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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
In Latest Volley Against Amazon, Hachette's Writers Target Its Board — Amazon is at war with Hachette, and it sometimes seems as if it has always been that way. — As a negotiating tool in the battle, which is over the price of e-books, Amazon is discouraging its customers from buying the publisher's printed books.
WikiLeaks:
WikiLeaks releases copies of FinFisher malware governments reportedly use to spy on media — SpyFiles 4 — Today, 15 September 2014, WikiLeaks releases previously unseen copies of weaponised German surveillance malware used by intelligence agencies around the world to spy on journalists, political dissidents and others.
Elizabeth Jensen / New York Times:
NPR Adds to Live Shows, With Almost 24 Planned — NPR, following the lead of other news and radio organizations, is widely expanding its live stage shows, with a slate of nearly two dozen events planned nationwide in the coming months. — The most ambitious of three “NPR Presents” series …
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David Chazan / Telegraph:
Netflix launches in France to hostile reception — The subscription-based video streaming service launches in France to frosty reception from local media although it is funding Gallic answer to its “House of Cards” series — The American video streaming service Netflix launches …
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The Next Web, Engadget, Reuters, @timmathews, France 24, Variety, @netflixfr and Gigaom
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John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
TWC Makes Dodgers Games Available on Broadcast — Points out that means available to MVPD subs as well — Broadcast and MVPD viewers will get to see the last six games of the Dodgers season, according to Time Warner Cable, which said Monday it had struck a deal with L.A. independent KDOC to air the games.
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The Wrap, LA Observed, Bloomberg, Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Los Angeles Times
Tim Peterson / AdAge:
Flipboard is testing fullscreen video ads; Jack Daniel's and Gucci amongst first advertisers — Flipboard Presses Play on Full-Page Video Ads — Flipboard's brand advertising playbook has culled not only from print magazines but now TV as well. The news-reading service …
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MediaPost, Re/code, Mashable, The Next Web and dotRising
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
BuzzFeed Going Hollywood in a Big Way, Jonah Peretti explains — COLOGNE, Germany - BuzzFeed is quickly growing its video audience to some 400 million monthly views says Jonah Peretti, founder and CEO in this interview with Beet.TV. It has build a substantial Hollywood production center …
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Can Print and Online Content Just Get Along? California Sunday Magazine Hopes So. — In a few weeks, at the beginning of October, a new content effort called California Sunday Magazine will debut aimed at publishing, “thoughtful, reported features and beautiful photography and illustrations set …
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Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Al Jazeera's digital news venture AJ+ launches with a dedicated iPhone app — Al Jazeera is officially unveiling AJ+ and the AJ+ iPhone app, which aims to bring news and context to people who don't watch news on TV anymore. — How can a traditional TV news organization cater to people …
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Digiday, Journalism.co.uk, Talking New Media, MediaPost, The Next Web and Phys.org
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
TMZ's Harvey Levin to Kurtz: Fox Has Been ‘Spoon-fed’ Our Stories for Years — TMZ founder Harvey Levin didn't give an inch in an interview with MediaBuzz's Howard Kurtz Sunday morning, disputing characterizations of his website as a trashy tabloid and dismissing concerns that TMZ paid for videos as par for the course.
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
NYT will run 4 native ads on Mashable — The New York Times has placed a series of native ads on Mashable. It's the first time the news organization has launched a native ad campaign, Times spokesperson Linda Zebian tells Poynter. — The first ad, “11 Inspiring Videos That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity,” ran 5 days ago.
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Mediaite, Mashable, @kristenhare and @jeffjarvis