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Washington Post:
FCC's Tom Wheeler signals split with Obama on net neutrality: “I am an independent agency” — The FCC weighs breaking with Obama over the future of the Internet — Hours after President Obama called for the Federal Communications Commission to pass tougher regulations …
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David L. Cohen / Comcast Voices:
Being for net neutrality and against Title II is completely consistent
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Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Comcast agrees with Obama on net neutrality, except for the legal bit
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New York Times, Techdirt, @jonlovett, @tcarmody, New York Times and Vox
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
CNN Digital gets a new executive team — CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker announced new leadership for its CNN Digital team Wednesday morning. — Andrew Morse, who oversees domestic newsgathering as S.V.P. for CNN US, will also now oversee editorial and operations for CNN Digital as well, adding the title of G.M.
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TVNewser, FishbowlDC, Wall Street Journal, Broadcasting & Cable, @raju and CNN
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Twice-delayed Panorama on Mazher Mahmood set to go out tonight - 'One day he'll thank me' says programme source — Facebook Like — Tweet Widget — Panorama's twice-postponed investigation of Sun reporter Mazher Mahmood is set go ahead tonight at 8.30pm.
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Jane Martinson / Guardian:
BBC Panorama documentary ‘deeply irresponsible’, says Mazher Mahmood
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Guardian, @meiriontweets and International Business Times
Reuters:
Top Yahoo shareholders, unhappy with Marissa Mayer, make direct plea to AOL CEO Tim Armstrong to explore merger — Exclusive: Some unhappy Yahoo investors asking AOL for rescue — (Reuters) - At least two top-10 Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) shareholders are so unhappy with Chief Executive Marissa …
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Clifford Coonan / Hollywood Reporter:
Chinese mobile phone maker Xiaomi invests $300M in Baidu's online video site, iQiyi — China's Xiaomi to Invest $300 Million in Baidu's Online Site iQiyi — Xiaomi has also partnered with Youku Tudou to jointly invest in the production and distribution of online video content and movies
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YIBADA, ZDNet, WantChinaTimes.com, China Money Network, Variety and TechCrunch
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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, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Toronto Sun, Hollywood Reporter, Tubefilter, Business Insider, VideoInk, @rafat, Variety and Hollywood Reporter
Guardian:
BBC is considering a commercial subsidiary that could include flagship show Panorama — Panorama could be split from BBC in shakeup — Flagship show and parts of current affairs could be moved out of corporation into commercial subsidiary — The BBC is considering moving flagship show Panorama …
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Guardian, broadcastnow.co.uk and @davidjhendy
Mark Joyella / TVNewser:
ABC News Sent 10 Million Election Day Push Alerts While Avoiding ‘Extreme Overkill’ — On Election Day, ABC News sent a staggering 10 million push alerts to users of the ABC News app who'd signed up for alerts. Peter Roybal, Head of Mobile for ABC News, knew full well that volume of information risked extreme overkill.
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SocialTimes, TVSpy and Lost Remote
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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RAIN News, Billboard, Music Ally, Tone Deaf, @davidegreenwald, @dada_drummer, @tehshrike, HITC, The Verge, hypebot, Electronista and Fast Company
Sudarshan Varadhan / Reuters:
Tribune shareholder urges asset sale, share buyback — A minority shareholder in Tribune Publishing Co urged the company to sell non-core assets and buy back shares, saying the publisher of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune was undervalued. — Engine Capital LP …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
MPAA launches WhereToWatch site, listing legal movie and TV streams in continued fight against piracy — Here's Another Movie and TV Search Site. This One's From Hollywood. — There are so many places to find movies and TV shows. They're on TV! They're on the Internet!
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Variety, Broadcasting & Cable, Business Insider, Engadget, Los Angeles Times and The Next Web
Belfast Telegraph:
UK Culture Secretary promises greater press protections in proposed British Bill of Rights — Rights Bill to protect journalists — Culture Secretary Sajid Javid has promised protection for the free press in a new British Bill of Rights — Legislation introduced to fight serious crime …
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Guardian, Guardian, Daily Mail, Telegraph, George Brock and RT
Susan E. McGregor / Nieman Lab:
Mesh networks and offline wireless tools could help news orgs to deliver news without the web — Can mesh networks and offline wireless move from protest tools to news? — In the rush to get from here to there, not many travelers in Boston's South Station are likely to notice …
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@emilybell, @lifewinning and @knightlab
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