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Murdoch Said to Seek $14 Billion Deal to Combine Satellite Units — Rupert Murdoch is pursuing a long-awaited transaction that would transform British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc (BSY) into a European satellite-TV giant while also leaving his U.S.-based 21st Century Fox Inc. focused on entertainment programming.
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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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Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Apple buying Beats could radically transform the digital music business — There are still many unknowns about Apple's reported acquisition of headphone maker Beats Audio, but one thing is already certain: The deal, if it goes through as reported, is going to be a game changer for digital music.
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Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine expected to take on senior roles at Apple as part of Beats acquisition
Casey Newton / The Verge:
What Apple is really buying with Beats
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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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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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Kate Tummarello / The Hill:
FCC chair to hold May 15 vote on proposed net neutrality changes despite calls for delay
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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Amazon spat with Hachette over failed contract negotiations leaves authors fuming — Writers Feel an Amazon-Hachette Spat — The world's biggest bookstore is a bit smaller these days. — Amazon's secret campaign to discourage customers from buying books by Hachette …
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@kreissdaniel and Forbes
Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
Why CNN Is Obsessed With Flight 370: ‘The Audience Has Spoken’ — CNN's near-constant coverage of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has led to widespread derision and critique of the network. How can a strategy ridiculed by critics, media watchers and even President Barack Obama …
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@nickkristof, TVNewser, Washington Post and The Huffington Post
Tim Peterson / AdAge:
These Are the TV Shows More Popular Among Cord-Cutters — Cord-Cutters More Likely to Visit NBC.com Than Average Internet User, Per Experian Survey — Festival — Internet Week New York — People who cancel their cable TV subscriptions may not miss their monthly bills …
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Circa, NRCQ, and News Republic show three different approaches to mobile news — The newsonomics of three cracks at the mobile news puzzle — Mobile first. Two devilishly simple words that, at this point, tell us so little. — By now, it's common knowledge that most companies producing digital news …
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@digidave, @mattmcalister and @antderosa
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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Re/code
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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@janamal, @kevinweil, @rachaelrad and multichannel.com
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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