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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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Om Malik and New York Times
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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 expected to take on senior roles at Apple as part of Beats acquisition
Casey Newton / The Verge:
What Apple is really buying with Beats
What Apple is really buying with Beats
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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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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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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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@sulliview, Mashable, Wired, Techdirt and @jeffjarvis
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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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
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
Jacob Bernstein / New York Times:
Robin Roberts has expanded the profile of “Good Morning America” by offering more of herself and inviting others to do the same — This is the current state of play in the high-stakes world of morning TV. — When Amanda Knox gives her first interview the day after it is announced …
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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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