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11:30 AM ET, October 24, 2014

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
New York Post and Daily News discussed working together; News considering digital-only future  —  A New York tabloid detente that wasn't  —  What if New York City's two tabloids, those famously bloody newsstand warriors, joined forces?  —  Recently, the age-old rivals were considering just that, Capital has learned.
Discussion: FishbowlNY and @joepompeo
Alyssa Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Gamergate and how Internet users think about gaming and harassment  —  I will have some more thoughts on the new Pew Research Center study on online harassment tomorrow.  But I thought it was worth discussing the survey's findings on gaming and harassment separately given the ongoing tsuris over Gamergate.
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Martin Belam / Mirror:
How #GamerGate got the attention of the mainstream media... and crashed and burned  —  It's the long running uncivil war in the video games industry that the mainstream media has woken up and noticed.  And it is not impressed  —  It's traditional for articles about #GamerGate to start …
Knight Foundation:
Vice Media's Shane Smith to receive Knight Innovation Award on Dec. 1 at CUNY media innovation summit  —  VICE Media co-founder and CEO Shane Smith will receive the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's second annual Innovation Award for bringing fresh perspectives and voices to journalism.
Discussion: @shanesmith30
Adrian Chen / Wired:
The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed  —  The campuses of  —  the tech industry are famous for their lavish cafeterias, cushy shuttles, and on-site laundry services.  But on a muggy February afternoon, some of these companies' most important work …
BBC:
A Burmese journalist has been shot dead while trying to escape from custody, the army has said.  —  A Burmese journalist has been shot dead while trying to escape from custody, the army has said.  —  A military statement said that Aung Naing was arrested in Mon state at the end of September …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Deezer Buys Stitcher, Adds 35K Talk Radio Shows And Podcasts To Its Music Platform  —  Deezer, the Paris-based music streaming service that competes against the likes of Spotify and Rdio, is switching up its game in the battle for more differentiation, more users and a higher profile in the U.S …
Discussion: VentureBeat and The Next Web
Jon Swaine / Guardian:
News Corp mulls senior US post for former editor Rebekah Brooks  —  Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is considering a return to the payroll for Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of the Sun and the News of the World, with a senior job in New York.  —  Cleared of phone hacking charges earlier this year …
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Getty Images claims to turn away from controversial copyright tactics, but critics remain  —  Getty Images, which has a reputation for nasty legal tactics, says it's changing its approach to treat infringers as “customers who make a mistake.”  —  What should happen to people who post random pictures to their blog or website?
Discussion: Ars Technica
Guardian:
Jay Rockefeller summons Whisper execs to Capital Hill to answer questions on tracking, privacy  —  Ten privacy questions Whisper should answer for Senate committee  —  Whisper executives have been summoned to Capitol Hill to answer questions about how the app tracks its users
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Guardian Media CEO calls on BBC to share breaking news video feed, open archives; criticizes Australia expansion  —  GMG boss calls on the BBC to open up its content to commercial rivals  —  Andrew Miller criticises the corporation's Australia expansion and urges it to share video feeds of breaking news stories
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Studios to Reap $6.8 Billion From SVOD Syndication in 2015  —  Netflix, Hulu Plus and Amazon Prime are going to be a godsend to Hollywood's major studios in the coming years, if projections issued Thursday from RBC Capital Markets are any indication.  Analyst...
Discussion: @manattdm and @mariaingold
 
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
After suing Imgur over copyright, photographer's archive of 20K+ images uploaded to Pirate Bay
Erik Sass / MediaPost:
Meredith Q3 earnings up 4% on strength of broadcast advertising and retransmission fees from new acquisitions, offsetting magazine losses
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
AMC Networks to Buy 49.9 Percent Stake in BBC America for $200 Million
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Andrew Chung / Reuters:
Broadcasters win preliminary injunction against Aereo
Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Amazon misses with loss of $0.95/share, reports 20% higher YoY Q3 revenues of $20.58B
Discussion: Forbes, USA Today and Bloomberg
Jihii Jolly / Columbia Journalism Review:
How censorship aggravates the challenges of following and verifying news of Hong Kong protests
Rich McCormick / The Verge:
Microsoft ending free Xbox Music streaming Dec. 1; Music Pass still available for $9.99/month
 

 
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
A US judge finds NSO Group liable for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp to spy on 1,400 users and that WhatsApp is entitled to sanctions against NSO

Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI's GPT-5, codenamed Orion, is behind schedule and faces technical hurdles, including high computing costs and limited high-quality training data

 
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