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Wall Street Journal:
Investors in Cable Deal Fret Over Talk of Broadband Regulation — Share Prices Fall Following Obama's Call for New Rules — President Barack Obama's call Monday for expanded broadband regulation added to mounting investor angst over the fate of Comcast Corp. 's $45 billion planned acquisition of Time Warner Cable Inc.
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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 …
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New York Times, New York Times, @jonlovett, Vox 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.
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@rakeshlobster, @gizmodo, @nxthompson, @willmcavoyacn, @isaach, @jmcduling, Ars Technica, TIME, The Hill, @shaliniwsj, @buzzfeedben, Gizmodo, @chillmage and @tomgara
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.
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TechCrunch, Re/code, VentureBeat, The Wrap, App Advice, Plagiarism Today, USA Today, CNET, Gigaom, Gizmodo, Fast Company, Business Insider, The Next Web, Mashable and blogs.ft.com
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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 …
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.
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Lost Remote, @brianstelter, Quartz, @moorehn, Talking Biz News, @antderosa, @digiday and @bbcsteveh
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Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:
Reuters announces on-demand Reuters TV to launch in 2015
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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.
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Yahoo, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, MediaPost, Adweek, Broadcasting & Cable, @rbilton, Guardian, The Drum, Tech Trader Daily, Business Insider, Variety, Mashable and The Next Web
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 …
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Gawker, Guardian, Politico and New York Magazine
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 …
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The Wrap, AdAge, Business Insider, @rafat, Variety and Hollywood Reporter
Bill Mickey / Folio:
Penton Rebrands Itself as Information Services Business — Events, marketing services and digital are biggest revenue-makers. — Whatever happened to “publisher”? Across the market that term is being retired in favor of descriptors that refer to emerging lines of business that are quickly overtaking the print platform.
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.
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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 …
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@dada_drummer, @tehshrike, @davidegreenwald, HITC, hypebot and The Verge
Jack Shafer:
Government officials impersonating reporters will further erode public trust in journalism — Stop or I'll write! Why cops shouldn't fake being reporters. — Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James B. Comey waved his truncheon at the New York Times last week in a concise letter of protest addressed to the paper's editor.
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