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8:50 PM ET, June 20, 2014

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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 …
Discussion: SeekingAlpha.com
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Elsa Keslassy / Variety:   Report: Netflix Plans To Order First Original Series for French Market
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 …
Discussion: 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
Discussion: The Verge and @bsbdmusic
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: @craigsilverman
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
Discussion: @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 …
Discussion: @rsingel and @noahchestnut
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
16 media outlets ask court for access to Guantanamo force-feeding videos classified as secret  —  Media seeks Guantanamo force-feeding videos  —  A group of 16 news organizations is asking a federal judge to make public a batch of videos of a hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay prisoner being forcibly removed from his cell and force fed.
Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
House Republicans See No Need For New Broadband Regulations  —  The head of the House Judiciary Committee came out swinging today against new net neutrality regulations.  —  “It is my belief that the Internet has flourished precisely because it is a deregulated market,” Rep. Bob Goodlatte …
Myles Tanzer / BuzzFeed:
New Inquiry co-founder Rachel Rosenfelt to join Gawker Media to focus on strategy, recruitment  —  New Inquiry Co-Founder Rachel Rosenfelt Headed To Gawker Media  —  Rosenfelt will be joining the media company as an Executive Producer.  —  Rachel Rosenfelt, the co-founder and former Editor …
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 …
Discussion: Variety
 
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Nicole Schilit / Committee to Protect Journalists:
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Jason Evangelho / Forbes:
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Anna Clark / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Plain Dealer drops PolitiFact, but keeps on factchecking