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Ted Johnson / Variety:
Los Angeles Mayor: FCC Should Consider Dodgers Dispute in Comcast-TW Cable Merger Review — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says that the FCC's review of the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger should examine “real world problems like the Dodgers dispute,” in which more than 60% …
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Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
Netflix pushes to block the Comcast-Time Warner merger, submitting a ‘Petition to Deny’ to the FCC
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Sruthijith KK / Quartz:
The Times of India just instituted a bizarre Twitter and Facebook policy — Hundreds of journalists working at the Times of India and its sister publications have received a peculiar request from their employer: hand over your Twitter and Facebook passwords and let us post for you.
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Walt Mossberg / Re/code:
Re/code introducing native advertising — A New Advertising Format for Re/code — Eagle-eyed readers may notice a new feature here on Re/code today. It's called “Sponsor Content,” and is, for us, a new form of advertising. Known broadly as “native advertising,” this is a category …
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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Rogers And Shaw Team Up To Launch A Netflix Competitor For Canada Called ‘Shomi’ — Canadian cable giants aren't just going to watch their audience slip away to streaming services - two of the nation's biggest providers have joined forces to launch shomi, a new subscription-based service …
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Globe and Mail, CityNews, Globe and Mail, Global News and MobileSyrup.com
Kirsten Acuna / Business Insider:
Netflix Was Completely Shut Out At The Emmys — Netflix earned a record 31 Emmy nominations this year, but the internet streaming giant went home empty-handed during the Emmy Awards ceremony Monday evening. — A few of its actors were up for big awards, including Kevin Spacey for Best Actor in …
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Verge Hack Week: developers, designers, and writers build new storytelling tools, plot growth — The Verge threw a hackweek and invited everyone they know — The idea for a Hack Week at The Verge was fairly simple, says editor-in-chief Nilay Patel. Looking at the example …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Tribune Hires John Batter to Run Digital Media, Shashi Seth Out — Tribune Media is bringing in a new leader for its digital operations: John Batter, who has been running streaming video service M-Go, is in. Shashi Seth, the former Yahoo executive who has been running Tribune Digital Ventures since May 2013, is out.
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TechCrunch, @pkafka and PR Newswire
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
To lure subscribers, the Times debuts a free mini crossword — The New York Times is launching a free daily mini crossword puzzle for users of its crossword app for iOS devices, the company said today. — The puzzle, which is comprised of a five-by-five grid of blocks …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
Turner Broadcasting announces voluntary buyout program to around 6% of its US workforce — Turner Broadcasting offers voluntary buyouts — Seeking to reduce costs at channels like TNT, TBS, Adult Swim and CNN, Turner Broadcasting today announced a voluntary buyout program for about 6% of its U.S.-based employees.
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Cliff Kuang / Wired:
Instagram releases Hyperlapse app for creating fast, smooth time-lapse videos — Hyperlapse, Instagram's New App, Is Like a $15,000 Video Setup in Your Hand — Today at 10am PST, Instagram is lifting the veil on Hyperlapse, one of the company's first apps outside of Instagram itself.
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, @herr_schulz, Mobile Today, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Gizmodo and Engadget
Amanda Meade / Guardian:
Rupert Murdoch runs News Corp along feudal' lines, Kim Williams says — Former CEO says the Australian newspaper business is ‘vaingloriously ignoring the facts’ and is shackled by outdated management systems — News Corp Australia is a company run along feudal lines which is …
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Yahoo! News and ABC
Andrew Leonard / Salon:
Sorry, everyone: The future of journalism is still up in the air — As a smartphone-obsessed journalist, there was never any doubt that I would click on the headline “How the Smartphone Ushered In a Golden Age of Journalism.” And surprise! In the August issue of Wired, Frank Rose tells us that “journalism ... is holding its own.”
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