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Amy Schatz / Re/code:
FCC's Wheeler Denies Trying to Divide Internet Into “Haves” and “Have Nots” — FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler denied that he's trying to divide the Internet into fast and slow lanes in response to a letter sent earlier this week by some of the U.S.'s largest Internet companies.
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Dan Gillmor / Guardian:
The best way to protest net neutrality's end is with an Internet-wide slowdown — It's time to take a page from the SOPA protests and show Americans what a slower Internet would really look like — The head of the Federal Communications Commission, former cable and wireless industry lobbyist Tom Wheeler …
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Kate Tummarello / The Hill:
FCC chair to hold May 15 vote on proposed net neutrality changes despite calls for delay — Senate Dems protest FCC plan for Internet ‘fast lanes’ — A group of 10 senators are asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to abandon a proposal that would allow Internet providers to create online “fast lanes.”
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Larry Wilmore to Take Place of Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central — What comes after “The Colbert Report”? — On Comedy Central it will be “The Minority Report” and the host will be the “Senior Black Correspondent” from “The Daily Show” — otherwise known as Larry Wilmore.
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
NPR Names Jarl Mohn As Its New CEO And President — Media industry veteran Jarl Mohn will be NPR's new CEO, the organization's board of directors has announced. — Mohn, 62, currently sits on the board of directors at several media organizations, including Scripps Networks Interactive and web analytics company comScore.
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Suzanne Perry / The Chronicle of Philanthropy:
NPR's New CEO Takes Over as Radio Adjusts to the Digital Age — Jarl Mohn, named today as NPR's new chief executive, will take over an organization with assets that many nonprofits would envy—including a well-known and respected brand that has a direct pipeline into the cars, living rooms …
Wall Street Journal:
Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine expected to take on senior roles at Apple as part of Beats acquisition — Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine Would Both Join Apple in Beats Deal — Duo Could Help Tim Cook Broker Deals in Music Industry — Music mogul Jimmy Iovine gravitates to the limelight in a way that previously might …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
What Apple is really buying with Beats
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Sam Schwartz / Comcast:
Comcast integrates Twitter into X1 guide with SEEiT to recommend what to watch on live TV — SOCIAL CONVERSATIONS: AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN DISCOVERING WHAT TO WATCH — According to a recent Nielsen study, conversations on Twitter help drive new audiences to TV shows.
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@kevinweil, @janamal, @rachaelrad and multichannel.com
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Amazon is delaying delivery of some books “for reasons of their own”, says publisher Hachette — Hachette Says Amazon Is Delaying Delivery of Some Books — Amazon has begun discouraging customers from buying books by Malcolm Gladwell, Stephen Colbert, J. D. Salinger and other popular writers …
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@fredkiesche, Re/code, @dangillmor, Business Insider, The Digital Reader, Music Business Journal, @juliebosman, CNNMoney.com, @sherman_alexie, Publishers Lunch, @brubaker, @monkbent, Publishers Weekly, Guardian, @elidourado, @gayleforman, @readingape, Gigaom, The Week, @ghostwritingcow, @amesoneill, @thegernertco, bizjournals, @malindalo, Digital Book World, @stephestellar, The Awl, Bookseller news, @jackshafer, @mari_ness, @aworkinglibrary, @dmoren, @markhor, @johngapper, @biblioracle, @nkjemisin, @drmabuse, @sirsalem, @tobiasbuckell, @briannedeborah, @barerliterary, @saladinahmed and SlashGear
Ben Woods / The Next Web:
Yahoo's 18-year-old prodigy Nick D'Aloisio on how the future of digital news lies in the past — Yesterday, Yahoo announced that its “atomized” news digest was being made available on Android, and in virtually every market in which Yahoo is active. — It's a bold move for a product …
Jon Erlichman / Bloomberg:
Time Warner Said to Hold Talks to Buy Fullscreen Network — Time Warner Inc. (TWX) has held talks to acquire Fullscreen Inc., one of the popular YouTube video networks, a person with knowledge of the matter said. — Time Warner joins Yahoo! Inc. and Relativity Media LLC in looking at Fullscreen …
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James Barron / New York Times:
Enquirer changes editors, plans return from Florida to lower Manhattan — The Enquirer Is Returning to Where It All Started — “Michael Douglas Marked for Death!!” “Angelina Walks In on Brad & Jen.” “Space Platform Circling Mars — Living Creatures May Be Aboard.”
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FishbowlNY
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Twitter backtracks, will provide full data to companies highlighting tweets for TV, even if they work with Facebook — Twitter Reverses Course, Decides to Play Nicely with Facebook, TV Networks — Twitter has decided to get along with Facebook, after all. — At least when it comes to displaying posts on TV.
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@chrismessina
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Marc Andreessen annotates on News Genius a 1994 NPR memo about the internet — Marc Andreessen annotates that NPR Internet memo — Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen has, with others, annotated NPR's much-shared “Internet is coming to NPR!” memo on News Genius, the news-annotation site attached …
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