Mediagazer: Vast Majority of Top Films, TV Shows Are Available Legally Online: Study (Todd Spangler/Variety)

11:25 AM ET, September 26, 2014

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Vast Majority of Top Films, TV Shows Are Available Legally Online: Study — Hollywood is delivering more movies and TV shows via legal outlets than ever, although most titles are available for purchase or rental rather than subscription VOD. — As of December 2013, 94% of 808 top films analyzed …

Discussion: SYS-CON MEDIA, IP&TV News and @mpaa

Press Gazette:

Mirror publisher in £125k hacking payouts to Sven, Doctor Who actor, Beckham nanny and three others — Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson (pictured, Reuters) and actor Christopher Eccleston have settled their phone-hacking damages claims for £30,000 each.

Discussion: Guardian, Financial Times, Life Style Extra, Life Style Extra, BBC, Wall Street Journal and The Drum

Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

One secret to the success of Quartz, BuzzFeed and Gawker: They look at news as a service — Most traditional media outlets are used to thinking of journalism or news as something they create and then distribute to a waiting audience — but seeing it as a product or service instead can change …

Craig Silverman / American Press Institute:

The best ways for publishers to build credibility through transparency — As so much in the world of news and information changes, the fundamental bond of trust between journalists and the communities they serve is one of the few things that doesn't. In fact, its importance has grown.

Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:

Dear News Corp & Google: An Open Letter On Their Open Letters To Each Other Over Competition — After media giant News Corp slings accusations at Google, the search & advertising giant pushes back. A close-up on the claims. — Last week, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp sent an open letter …

Discussion: Forbes, Tech Times, Beyond Search, Complete Music Update, smartcompany.com.au and Google Europe Blog

Ed Christman / Billboard:

U.S. Music Revenues Down Nearly 5%, Says RIAA — In the first half of the year, U.S. music revenues shrunk 4.9%, to $3.2 billion, down from the $3.35 billion that the industry tallied in the first half of 2013, according to the RIAA's mid-year report. — Within that, digital music revenue …

Discussion: New York Times, Music Week, Complete Music Update and AllAccess.com

Ben Grubb / Sydney Morning Herald:

Australian Senate clears law enabling Internet monitoring, jail for disclosing classified info — Terror laws clear Senate, enabling entire Australian web to be monitored and whistleblowers to be jailed — Australian spies will soon have the power to monitor the entire Australian internet …

Discussion: Guardian, Guardian, @freakboy3742, ThinkProgress, Freedom of the Press …, Guardian, Mashable, presstv.ir, Techdirt and Ethical Martini

John Plunkett / Guardian:

Digital radio sales fall to six-year low — Consecutive quarterly gowth in digital's share of listening comes to a halt despite cross-industry marketing campaign — ‘Smooth soul man’ D-Love in a BBC ad for digital radio — Digital radio sales have fallen to a six-year low …

Discussion: RAIN News, Radio Ink Magazine and Music Week

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Goodreads updates its iOS app with new home feed, streamlined navigation and improved shelving — Amazon's Goodreads App Finally Gets A Makeover — Goodreads, the social network for book lovers, has at last seen its first major update since Amazon bought the company last March.

Discussion: The Province, Goodreads, Good E-Reader, Engadget and GeekWire

Richard Verrier / Los Angeles Times:

FAA gives drone exemption to Hollywood production firms — Hollywood will soon have a new angle on capturing aerial footage. — The Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday that it has approved exemptions that would allow filmmakers to use “unmanned aircraft systems,” otherwise known as drones.

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

TV Networks Offering More On Demand to Reduce Ad-Skipping — CBS, Fox (FOXA) and the other TV broadcasters are delivering more shows on demand through pay-TV services to wean audiences off digital video recorders, which let viewers skip through commercials. — More ads mean more revenue for the TV industry.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Adam Gartrell / Australian Associated Press:

Tony Abbott and Barack Obama have both personally raised the case of jailed Australian journalist Peter Greste with Egypt's leader. — Abbott, Obama press Egypt on Greste — TONY Abbott and Barack Obama have both personally raised the case of jailed Australian journalist Peter Greste with Egypt's leader.

Discussion: Sydney Morning Herald, ABC, Agence France-Presse, Al Jazeera English, @antloewenstein, TheAustralian and Guardian

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Obama adviser Dan Pfeiffer: media relations are trickier now due to fast news cycle and social media that competes with legacy outlets to set agenda — Top Obama Adviser Dan Pfeiffer Dismisses ‘Fake’ Media Uproar Over ‘Latte Salute’ — NEW YORK — Dan Pfeiffer said Thursday that the president's …

Discussion: @buzzfeedben, @publicdiplo and ABC News