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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
John Cook out as First Look Media's Intercept EIC, will return to Gawker Media to run investigations — John Cook leaves The Intercept — Intercept Editor-in-Chief John Cook is leaving the publication and returning to Gawker Media to run investigations, an individual with knowledge of the hire tells Poynter.
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, PlayStation Vue — Sony is pressing play on a new web-based television service that represents …
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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, Inside Higher Ed and Fox News
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
At press conference with Obama, China leader lectures U.S. media
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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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Michael Cader / Publishers Lunch:
Amazon Resumes Limited Hachette Pre-Orders and Restores Some Discounts — For the first time since late May, Amazon customers can pre-order at least some titles from Hachette Book Group — principally Little, Brown books, set for imminent release (such as Kevin Pietersen's AUTOBIOGRAPHY …
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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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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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@pieratt, @jayrosen_nyu, @haleymlotek, @jakeswearingen and @choire
Ashby Jones / Wall Street Journal:
Appeals Court to Take Another Look at ‘Innocence of Muslims’ Copyright Ruling — A federal appeals court is revisiting an earlier decision to order Google Inc. to take down a controversial YouTube video in which an actress was unwittingly portrayed making anti-Muslim statements.
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Ars Technica, Los Angeles Times, Variety and Hollywood Reporter
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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TechCrunch, Business Insider, The Next Web, Electronista, The Verge, Page Six, Gizmodo, @cullend, @brianstelter, Engadget, Digital Spy, CNNMoney.com, Associated Press, CNET, Variety and Rolling Stone
Andrew Golis / Medium:
Medium launches This., one-link-a-day sharing network, in invite-only beta — Make “This.” Yours — We launched the beta of This. today. Which is pretty great. — This. is a site we've been building to help people find and share the web's best stories, ideas and arguments.
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?
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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@wexler
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Ece Toksabay / Reuters:
Turkish state TV fined for favoring Erdogan in election coverage
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Today's Zaman …
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
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, @elongreen, Gawker 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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RAIN News
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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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