Mediagazer: Netflix to Verizon: Nope, Your Congested Pipes Are Still Your Fault (Peter Kafka/Re/code)

7:05 PM ET, June 9, 2014

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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:

Time Warner said to be considering 50% stake in Vice Media, in a deal valuing the company at $2.2B — Time Warner In Talks About $2.2bn Vice Deal — Shane Smith, the company's co-founder and chief executive — Vice Media, the digital group which has mounted an aggressive assault …

Discussion: Deadline.com, Gawker, Variety, Business Insider, @jaredbkeller, @antderosa, @dgelles, @tomgara, @sfiegerman, @davidfolkenflik and Mashable

Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:

Time Inc Has a Big Problem—So Does Digital Journalism — Time Inc, the mother of newsmagazines, was born in 1922. She survived wars and recessions, grew up to be fabulously rich by mid-century, married the media giant Warner Communications, entered the golden years as one of the largest media companies …

Discussion: @editorialiste, @alexremington, @pmarca, Deadline.com and Gigaom

Brent Lang / Variety:
Time Stock Falls Following Spin-Off From Time Warner

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, @theatlantic, WWD Media Headlines, Irish Independent, Trust.org, RTTNews, Toronto Star, TheStreet.com, The Boston Globe, The Huffington Post and cnbc.com

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Netflix to suspend its controversial ISP error messages — Netflix will stop blaming your ISP when your Orange is the New Black stream starts to stutter, at least for now. The company announced Monday that it will suspend the display of messages that specifically blame individual internet providers …

Discussion: Adweek, Netflix US & Canada Blog, AdAge, VentureBeat, Globe and Mail, Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Re/code and The Verge

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Netflix to Verizon: Nope, Your Congested Pipes Are Still Your Fault — Just in case you thought Netflix was backing down to Verizon earlier today, the video company has a clear message: Nope, no way — we're still going to gripe about the telco's pipes. — That's the takeaway …

Discussion: Quartz, bizjournals, Ars Technica and Electronista

Amanda Meade / Guardian:

News Corp accuses Daily Mail Australia of plagiarism — Australia's largest newspaper group labels rival journalists ‘copy snatchers and parasites’ amid accusations of stealing stories — News Corp Australia has taken aim at its new local online competitor Daily Mail Australia …

Discussion: TheAustralian, @ethicalmartini, Press Gazette, Plagiarism Today, Poynter and @moorehn

Alex Hayes / mUmBRELLA:
Fairfax CEO hits back at News Corp, accuses it of ‘spreading lies’ and being ‘at war with itself’

Discussion: Sydney Morning Herald, @doneas, @mumbrella and TheAustralian

Gustavo Arellano / Navel Gazing:

OC Register Insiders on Expected Layoffs/Buyouts: “It's Going to be a F**king Bloodbath” — Today, at 4 p.m., the full staff of the Orange County Register will march into the R.C. Hoiles Auditorium located at the paper's for-sale Grand Street offices to hear Aaron Kushner explain …

Discussion: Orange County Register, LA Observed, @jeffkochisok, @jbenton, @ksablan, @codell and Navel Gazing

David Holmes / PandoDaily:

No Spotify for Old Men: Classic musicians rail against the new economics of music — Send in the curmudgeons. — Last week, three rock and roll old timers, on three separate occasions, came out swinging against what they perceived as unfair practices in the new music economy.

Discussion: New York Times

Ian Burrell / The Independent:

Sky News boss wants to expand presence in US; already has 500K subs via Roku and Apple TV — The BBC was impervious to the launch of Sky News. Now they have to take notice — John Ryley treasures his framed memento of the launch of Sky News - a disparaging advert placed in the Financial Times …

Discussion: Press Gazette

Ev Williams / Medium:

Medium is both publisher and platform; Matter relaunches, aiming to “provoke and entertain” — What is now the Matter at Medium? — And Other Questions, Answered — About a year and half ago, Medium acquired Matter, a Kickstarter-funded publication focused on investigative journalism …

Discussion: Gigaom, VentureBeat, @attackerman, @mg, @laurahazardowen, @rocza and @hamishmckenzie

Benjamin Freed / Washingtonian:

The New Republic's Editorial Director Michael Schaffer named Editor of Washingtonian — Michael Schaffer Named Editor of Washingtonian — Schaffer is leaving the New Republic to become the fourth editor in Washingtonian's 49-year history. — Michael Schaffer, the New Republic's editorial director …

Discussion: Poynter, FishbowlDC, @mikemadden, @hgil, @brfreed, @joepompeo, @washingtonian, @merrillwilliams, @abeaujon, @erikwemple, @vermontgmg and @michaelschaffer

Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:

Chase Carey Renews With 21st Century Fox — Chase Carey, the president and chief operating officer of 21st Century Fox Inc., agreed to a two-year employment contract extension, the entertainment company said in a securities filing late Monday. — Mr. Carey's previous contract was set to expire June 30 …

Andrew Albanese / Publishers Weekly:

Judge in Apple e-books case refuses to dismiss new antitrust case from Australian retailer — Judge Says Price-Fixing Suit Filed by Retailers Can Proceed — Judge Denise Cote officially opened a new (although tenuous) new legal front in the ongoing e-book price-fixing battle …

Discussion: GalleyCat