss / Guardian:
An online Magna Carta: Berners-Lee calls for bill of rights for web — Exclusive: web's inventor warns neutrality under sustained attack from governments and corporations — The inventor of the world wide web believes an online “Magna Carta” is needed to protect and enshrine the independence …
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New York Times, BBC, Fast Company, Washington Post, TechCrunch, Associated Press, @martinschulz, @wsjd, WebProNews, PandoDaily, UK Blog on The Huffington Post, Gigaom, Daily Mail, Softpedia News, Lastest ITProPortal news, @henrybtam, @thelitplatform, The Verge, The Official Google Blog, The Next Web and Silicon Republic
John Reynolds / Guardian:
60% of UK's video, video games and music sales now come from the internet — Netflix and Spotify help drive UK home entertainment revenues to £5.3bn — New figures show that three-fifths of Britain's video, video games and music sales are now derived from the internet
Discussion:
Variety
Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Time Inc. spinoff probably won't mean name change for Time Warner — Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes. — Although Time Inc. won't be part of Time Warner much longer, don't expect the media giant to change its name to better reflect its assets. — “We haven't decided to change the name …
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Bloomberg:
Berkshire to Buy Graham TV Station in $1.1 Billion Swap — Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) agreed to buy WPLG, a Miami-based television station, from Graham Holdings Co., the former publisher of the Washington Post, paying with stock that Warren Buffett has held for more than four decades.
Discussion:
NASDAQ.com and Benzinga
Cadie Thompson / CNBC:
Rdio drops Echo Nest after Spotify acquisition, aims for global growth via mobile — Streaming music service Rdio aims for global, and mobile — Streaming music: More noise than competition? — CNBC.com Technology Reporter Cadie Thompson and Rdio CEO Anthony Bay discuss the trends …
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TechCrunch, Gigaom, The Next Web, Electronista, The Verge and hypebot
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Tina Daunt / Hollywood Reporter:
ObamaCare Website Traffic Spikes After President's ‘Funny or Die’ Interview — Obama's comic turn on Zach Galifianakis' “Between Two Ferns” becomes big driver to HealthCare.gov site, according to White House aides. — Within hours of President Barack Obama's appearance with comedian Zach Galifianakis …
Discussion:
FishbowlNY and Fox News
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Obama bypasses traditional media again in interview with Zach Galifianakis, showing how to take advantage of fractured landscape
Obama bypasses traditional media again in interview with Zach Galifianakis, showing how to take advantage of fractured landscape
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Betabeat, Variety, Business 2 Community, Mashable, Latest News & Headlines, @poynter, Forbes, The Fix, VatorNews, TechCrunch and Erik Wemple
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
CNN ex-president Jon Klein talks about TAPP, the new online network he's starting with Jeff Gaspin — Jon Klein on His New Online Venture: 'We've Created the Company That I Feared Would Come Along' — Former CNN President Jon Klein and former NBC Universal Chairman Jeff Gaspin announced …
Discussion:
Bloomberg and @jayrosen_nyu
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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
CNN, NBCU Alums Jon Klein, Jeff Gaspin Team Up for Online Video Venture
CNN, NBCU Alums Jon Klein, Jeff Gaspin Team Up for Online Video Venture
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TVNewser, Capital New York and The Wrap
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Amazon's TV streaming box to ship with Netflix and Hulu Plus apps — Amazon's Roku competitor, which could be unveiled any day now, won't just peddle the company's own video streaming service: The device will also have apps for direct competitors including Netflix and Hulu Plus on board, according to multiple sources.
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WebProNews, Engadget, Electronista, Pocket-lint and GeekWire
Bloomberg:
Beats Music raises $60M-$100M to fund new music and features in challenge to Spotify — Jimmy Iovine's Beats Music Is Said to Raise Up to $100 Million — Beats Music LLC, the subscription streaming service from rapper Dr. Dre and record producer Jimmy Iovine, raised a second round …
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Los Angeles Times, Billboard, VentureBeat, hypebot and Mashable
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Appeal Court victory for Guardian in fight to see Prince Charles minister letters - Govt takes fight to Supreme Court — The Guardian today won a major legal victory for press freedom over Government secrecy as it won the right to see a number of letters to ministers written by Prince Charles.
Discussion:
@pressgazette, The Lawyer and Daily Mail
Emma Graham-Harrison / Guardian:
Taliban splinter group says it killed British-Swedish reporter Nils Horner — Hardline group claims responsibility for death of radio journalist in Kabul and accuses him of spying for UK government — A Taliban splinter group linked to the kidnapping of a New York Times journalist six years ago …
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Washington Post, Associated Press, Washington Post, Reuters, @nordbergj, American Live Wire, Committee to Protect … and NPR
Arif Durrani / Media Week:
Financial Times opens global commercial academy for staff — The Financial Times has launched its FT Global Commercial Academy (GCA) today, a learning and development programme for staff ahead of its move into a single-edition, global print product in the second quarter of 2014.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Disney TV Shakeup: Anne Sweeney Leaving to Pursue Directing Career — Disney's longtime TV chief Anne Sweeney will leave her post in January 2015 to pursue a career as a television director. — “The past 18 years at Disney have been the highlight of my executive career.
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Hollywood Reporter, TVNewser, @peterlauria3, Broadcasting & Cable, Forbes, Mediaite, Reuters, @kerrywashington and TVSpy
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Jethro Nededog / The Wrap:
Anne Sweeney Exiting Disney-ABC to Become TV Director
Anne Sweeney Exiting Disney-ABC to Become TV Director
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Variety