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11:20 AM ET, April 23, 2014

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Amazon Makes a Big Move, Snags Older HBO Shows For Web Streaming  —  You still can't get new HBO shows, like this season's “Game of Thrones,” without paying for TV.  —  But starting in May, you'll be able to get some of the premium cable channel's older stuff online — via an Amazon Prime subscription.
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Amazon and HBO Ink Exclusive Multi-Year Deal to Bring Award-Winning HBO Programming to Prime Members  —  For the first time ever, favorite HBO series like The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, The Wire, Big Love, Eastbound & Down, Oz, Band of Brothers and Deadwood, as well as early seasons …
Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:
Justices test Aereo on copyright issue but raise concern about harming cloud services  —  The Supreme Court will decide the fate of Aereo, an Internet start-up that's frightening the TV industry with an old-school technology: the antenna.  Technology reporter Cecilia Kang …
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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
The Right (And Wrong) Way To Think About How Aereo Works
Discussion: New York Magazine and @mathewi
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Supreme Court quizzes Aereo: Do TV streams break the law?
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Gannett's broadcast revenue soars, circulation revenue slips  —  Revenue from broadcasting in Gannett's first quarter just about doubled over the same period a year earlier, the company announced in an earnings report Wednesday.  Gannett attributed the 99.5 percent rise in broadcast revenue …
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
NBC turnaround and Winter Olympics help lift Comcast earnings  —  Comcast's first-quarter profit increases 30% from a year earlier to $1.87 billion.  The cable giant's revenue soars 14% to $17.41 billion.  —  The Olympic Rings are silhouetted as fireworks light up the sky during …
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Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
Quentin Tarantino's Gawker Lawsuit Dismissed But Can Be Refiled  —  A judge grants the website's motion to dismiss the suit over the leaked “Hateful Eight” script because the director “failed to adequately plead facts establishing direct infringement” by people who clicked on the link.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AOL Launches Free Streaming Movies in Pact with Miramax  —  AOL is now playing in the movie biz.  —  The Internet media company inked a deal with Miramax to deliver a selection of its full-length films to U.S. users, available to watch for free (with ads) across a range of devices.
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Andy Coulson denies ‘covering up’ phone hacking at News of the World  —  Paper's former editor also tells court that he did not order royal editor Clive Goodman to plead guilty after his arrest in 2006  —  Andy Coulson has denied that he “covered up” phone hacking at the News of the World …
Discussion: Guardian and Associated Press
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Andy Coulson denies bullying NoW's “single rogue reporter”, Clive Goodman, who hacked phones
Discussion: @lisaocarroll
Yuras Karmanau / Associated Press:
Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine confirm they're holding Vice's Simon Ostrovsky captive  —  Pro-Russian Insurgents Hold Journalist Captive  —  DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russian gunmen in eastern Ukraine admitted on Wednesday that they are holding an American journalist who has not been seen since early Tuesday.
James Ball / Guardian:
The Upshot, Vox and FiveThirtyEight: data journalism's golden age, or TMI?  —  A New York Times site completes the trio started by Nate Silver and Ezra Klein.  Maybe it's all a little too much information  —  An interactive feature on The Upshot presents five different rival models of the 2014 Senate race.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Megaupload Sues Hong Kong Over Unlawful Shutdown  —  Well over two years have passed since Megaupload was taken offline, and the U.S. Government still hasn't found a way to serve the Hong Kong based company.  —  During all this time the Hong Kong authorities have kept Megaupload's assets locked up …
Discussion: Softpedia News
Kevin Gray / Reuters:
Music video hub Vevo monthly viewership up nearly 50 percent to 6 billion  —  (Reuters) - Vevo, the online music video hub that is a joint venture of two of the world's biggest music labels, has seen a nearly 50 percent increase in the number of music videos streamed each month from its platform …
NDTV News:
Pakistan's Geo TV in trouble for accusing ISI over attack on journalist Hamid Mir  —  Karachi: Pakistan's Defence Ministry today moved to cancel private news channel Geo TV's license, saying that it has accused the ISI of attacking journalist Hamid Mir, without evidence.
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Sleazy tabloid links have taken over the web — but their days may be numbered  —  Sleazy tabloid links have taken over the web — but their days may be numbered  —  Reading news online over the past year, I came to realize that more or less every story now includes a beautiful woman.
Discussion: @jake_k and The Huffington Post
Robin Givhan / New York Magazine:
The Golden Era of ‘Fashion Blogging’ Is Over  —  Until about a decade ago, there had always been an unwritten protocol when seated in the front row of a fashion show.  Do not lean forward.  Keep your legs tucked neatly under your seat, your handbag out of camera range, and any papers discreetly in your lap.
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Study: no consistent method of labeling or crediting user generated content used in TV news  —  How is user-generated content used in TV news?  —  The Tow Center at the Columbia Journalism School is out with Act 1 of a new report that examines the ways TV news organizations and online media companies employ user-generated content.
 
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Al Jazeera English:
Al Jazeera journalists' trial adjourned again
Discussion: CNN, @castancentre and Guardian
Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:
YouTube channel comes to Roku models launched after July 2011 for US, UK, Canada, Ireland
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Lauren Zalaznick Joins Shazam Board
David Lieberman / Deadline.com:
Time Inc Board To Include Howard Stringer, Kay Koplovitz And Other Media Vets
Discussion: New York Post, Time Warner Inc. and WWD
Bloomberg:
Dish plans late-summer debut for internet TV package at $20-$30/month aimed at 18-34 age group
Discussion: VentureBeat and Engadget
Alex Kantrowitz / AdAge:
Xaxis' Sync aims to align ads on TV with ones on your phone during commercial breaks
Discussion: @groupmnext and Gawker
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Benzinga's growth attributed to its free consumer site, paid news wire and online financial service marketplace, Marketfy
Discussion: @niemanlab
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Jonah Lehrer quietly launches new blog, gets Gladwell boost
 

 
From Techmeme:

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

George Steer / Financial Times:
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Hacking group GhostR claims it stole 5.3M records from World-Check screening database, used for KYC checks for sanctions and financial crime links, in March

 
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