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7:50 AM ET, September 10, 2014

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John Jurgensen / Wall Street Journal:
U2, Apple and the Deal Behind Getting ‘Songs of Innocence’ Free of Charge  —  A decade after releasing “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb,” U2 was front and center in a presentation that could have been called “how to hype a new tech product.”  —  Along with Apple's announcement …
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Peter White / Broadcast:
Viacom closes £450m deal for Channel 5  —  Viacom has closed its £450m acquisition of free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5 and confirmed that programming chief Ben Frow and chief operating officer Paul Dunthorne will stay with the business.  The deal, which was announced at the start of May …
Discussion: MarketWatch
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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Reuters:
Axel Springer CEO Mathias Doepfner wants to double profits, seeks to buy new assets
Discussion: Poynter
Ben Woods / The Next Web:
Grooveshark no longer supports Chromecast following RIAA claim it infringes artists' copyright  —  Grooveshark's streaming music and radio service no longer supports casting to the big screen via Google's Chromecast dongle.  —  While support to cast “content licensed from thousands of artists …
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo! News:
In high-tech battle, Washington and Islamic State compete over hearts and minds  —  Yahoo News 4 hrs ago  —  While President Obama prepares to lay out his military strategy on Wednesday to bomb, “degrade” and ultimately “defeat” the Islamic State, U.S. government officials are already locked in an intense …
Discussion: @isikoff and @isikoff
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Alice Truong / Fast Company:
ISIS-affiliated Twitter account calls for assassination of Twitter employees, Twitter investigating
Capital New York:
The 60-second interview: Kevin Roose, writer, New York Magazine  —  ROOSE: It's something I used to struggle with.  Silicon Valley is much thinner-skinned than Wall Street, and it's less accustomed to criticism.  So you write something mildly negative about a tech company, and suddenly your emails aren't getting returned.
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Celebrity gossip site TMZ extends reach and earns some credibility with scoops on NFL scandals  —  TMZ Broke Ray Rice, Donald Sterling and Jameis Winston Stories in 10-Month Span  —  Last November, TMZ broke the news that the Heisman Trophy candidate Jameis Winston was being investigated …
Andy / TorrentFreak:
BBC: ISPs Should Assume Heavy VPN Users are Pirates  —  After cutting its teeth as a domestic broadcaster, the BBC is spreading its products all around the globe.  Shows like Top Gear have done extremely well overseas and the trend of exploiting other shows in multiple territories is set to continue.
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Wordpress uses Hall of Shame to highlight people, companies overzealous with takedown notices  —  WordPress shames Janet Jackson for bullying bloggers and issues a new takedown report  —  Powerful celebrities and companies are bullying some of the millions of bloggers who use …
Joe Parkinson / Wall Street Journal:
Turkey Tightens Grip Over the Internet  —  Government Augments Its Web Censorship to More Quickly Block Content  —  Turkey tightened control over the Internet and expanded the powers of its telecoms authority, augmenting the government's web censorship regime to allow it to more quickly block content without legal delays.
T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
Reddit uses “free speech” to defend the site's unsavory uses while ignoring the victims  —  Reddit is a failed state  —  The “front page of the internet” is run by warlords  —  As Reddit trips over itself trying to contain its stolen nude photo problem, CEO Yishan Wong finally addressed …
Discussion: The Awl and @ma_franks
 
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