Top News:
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 — Aereo, a service that lets users record broadcast TV shows over the internet and stream the recording to their mobile devices, is fighting for its life before the Supreme Court this week. (My colleague J.J. Colao is there following the case.)
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New York Magazine and @mathewi
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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New York Times, MarketWatch, Philadelphia Magazine, Capital New York and Associated Press
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Comcast Close to Subscriber Deal With Charter Communications
Comcast Close to Subscriber Deal With Charter Communications
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@mvpeers, @jbflint and multichannel.com
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Fan TV's Streaming Set-Top Box Will Soon Be Available To Time Warner Cable Subscribers
Fan TV's Streaming Set-Top Box Will Soon Be Available To Time Warner Cable Subscribers
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Electronista, Los Angeles Times, Re/code, Engadget, multichannel.com, VentureBeat, Variety, Gigaom and The Verge
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 …
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Associated Press
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Andy Coulson denies bullying NoW's “single rogue reporter”, Clive Goodman, who hacked phones
Andy Coulson denies bullying NoW's “single rogue reporter”, Clive Goodman, who hacked phones
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@lisaocarroll
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.
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Variety, Deadline.com, Guardian, AceShowBiz.com, Sky News, Starpulse, Contactmusic.com, CNN, UPROXX and @nicknotned
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.
Discussion:
TechCrunch and The Verge
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.
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Nieman Journalism Lab, @karenvonhahn, @jennifer_sky, @gregorg and @jennifer_sky
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.
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New York Times, Guardian, @mlcalderone, The Daily Beast, @mcguffindavid, @mlcalderone, Variety, RIA Novosti, Committee to Protect … and RIA Novosti
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.
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@jake_k and The Huffington Post
Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:
YouTube channel comes to Roku models launched after July 2011 for US, UK, Canada, Ireland — Roku FINALLY Releases A YouTube Channel For Most Of Its Streaming Boxes — After what has been seriously way too long, Roku has just launched an official YouTube channel for most of its lil' streaming boxes.
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The Official Roku Blog and Engadget
Bloomberg:
Dish plans late-summer debut for internet TV package at $20-$30/month aimed at 18-34 age group — Dish Said to Target Summer Debut for Internet-TV Service — Dish Network Corp. (DISH) is targeting a summer debut for its Internet-TV service in the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter.
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Engadget
Al Jazeera English:
Al Jazeera journalists' trial adjourned again — Correspondent Peter Greste, and producers Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed have already spent 115 days in Egyptian jail. — The trial in Egypt of three Al Jazeera English journalists, accused of spreading news and belonging …
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CNN, @castancentre and Guardian
David Lieberman / Deadline.com:
Time Inc Board To Include Howard Stringer, Kay Koplovitz And Other Media Vets — Corporate governance watchdogs probably won't like the fact that CEO Joseph Ripp will also be chairman of the 10-member board after Time Warner spins off its publishing unit. After all, the directors are supposed to hold the CEO accountable.
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New York Post, Time Warner Inc. and WWD