Mediagazer: Venezuela's Press Crackdown Stokes Growth of Online Media (Ezequiel Minaya/Wall Street Journal)

2:30 PM ET, September 9, 2014

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Politico Gearing Up For Europe Expansion — NEW YORK — Politico is planning to expand into Europe through the launch of a new organization based in Brussels, Belgium, the capital of the European Union. — On Monday morning, Politico CEO Jim VandeHei told senior editors that the company's plans …

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Full memo from Politico CEO Jim VandeHei and editor-in-chief John Harris on European expansion — POLITICO partners with Axel Springer for European expansion — POLITICO is teaming up with the Berlin-based media company Axel Springer to launch a European edition.

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Politico partners with German publisher Axel Springer to launch European edition — POLITICO partners with Axel Springer to launch European product — POLITICO will partner with the German media conglomerate Axel Springer to create a European edition of POLITICO, CEO Jim VandeHei informed staff on Tuesday.

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Leo Barraclough / Variety:

21st Century Fox's Chase Carey on Time Warner: 'We've Moved On' — LONDON - “We've moved on,” said Chase Carey, president and chief operating officer of 21st Century Fox, when asked whether there would be a renewed bid for Time Warner at a London TV industry conference Tuesday.

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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:

Steven Sotloff spokesman blasts White House handling — A spokesman for Steven Sotloff's family contends the slain American journalist was sold to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by Syrian rebels and says the Obama administration “could have done more” to save him.

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Ed Mazza / The Huffington Post:

Steven Sotloff Was Sold To ISIS By ‘Moderate’ Rebels, Family Spokesman Tells CNN — Steven Sotloff, the American journalist murdered by Islamic State militants last week, was sold to the terrorist organization by supposedly moderate rebels in Syria, a family spokesman told CNN on Monday night.

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Luisa Beltran / PE HUB:

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Alice Truong / Fast Company:

ISIS-affiliated Twitter account calls for assassination of Twitter employees, Twitter investigating — A now-suspended Twitter account seemingly affiliated with the extremist group ISIS has been calling for the assassination of employees who work at the social network.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

ESPN Films, FiveThirtyEight to Launch 2 Short Documentary Series (Exclusive) — ESPN Films and Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight stats-based journalism blog this fall will roll out a pair of documentary-short series keying off the analytical approach cultivated by FiveThirtyEight …

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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

Esquire uses interstitial ad with donate button on article to benefit James Foley scholarship, partnering with TinyPass and Atavist — Esquire Sets Up Paywall to Benefit James Foley Memorial Fund — Ahead of the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Esquire magazine is putting …

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Lucia Moses / Digiday:

Facebook drops hints that it's eyeing content recommendation, too — Facebook is quietly dropping hits that it may be getting into the content-recommendation game. This should come as no surprise, as Yahoo has launched its own content-recommendation widget and Google is reportedly working one as well.

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Ezequiel Minaya / Wall Street Journal:

Venezuela's Press Crackdown Stokes Growth of Online Media — Digital Alternatives Expand as Newspapers and Broadcasters Struggle — CARACAS, Venezuela—Angel Alayon's Prodavinci.com blog, with its serious political analysis, drew a few dozen readers when he started five years ago.

Brendan Sasso / National Journal:

Netflix to Join ‘Internet Slowdown’ Protest Over Net Neutrality — Your videos won't load slower, but the protest could add more pressure on the FCC to enact tough rules. — If you see a spinning loading icon when you try to watch Netflix videos Wednesday, there isn't a problem with your Internet connection.

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