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Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Nielsen says it has issued faulty ratings data since March — Nielsen, which controls almost all of the television ratings measurement market, says that a technical error resulted in the company issuing incorrect TV ratings for national broadcast networks. — The error was introduced in March …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Nielsen Says It Screwed Up - But Its Fix Won't Help TV's Real Ratings Problems — Good news for the TV guys: Nielsen says its recent ratings, which have shown a worrisome slide for programmers, are wrong, and it's going to fix them. — Bad news for the TV guys: Nielsen says its fix won't fix that slide.
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Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
Guardian forms new editorial teams to enhance digital output — Visual journalism, data journalism and audience development teams are all being restructured under plans from new executive editor for digital Aron Pilhofer — Credit: Michael Bruntonspall on Flickr. Some rights reserved
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Capital New York, @brianboyer, @editoryp_yep, @niemanlab and @tylrfishr
Barry Levine / VentureBeat:
Online magazine StoryBy launches, will share two-thirds of its revenue from affiliate links and advertorials with contributors — New StoryBy online magazine shares most of its revenue with storytellers — Above: A sample screen from the system-generated Travel section in the StoryBy online magazine.
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10,000 Words, @storybymedia and @hattery
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Circa's David Cohn joins Al Jazeera's mobile-focused AJ+ as executive producer — Another win for the millennials: AJ+ hires Circa's Chief Content Officer David Cohn — Al Jazeera's AJ+ venture has landed a bit of a coup by hiring Circa's Chief Content Officer David Cohn to lead its audience engagement team.
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
David Plotz seeks investors for Atlas Obscura, the new Nat Geo (or, 'Nice Vice') — When David Plotz stepped down as editor in chief of Slate in July, he didn't know what his next project would be. — Yesterday, Plotz announced on Twitter that he has taken a new job as chief executive of Atlas Obscura …
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Washington Post, @benadair, FishbowlNY and American Press Institute
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon is talking with Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, and Universal about joining Ultraviolet digital movie sharing consortium — Amazon in Talks to Join Digital Locker for Movies — E-Commerce Giant Might Come on Board With Studios' Cloud-Access System — Amazon.com Inc. is in talks …
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Hollywood Reporter, The Verge and Electronista
Robin Emmott / Reuters:
European Commission clears Ziggo-Liberty Global deal — The European Commission said on Friday it approved Liberty Global's takeover of Dutch peer Ziggo but the U.S. cable TV provider must end limits on broadcasters' freedom to offer programmes on the Internet.
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Richard Smirke / Billboard:
British Lawmaker Publishes Detailed Report on Copyright Education — Mike Weatherley, the British Prime Minister's adviser on intellectual property, has published a comprehensive report on promoting copyright education and awareness. — Entitled “Copyright Education and Awareness,” …
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Music Week
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Google has evaluated 498K URLs for removal under European laws since May, has removed 41.8% — European privacy requests for search removals — In a May 2014 ruling, Google Spain v AEPD and Mario Costeja González, the Court of Justice of the European Union found that individuals …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
21st Century Fox and Apollo Seal Deal to Merge Shine, Endemol and Core — 21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management have finalized the joint venture that will create a global production powerhouse comprised of Shine Group, Endemol and Core Media Group. — The roll up of the three …
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The Wrap, Reuters, USA Today and Media & Entertainment
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Disney CEO on unbundling: It'll cost you — Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Bob Iger — At the VF New Establishment Summit Disney boss Bob Iger isn't afraid of cable unbundling. — Iger, whose magical kingdom includes ESPN and its many sister channels, admitted the sports programming powerhouse …