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Reuters:
Deutsche Telekom in talks with Netflix over collaboration - report — (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom is in talks with U.S. video streaming company Netflix about a possible marketing alliance, a German magazine reported on Friday. — German monthly Magazine Manager cited people familiar …
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SeekingAlpha.com
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Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Report: Netflix Plans To Order First Original Series for French Market — PARIS- Ahead of its launch in France, Netflix is reportedly set to commission an exclusive original series in France, according to news channel's website BFMTV. — The French report claims Netflix approached select local producers …
Scot Finnie / Computerworld:
After a 47 year run, Computerworld will publish its last print edition on June 23 — The continuing evolution of Computerworld — On June 23, we will publish the last print issue of Computerworld. — It was 47 years ago, almost to the day, that Computerworld's very first issue rolled off the presses: June 21, 1967.
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Talking New Media, Folio, TechEye, Re/code, Ars Technica, BetaBoston, Talking New Media, Technologizer and Talking Biz News
Tony Horwitz / New York Times:
An author describes a cautionary experience publishing a digital best seller with Byliner — I Was a Digital Best Seller! — WEST TISBURY, Mass. — FIVE months ago I published a short book called “Boom.” Commercially it was a bust. No news in that: Most books lose money …
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Craig Silverman / Poynter:
LinkedIn acquires major fact checking patents — Lucas Myslinski was tired of having to fact check the questionable emails his father often forwarded to him. — “My dad would send these emails where they say something like, 'Oh the government is stockpiling billions of dollars of ammunition …
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@craigsilverman
Ed Christman / Billboard:
Inside YouTube's Controversial Contract with Indies — Billboard has obtained a typical contract being offered by YouTube to its indie label partners for its new subscription service. The devil is in the numbers, but also in the overall strategy. — Even though YouTube …
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Forbes and Music Week
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
That Story You've Read About YouTube ‘Blocking’ Indie Artists... Yeah, That's Not Accurate
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@bsbdmusic and The Verge
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
German publishers want an 11 percent cut of Google News — Street View, copyright, a “right to be forgotten”—Europe and Google have issues. — Several of Germany's largest newspaper and magazine publishers have instituted legal proceedings against Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo.
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BuzzMachine, Gawker, Search Engine Land, Techdirt and PC World
Tom Rosenstiel / American Press Institute:
How niche reporting leads to higher quality information for everyone: 12 good questions with Lara Setrakian — Syria's civil war is a story that goes in and out of the mainstream news media, but at Syria Deeply, it's the only story. — Lara Setrakian — Founder of Syria Deeply
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@ampress
Peter Adams / The News Literacy Project:
Facebook's related posts could serve as debunkers by highlighting fact-checking sites — Facebook's Related Content Algorithm Might Have More Potential Than It Thinks — In this entry, Peter Adams, NLP's senior VP for educational programs, reflects on the potential of algorithms …
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@rsingel and @noahchestnut
Knight Foundation:
Spark Camp expands model of connecting innovators — Photo: Matt Thompson and Amy Webb at Spark Camp. Credit: Amy Webb. — A little more than three years ago we hosted our first “Spark Camp,” then an experimental gathering for journalists funded in part by Knight Foundation. — Related Press Release
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Viacom loses bid to dismiss Cablevision bundling lawsuit — (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday rejected Viacom Inc's effort to dismiss Cablevision Systems Corp's antitrust lawsuit accusing it of forcing cable providers and subscribers to buy channels they don't want.
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Multichannel News, Variety and Hollywood Reporter
Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:
Forget Piracy, Here's a Movie You Can Share for Free Once It Opens in Theaters — Aaron Swartz's belief in the free spread of information landed him in jail. The people who want to watch a movie about his life will face no such legal problems. — Anyone who buys the movie via Vimeo …
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Variety
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
The Walking Dead producer criticises Game of Thrones executive over piracy — Gale Ann Hurd blasts idea that piracy spreads word as ‘really dangerous thinking’, saying Google needs to take more action — The executive producer of The Walking Dead has warned that rampant piracy is pushing …
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Advanced Television
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Univision owners trying to sell their stakes, but so far, nada — Univision Communications' owners are looking for an exit. Los Angeles billionaire Haim Saban and his four private equity partners are trying to unload their stakes in the nation's biggest Spanish-language broadcaster.
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