Mediagazer: BBC mulls paying local newspapers for content and fund to pay for court reporting (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)

12:20 AM ET, November 12, 2014

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Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:

Comcast agrees with Obama on net neutrality, except for the legal bit — You have to admire the chutzpah: a day after President Obama jolted the telecom industry with a bold announcement on net neutrality, Comcast declared that it agrees with him. — Comcast agrees with Obama on net neutrality …

Discussion: Techdirt, New York Times, New York Times, Vox, @jonlovett and @tcarmody

David L. Cohen / Comcast Voices:

Being for net neutrality and against Title II is completely consistent — Surprise! We Agree with the President's Principles on Net Neutrality: Reiterating Our Strong Support for the Open Internet — Yesterday, the President outlined his plan for a free and open Internet.

Discussion: TIME, @gizmodo, @shaliniwsj, @buzzfeedben, Gizmodo, @nxthompson, @chillmage, @rakeshlobster, The Hill, @isaach, @willmcavoyacn, @tomgara, @jmcduling and Ars Technica

Wall Street Journal:
Investors in Cable Deal Fret Over Talk of Broadband Regulation

Discussion: @chillmage, Talking Biz News, New York Times and USA Today

Daniel Ek / Spotify Blog:

Spotify has paid music industry $2B to date, $1B since last year; has 12.5M paying subscribers; top artists to exceed $6M/year in payments — $2 Billion and Counting — Taylor Swift is absolutely right: music is art, art has real value, and artists deserve to be paid for it.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Re/code, App Advice, VentureBeat, USA Today, Plagiarism Today, CNET, Businessweek, Gizmodo, The Wrap, The Next Web, Gigaom, Business Insider, Fast Company, Mashable and blogs.ft.com

Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Chief Defends Spotify After Snub by Taylor Swift — Spotify is the future. Spotify is the enemy. Spotify doesn't pay enough. Spotify is music's best bet for revenue growth. — Since it arrived in the United States from Sweden in 2011, Spotify has been cast as both hero and villain …

Discussion: Quartz, @hilaryr, @pkafka, VatorNews, Techdirt, RAIN News, Electronista and BBC

Robert Cookson / Financial Times:

YouTube signs with indie labels through rights agency Merlin, setting the stage for a subscription streaming service — YouTube has struck a deal to license music from the thousands of independent record labels represented by the rights agency Merlin, setting the stage for the launch of its long-awaited subscription service.

Discussion: Gigaom, Gizmodo, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, Mashable and Tech Trader Daily

Eric Blattberg / Digiday:

Reuters TV aims to personalize news broadcasts — With Reuters TV, a smart video app for news junkies, Reuters is once again trying to establish itself as a consumer brand. — The news giant unveiled Reuters TV at a Monday night soiree in its Times Square headquarters.

Discussion: Lost Remote, @brianstelter, Quartz, @moorehn, Talking Biz News, @antderosa, @digiday and @bbcsteveh

Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:
Reuters announces on-demand Reuters TV to launch in 2015

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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:

Jonah Lehrer working on book about digital life … NEW YORK (AP) — Jonah Lehrer, the best-selling author whose career was derailed after he acknowledged fabricating Bob Dylan quotes, is collaborating on a book about virtual life. — Portfolio announced Tuesday that it had acquired …

Discussion: Gawker, Guardian, New York Magazine and Politico

Bloomberg:

Will Ferrell's Funny Or Die Said to Consider Sale — Funny or Die, the comedy website founded by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy, hired a financial adviser to evaluate options including a possible sale, people with knowledge of the matter said. — The site is working …

Discussion: The Wrap, AdAge, @rafat, Business Insider, Variety and Hollywood Reporter

Brian Womack / Bloomberg:

Yahoo to Buy Video-Ad Service BrightRoll for $640 Million — Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) is buying video-advertising service BrightRoll Inc. for about $640 million in cash, seeking to boost marketing tools amid a turnaround effort by Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer.

Discussion: Yahoo, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Mashable, Guardian, MediaPost, Adweek, Tech Trader Daily, @rbilton, Business Insider, The Drum, The Next Web and Variety

Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:

Showtime, Starz Join Chromecast Lineup — Streaming Adapter Also Optimized For ‘Family-Friendly’ Games — Google's Chromecast streaming adapter plunged more into the TV Everywhere pool with optimizations for authenticated apps from two top premium programmers - Showtime and Starz.

Discussion: Google Chrome Blog, TechCrunch, Re/code, Gigaom and New York Times

Stuart Dredge / Guardian:

Bandcamp to help musicians launch their own subscription services — Artists will be able to set their own price, release exclusive songs and send messages to their keenest fans — Bandcamp launched in 2008 as a way for musicians to run their own online stores selling their music …

Discussion: @dada_drummer, HITC, @davidegreenwald, @tehshrike, The Verge and hypebot

Robert Patrick / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

ACLU lawsuit says journalist was arrested for photographing police during Ferguson protest — • By Robert Patrick rpatrick@post-dispatch.com 314-621-5154 — ST. LOUIS • A Turkish journalist sued the St. Louis County police Monday, claiming he was thrown to the pavement …

Discussion: Courthouse News Service, ACLU-EM News, St. Louis Business Journal and Boing Boing