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Paul Farrell / Guardian:
Peter Greste gains support for release from prominent Egyptians — Widespread international outcry at jailing of Australian journalist and two al-Jazeera colleagues for more than 100 days — Prominent Egyptians are calling for the release of Australian journalist, Peter Greste, and his al-Jazeera colleagues from detention in Egypt.
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Hunger-striking Al-Jazeera journalist is near to death — Jailed Al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah el-Shamy, who has been on hunger strike in Egypt for more than 100 days, is near to death according to his doctor. — “He has started to have impaired liver and kidney function,” said the doctor, Mohamed Osama el-Homsi.
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@jmalsin, MWC News, The Huffington Post, Daily News Egypt and Al Jazeera English
Adriana Lee / ReadWrite:
Goodbye, TV Channels—And Hello, TV Apps — When I was a kid, my brother graciously taught me what a half-Nelson was. It was a lesson learned from our nightly wrestling matches over the remote control, which was essentially the scepter in our little game of thrones.
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@rww
Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica:
Sources: Xbox Live to remove Gold requirement for Netflix, Hulu — Multiple sources confirm internal efforts to make long-demanded paywall change. — We can report that multiple sources within Microsoft have been briefed on plans to make a long-awaited change to the Xbox Live Gold paywall for streaming media services.
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Ubergizmo, @briantong, Polygon, VG247, UPROXX, @mrgobert, Cinema Blend, Geeky Gadgets, @pkafka, The Verge, SlashGear and Glass
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Associated Press polices story length — Citing a “sea of bloated mid-level copy,” Associated Press Managing Editor for U.S. News Brian Carovillano last week instructed fellow editors at the wire service to limit most “daily, bylined digest stories” to a length of between 300 and 500 words.
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Poynter, Washington Post, @tcarmody, Techdirt, @tcarmody, Guardian and The Huffington Post
Reuters:
Europe's top court: people have right to be forgotten on Internet — People can ask Google to delete sensitive information from its Internet search results, Europe's top court said on Tuesday. — The case underlines the battle between advocates of free expression and supporters of privacy rights …
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Guardian, @emilybell, Washington Post, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, @infomgmtexec and The Loop
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
He said/she said isn't just a failure of journalism, it's a failure to understand the media market — For some time now, journalism professor and First Look Media advisor Jay Rosen has been railing against what he calls “he said, she said” journalism — that is, the artificially balanced approach …
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@themediaisdying, Thanks:@mathewi
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Wall Street Journal:
AT&T could seal deal to take over DirecTV within two weeks, for around $50B — AT&T Could Strike Deal For DirecTV In As Soon As Two Weeks — AT&T Would Likely Pay A Combination of Cash, Stock — AT&T Inc. is moving quickly to seal a takeover deal with DirecTV …
Tim Baysinger / Broadcasting & Cable:
Luis Silberwasser named President of NBCU's Spanish language broadcaster, Telemundo — Telemundo Names Silberwasser President — Former DNI exec replaces Romano — NBCUniversal's Hispanic Enterprises and Content named Luis Silberwasser as president of its Spanish-language broadcast network Telemundo.
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The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times and C21Media
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:
YouTube shuts down public RSS feeds of user subscriptions — Easily getting your YouTube videos into an RSS reader is no longer supported. — If you're a news junky, you probably use an RSS reader like Feed.ly to keep up with stuff on the Web. One of the nicest ways to consume YouTube subscriptions …
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@davewiner, @gruber, @violetblue, @codepo8 and gHacks Technology News
Elizabeth Jensen / New York Times:
Programs on Demand, Just for PBS Members — As television viewers increasingly turn to video on demand to watch shows when they want, PBS and its local stations plan to follow them, but with a twist: They are creating a streaming video service that will be available only to members of local PBS stations.
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The New York Observer
Samuel Gibbs / Guardian:
Beats Music has just 111,000 registered accounts, leaked figures show — Royalty statement shows streaming service set up by Dr Dre paid just $0.000126 per play in March and is dwarfed by Spotify — Beats Music, the streaming service set up by Dr Dre as part of his headphones brand …
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hypebot, 9to5Mac and Music Ally
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
NAB Sues FCC Over Sharing Arrangement Guidance — Says Media Bureau was off base and exceeded authority — The National Association of Broadcasters says it has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to throw out the FCC's March 12 guidance on how it would review TV station sharing arrangements in station deals.
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Adweek, Variety, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Hollywood Reporter and NationalJournal.com
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Washington Post Has Hired 50 Staffers In 2014 Amid Bezos-Funded Expansion — NEW YORK — The Washington Post reached a milestone Monday that would've seemed unthinkable amid the succession of newsroom buyouts in recent years: 50 new hires in 2014. — “No, you haven't been imagining it …
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Politico, WashPost PR, MediaWire Daily and The Newspaper Guild
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
With 68.2M views, Barcroft TV was the 40th biggest YouTube channel in March and is about to launch more channels — With 68.2m views, Barcroft TV was the 40th biggest YouTube channel in March and is about to launch more channels — You might not know Barcroft Media, but if you've ever …
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@fleetstreetfox and @r2000c
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