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Turkey blocks Google public DNS, eliminating popular backdoor used to circumvent Twitter ban — Turkey widens Internet censorship … The Turkish government has closed one of the most popular backdoors that Turks use to circumvent the blocking of Twitter.
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Jim Cicconi / AT&T Public Policy Blog:
AT&T: costs caused by Netflix's growth should not be borne by all broadband subscribers — Who Should Pay for Netflix? — I saw Reed Hasting's blog yesterday from Netflix asserting in rather dramatic fashion (with diagrams) that ISPs should build facilities (he said provide …
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Ed Christman / Billboard:
Apple explores Spotify-like streaming service, iTunes app for Android as downloads decline — Apple Mulls Launching Spotify Rival, Android App as Downloads Decline (Sources) — Apple has opened exploratory talks with senior label executives about the possibility of launching …
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Pakistan erased an entire International New York Times cover story — Today's edition of The International New York Times was stripped of its cover story in Pakistan. Instead of seeing a lengthy report on “What Pakistan knew about bin Laden,” readers were greeted with an enormous section …
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Sen. Chuck Schumer predicts Senate will pass media shield bill later this year — Chuck Schumer: Shield bill could pass Senate — Sen. Chuck Schumer on Friday predicted that the Senate will pass his bill providing protections for journalists this year, calling it “very, very likely.”
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Leo Barraclough / Variety:
ITV Takes Stake in Nordic VOD Channel Cirkus — LONDON — U.K. broadcaster ITV has taken a minority stake in Nordic on-demand channel Cirkus. — The service showcases British TV series through program supply agreements with ITV Studios Global Entertainment, BBC Worldwide, Endemol and All3Media International.
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Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
Rhapsody ‘winds down’ partnership with Echo Nest after Spotify acquisition — Rhapsody today announced that it is ending its partnership with The Echo Nest, just weeks after the music intelligence company was acquired by Spotify. — Seattle-based Rhapsody said it has …
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The Rhapsody Blog, VentureBeat, The Verge and Engadget
Kia Kokalitcheva / VentureBeat:
Twitter Music pulled from App Store today, will be shut down April 18 — Connect with leaders from the companies in this story, in real life: Come to the fourth annual VentureBeat Mobile Summit April 14-15 in Sausalito, Calif. Request an invitation. — A Twitter app will be shutting down soon.
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Engadget, NME, Softpedia News, MacRumors, Wall Street Journal and The Verge
Todd Spangler / Variety:
March Madness Dunks Record Digital Views in Early Play — with Apparently No Glitches — Turns out somebody can deliver a high-volume digital video event without any noticeable snafus. — The web and mobile NCAA March Madness Live service, managed by Turner Sports, registered record video streams …
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Broadcasting & Cable and Guardian
Lee Ferran / ABC News:
Afghan Journalists Boycott Taliban Coverage After Kabul Hotel Attack Kills Reporter, Children … A group of prominent journalists in Afghanistan is fighting back against terrorism on behalf of one of their own, declaring today that they are going to temporarily boycott reporting …
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Mashable, Correspondent, @lizsly, GlobalPost, Mashable, New York Times, stream.aljazeera.com, Associated Press and The Huffington Post
Willy Staley / New York Times:
Vice's Shane Smith: ‘Have We Unleashed a Monster?’ — You recently began something called Vice News. How is it different from what Vice already does? Through YouTube, we learned that our audience wants more news. So news is going to be its own offering.
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@gabrielsnyder, Gawker, @nytmag, Talking Points Memo and @tikroot
Dylan Byers / Politico:
The great Canadian newspaper exodus — Imagine if the editors-in-chief at The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Associated Press all stepped down or resigned in the span of a week. That's effectively what's happening in Canada right now. — On Wednesday, The Globe and Mail announced …
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