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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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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
FCC chair to hold May 15 vote on proposed net neutrality changes despite calls for delay
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Bloomberg:
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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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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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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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
What Apple is really buying with Beats
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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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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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