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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
John Cook leaves the Intercept — Intercept Editor-in-Chief John Cook is leaving the publication and returning to Gawker Media to run investigations, a source at Gawker tells Poynter. Cook was previously editor of Gawker. — Vanity Fair's Sarah Ellison first reported Cook's departure and new job.
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@erikwemple, @mlcalderone, @huffpostmedia, @michaelroston, @lvdjgarcia, @lvdjgarcia and @jamesliamcook
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New York Times:
NYT responds to Chinese President Xi: The Times won't alter its coverage to meet the demands of any government — A Response to President Xi Jinping — During their summit meeting in Beijing, President Obama and President Xi Jinping of China made much of their agreement to ease visa restrictions …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
NYT correspondents overextending time in China over fears their colleagues won't get new visas
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Poynter, New York Times, @comradewong, @panphil, @prchovanec and Fox News
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
At press conference with Obama, China leader lectures U.S. media
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Sony launches PlayStation Vue web-based TV service with all major broadcast and some cable networks, testing in NYC with broad rollout in Q1 2015 — Sony to Introduce Web-Based TV Service — Sony is pressing play on a new web-based television service that represents an attempt to transform …
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Kate Holton / Reuters:
BSkyB's price tag for Europe deal rises to 6.9 billion pounds — (Reuters) - BSkyB (BSY.L) said on Wednesday the price for acquiring Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland (SKYDn.DE) had risen to 6.9 billion pounds after a greater number of investors signed up for the German offer than expected.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BSkyB to be rebranded as Sky after takeover of European sister companies — New company, which drops words ‘British’ and ‘Broadcasting’ from name, has £11bn in revenues and 20 million customers — BSkyB is to scrap the word “British” from its branding after almost 25 years …
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Variety, @benfenton, Advanced Television and Life Style Extra
Michael Cader / Publishers Lunch:
Amazon Resumes Hachette Pre-Orders and Restores Some Discounts — For the first time since late May, Amazon customers can pre-order a wide range of titles from Hachette Book Group, covering books set to release soon (such as Kevin Pietersen's AUTOBIOGRAPHY, publishing December 1) …
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@sarahw
Capital New York:
Q&A with Chorie Sicha on The Awl's redesign, paying writers, and banner ads — The 60-second interview: Choire Sicha, co-founder, The Awl network — CAPITAL: The Awl's website relaunched yesterday. How long has this redesign been in the works? Why was this a good time for the site to be upgraded?
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@haleymlotek, @jakeswearingen and @choire
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.
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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 Erdogan on Twitter — A prosecutor from the Anatolia Courthouse has opened a criminal case against well-known Turkish …
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Ece Toksabay / Reuters:
Turkish state TV fined for favoring Erdogan in election coverage
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Today's Zaman …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Henry Blodget Interview About Jeff Bezos Business Insider Investment — 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?
The Huffington Post:
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 …
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Amy Schatz / Re/code:
No Net Neutrality Rules Until 2015 as Disagreements About Plan Continue
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USA Today, Reuters and Electronista
Jack Dickey / TIME:
Taylor Swift's label says she earned less than $500K for domestic streaming the past 12 months; Spotify says it paid her $2M for global streaming in that period — Taylor Swift's Spotify Paycheck Mystery — Spotify and Swift's record label provide new figures to defend themselves …
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Business Insider, TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, Digital Spy, Page Six, Gizmodo, @cullend, @brianstelter, CNNMoney.com, CNET, Associated Press, Variety and Rolling Stone
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.
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The Daily Beast, Gawker, @elongreen and Our Bad Media
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Former Live Nation chairman and founder of Global Music Rights Irving Azoff threatens to remove 20K copyrighted works from YouTube — Irving Azoff Threatens to Yank 20,000 Songs from YouTube (Exclusive) — The industry heavyweight, representing Pharrell Williams and others …
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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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YouTube Blog, New York Times, TechCrunch, Re/code, ReadWrite, VatorNews, Gigaom, Electronista, CNBC, @guythompson, TIME, The Next Web, VentureBeat, BBC, ABC News, Billboard, Los Angeles Times, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, TechRadar.com, @reckless, Variety and hypebot
Patrick Kingsley / Guardian:
Egypt decree could lead to release of jailed Australian al-Jazeera journalist — Ruling on deportation of foreign prisoners raises hopes that Peter Greste could be freed before the end of his sentence — Jailed al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste could be returned to Australia before the end …
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
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