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8:35 AM ET, November 12, 2014

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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 …
Discussion: ZDNet, The Hill, Engadget, The Verge and Gizmodo
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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 …
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Investors in Cable Deal Fret Over Talk of Broadband Regulation
Discussion: @chillmage, Talking Biz News and Gigaom
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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Brian Womack / Bloomberg:
Yahoo to Buy Video-Ad Service BrightRoll for $640 Million
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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Reuters:
Xiaomi to buy stake in Youku Tudou as part of online video push  —  (Reuters) - Xiaomi Technology Co Ltd [XTC.UL] will acquire a stake in Chinese video streaming firm Youku Tudou Inc (YOKU.N), cementing ties between China's leading smartphone maker and one of the most popular content providers in the video-hungry country.
Discussion: Youko, Bloomberg and Variety
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: @emilybell and @knightlab
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 …
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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
Jane Martinson / Guardian:
BBC Panorama documentary ‘deeply irresponsible’, says Mazher Mahmood  —  Investigative reporter known as the ‘fake sheikh’ says delayed exposé's sources are not credible and it is not in public interest  —  The Sun on Sunday reporter Mazher Mahmood has accused the BBC …
Nic Christensen / mUmBRELLA:
ABC to allow consumers to buy content in its back library through iView  —  The ABC is set to offer consumers the ability to access their favourite programs to buy on iTunes once the"catch up window" has expired on its iView service, from next year.  —  Director of television …
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 …
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.
 
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