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Judge Rules Against Grooveshark in Copyright Infringement Case — In the music industry's second big legal victory in a week, a federal judge in New York ruled on Monday that Grooveshark, an online music service long vilified by the major record companies, infringed on thousands of their copyrights.

Discussion: Reuters, TorrentFreak, Engadget, @pkafka, @xor, @managingip, VentureBeat, Music Week and Billboard

New York Times:

Netflix, Weinstein Co. to simultaneously release “Crouching Tiger” sequel on Netflix and IMAX — With ‘Crouching Tiger’ Sequel, Netflix Takes Aim at Hollywood — In a first deal of its kind, Netflix and the Weinstein Company said Monday that they planned to release next year's sequel …

Discussion: Variety, Deadline, Inside Movies, The Verge, TVbytheNumbers, Re/code, Bloomberg, @netflix, Engadget, BBC, Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap and The Huffington Post

Peter Sterne / Capital New York:

The Toast hires Roxane Gay to lead new sister site ‘The Butter’ — The Toast, the women's site co-founded by Mallory Ortberg and Nicole Cliffe, has hired author Roxane Gay to lead a new sister site called The Butter, Toast publisher Nick Pavich told Capital.

Discussion: @jessicavalenti, @nyashajunior, @kameronhurley, @catagator, @julesdwit, @rgay, @thetomasrios, @imjasondiamond, @shrillcosby, @jessicakroy and @petersterne

News Corp:

News Corp to acquire US online real estate business Move Inc for $950M — News Corp To Acquire Move, Inc. — New York, NY (September 30, 2014) - News Corp and Move, Inc. ("Move") announced today that News Corp has agreed to acquire Move, a leading online real estate business that brings consumers …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Reuters and @raju

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

BSkyB leads $10M investment in native ad startup Sharethrough — Native Ad Startup Sharethrough Raises $10 Million — Sharethrough, an advertising startup that specializes in “native ads,” has raised $10 million in new venture funding. The round was led by British Sky Broadcasting …

Discussion: TechCrunch, Sky News, The Drum and Sharethrough

Ben Sisario / New York Times:

eMusic will no longer offer songs from big labels, focusing only on indies starting Oct. 1 — EMusic Returns to Indie Roots Amid Shift in Online Market — EMusic, a pioneering digital music store that has struggled to find its place in the rapidly shifting online market, has changed directions again.

Discussion: Complete Music Update, Engadget and Gigaom

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

In UK, sting operation by political blogger triggers debate about journalism ethics — Two papers rejected sting operation on Tory MP by Guido Fawkes reporter — The sting operation that caused a Tory minister to resign was masterminded by a reporter who works for the Guido Fawkes political blog …

Discussion: Guardian, Daily Mail, UK - The Huffington Post, The Week UK, Telegraph, The Independent and The Times

Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:

Japan's SoftBank Eyes Stake in Legendary as DreamWorks Animation Talks Break Down — CEO Masayoshi Son has been negotiating with Thomas Tull's studio on a track separate from DWA talks — Japanese giant SoftBank has backpedaled from an active negotiation to acquire DreamWorks Animation, but it is not done shopping in Hollywood.

Discussion: New York Times, The Wrap, Deadline, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, smartcompany.com.au, Variety, Guardian, SlashGear and Bloomberg

BBC:

UK parody copyright law to come into effect October 1 — Parody copyright laws set to come into effect — Changes to UK legislation are to come into force later this week allowing the parody of copyright works. — Under current rules, there has been a risk of being sued for breach …

Discussion: The Independent and Plagiarism Today

Deron Lee / Columbia Journalism Review:

How Iowa reporters are teaming up to cover a tight Senate race — Eight papers use a new transparency tool to get a handle on the political ad wars — PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KS — Politics has long been a key beat for Iowa media. But today, political campaigns in the Hawkeye State …

Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:

MetaFilter, launched in 1999, recovers from traffic drop, updates UI, but still struggles with revenue — Web 1.0 dinosaur Metafilter modernizes, slowly — MetaFilter calls to mind a bygone Internet age. Launched in 1999, the quaintly self-styled “community weblog” …

Discussion: @digiday

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

The Guardian has a new format for liveblogs to make them more readable — The Guardian has a new setup for its liveblogs that aims to fix some of their eternal problems — chief among them that they're great for in-the-moment following along, but cryptic and unnavigable after the fact:

Discussion: Capital New York and Guardian beta