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Jeanine Poggi / AdAge:
World Cup Setting Ratings Records for ESPN and Univision — Univision Tops ESPN for Four of the Five Biggest Matches … The World Cup in Brazil has been ratings gold for TV networks, setting new audience records for ESPN and Univision — and giving victories to Univision for many top matches.
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Forbes and Softpedia News
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Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal:
One Week In, World Cup's Opening Game Dominates Global Tweets — Twitter data from the first week of the month-long 2014 World Cup shows just how captivated fans worldwide were by the opening match. — That game, in which soccer superpower and host nation Brazil beat Croatia 3-1 on June 12 …
Cory Doctorow / Guardian:
How Amazon is holding Hachette hostage — By allowing Amazon to put a lock on its products, Hachette has allowed Amazon to usurp its relationship with its customers — For some three weeks now, books from the Hachette publishing group - one of the “big five” publishers who dominate the globe …
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@markhor, @ingsocbloc, @dliggat, @dangillmor and Re/code
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Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:
DRM is unfortunate, but it's not the problem in Hachette vs. Amazon — Let me start with the obligatory assurance that I'm no fan of DRM technologies. That's why I use (illegal) tools to break it if I want to buy an ebook from another retailer and read it on my Kindle.
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@kifleswing
Brian Latham / Bloomberg:
Zimbabwe Arrests State Editor After Mugabe Attacks Minister — Zimbabwean police arrested the editor of a government-controlled newspaper two weeks after President Robert Mugabe accused the country's information minister of using state media to sow division in the ruling party.
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allAfrica.com, Voice of America, Bulawayo24 News, RadioVop Zimbabwe, CNN-IBN Live News, Reuters, The Sunday Mail and Voice of America
Joel Mathis / Philadelphia Magazine:
Even if Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News became nonprofits, they still would need revenue — Should Philly's Newspapers Operate as Charity Cases? — Gerry Lenfest has spent much of the last decade giving his fortune away for worthy causes. So maybe it's no surprise that when he finally sealed …
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@ckrewson and @joelmmathis
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.
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@joshgerstein, @thejustcampaign, Boing Boing and The Huffington Post
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Decision Time for Aereo! Supreme Decision Will (Probably) Come Next Week. — Public service announcement for people who like to spend time thinking about The Future Of TV and also The Future Of The Cloud: The Supreme Court's Aereo decision will likely come next Monday. Or next Wednesday.
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MediaPost and FierceOnlineVideo News
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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Variety, Multichannel News and Hollywood Reporter
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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Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Report: Netflix Plans To Order First Original Series for French Market
Report: Netflix Plans To Order First Original Series for French Market
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Home Media Magazine
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 …
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@joeljohnson, @jameswolcott, @susie_c, @haleymlotek and @chrislhayes
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, Music Week and @sterlewine
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
That Story You've Read About YouTube ‘Blocking’ Indie Artists... Yeah, That's Not Accurate
That Story You've Read About YouTube ‘Blocking’ Indie Artists... Yeah, That's Not Accurate
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@hunterwalk, The Verge and @bsbdmusic
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 …
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Roll Call, Washington Post, The Hill and Gizmodo
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 …