Mediagazer: Google, Spotify, & Pandora bet a computer could generate a better playlist than you can (Jordan Novet/VentureBeat)

11:30 PM ET, November 12, 2014

Top News:

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Tells Silicon Valley He's Open To Obama Net Neutrality Plan — WASHINGTON - On Monday, President Barack Obama went public with his support of an aggressive approach to protecting net neutrality. Shortly after that, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler told …

Discussion: Medium, TechCrunch, Variety, @jamieson, @reedfrich, @mmasnick, @amy_schatz, @froomkin, Mother Jones, @gigibsohnfcc, @gigibsohnfcc and The Hill

Amy Schatz / Re/code:
No Net Neutrality Rules Until 2015 as Disagreements About Plan Continue

Discussion: Reuters and Electronista

Washington Post:
FCC's Tom Wheeler signals split with Obama on net neutrality: “I am an independent agency”

Today's Zaman:

Turkish journalist Mehmet Baransu faces sentence of 2 to 7 years on charges of insulting President Erdogan on Twitter — Journalist Baransu faces 7 years for insulting Erdoan on Twitter — A prosecutor from the Anatolia Courthouse has opened a criminal case against well-known Turkish …

Discussion: @wexler

Ece Toksabay / Reuters:

Turkish state TV fined for favoring Erdogan in election coverage — (Reuters) - Turkey's state-run broadcaster has been penalized for favoring President Tayyip Erdogan in its coverage of the country's first popular vote for head of state, the national election board said on Wednesday.

Discussion: Today's Zaman …

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

How Henry Blodget Convinced Jeff Bezos to Give Him Millions — Back in the first tech bubble, Henry Blodget became famous by betting big on Jeff Bezos. Now Bezos has bet on Blodget, by putting his own money — twice — into Blodget's Business Insider site. — How'd that happen? And why'd that happen?

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Irving Azoff Threatens to Yank 20,000 Songs from YouTube (Exclusive) — The industry heavyweight, representing Pharrell Williams and others, believes that YouTube hasn't made all necessary deals for its new subscription service and is prepared to take his clients off of the YouTube ecosystem

Casey Newton / The Verge:
YouTube announces YouTube Music Key subscription service; free invite-only beta starts Monday, will cost $7.99/month after 6 months

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:

At press conference with Obama, China leader lectures U.S. media — BEIJING — Moments of high drama played out at President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping's joint press conference here Wednesday, as the Chinese leader appeared to be snubbing the U.S. by ignoring …

Discussion: The Hill, Committee to Protect …, The Huffington Post, NY Daily News, Washington Post, @dloesch, @mikiebarb, ABC News, Mediaite and New York Times

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
New York Times editor on China visa problem: 'We're a little bit hostages'

Discussion: New York Times, @comradewong, @panphil and @prchovanec

David Lieberman / Deadline:

DreamWorks Animation & Hasbro In Merger Talks; Deal With Hearst Looming — EXCLUSIVE: DreamWorks Animation is deeply engaged in two potentially game changing negotiations that could transform the company — including one with Hasbro to forge a family entertainment powerhouse to be called DreamWorks-Hasbro.

Discussion: New York Times, Business Insider, @rwmead, @vfxsoldier and @lucas_shaw

Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:

Chicago Tribune managing editor leaves to pursue personal interests — Jane Hirt, who helped lead the Chicago Tribune newsroom through the dark days of bankruptcy and into an unfolding digital future, is stepping down as managing editor to pursue personal interests, the Tribune announced Wednesday.

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Sudarshan Varadhan / Reuters:
Tribune shareholder urges asset sale, share buyback

Discussion: PR Newswire

Marc Graser / Variety:

Live Nation, Vice Media Form Digital Platform for Music Programming — Live Nation Entertainment and Vice Media have formed a joint venture to produce and distribute music programming on digital platforms. — The new digital network will launch in early 2015, and feature hundreds of hours …

Discussion: AdAge, @withdrake, Tubefilter and Reuters

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.

Discussion: TVNewser, Wall Street Journal, FishbowlDC, Variety, CNN, Broadcasting & Cable and @raju

Nicole Levy / Capital New York:

Time launches The Vault, giving subscribers online access to every magazine since 1923 — Time.com opens its ‘Vault’ — Is 2014 the year of the legacy media archive? — In May, The Nation launched a blog called “Back Issues” that highlights selections from its 149 years of weekly publication.

Discussion: The Nation and New Yorker

Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:

Kickstarter-funded Latterly, an online mag for narrative journalism, to launch this month — Stories not ‘clicks’: new online magazine won't monitor web traffic, say founders — Latterly, an ad-free publication for narrative journalism, will finance itself through crowdfunding and user subscriptions

Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:

Google, Spotify, & Pandora bet a computer could generate a better playlist than you can — Google, Pandora, and Spotify haven't exactly advertised it, but they are all working on using a type of artificial intelligence called “deep learning” to make a better music playlist for you.

Discussion: @benschrauwen and @ylecun

Bill Adair / Poynter:

Ben Smith, @crushingbort and @blippoblappo talk about plagiarism — I teach a journalism ethics class at Duke University that focuses on issues of trust. I spend about half the semester exploring the pros and cons of anonymous sourcing, the other half on plagiarism and fabrication.

Discussion: @elongreen, Gawker and Our Bad Media

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

Discussion: YIBADA, Variety, WantChinaTimes.com, China Money Network, ZDNet and TechCrunch