Mediagazer: NBA and ESPN plan streaming service for regular season games, no cable subscription required (Wall Street Journal)

11:15 AM ET, October 6, 2014

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Sun makes official complaint over police use of Ripa against journalists

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Nick Craven / Daily Mail:
Police used anti-terror laws to seize Mail on Sunday's phone records to track protected source

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

Bloomberg Politics launches with splashy website, feature on Jeb Bush's presidential ambitions — Bloomberg Politics kicks off — Bloomberg's new politics vertical kicked off on Sunday with a splashy new website and features, including a piece about Jeb Bush's presidential ambitions …

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Wall Street Journal:

NBA and ESPN plan streaming service for regular season games, no cable subscription required — NBA Reaches Long Term Rights Deals with Disney, Time Warner — The National Basketball Association reached long-term media rights deals with ESPN majority-owner Walt Disney Co …

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Carol Morello / Washington Post:

Iran frees wife of Post's Tehran correspondent, but he remains in custody — An Iranian journalist detained in Iran since July along with her husband, The Washington Post's bureau chief in Tehran, has been released from custody, a family member said Sunday.

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Derek Mead / Motherboard:

Adrianne Jeffries named Managing Editor of Motherboard's English sites — Hey, Look Who's Joining Motherboard — Motherboard's editorial team has grown by one more: Adrianne Jeffries starts this week as managing editor for our English sites. As it stands, I'm proud to work with our killer team …

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Lene Bech Sillesen / Columbia Journalism Review:

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David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik:

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Amadou Diallo / Forbes:

FCC pauses Comcast-TWC merger review until Oct. 29, says responses from cable cos inadequate — Comcast Merger Review Put On Hold By FCC — In a public letter to Comcast and Time Warner Cable executives, the FCC announced that it is hitting the pause button on its review of the proposed $45 billion merger.