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Mary Emily O'Hara / VICE:
The ACLU Is Fighting to Keep Revenge Porn Safe and Legal for Pervs — A federal bill that would criminalize revenge porn is currently on the table, with Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) likely set to introduce it by the year's end. But in order to make it through the crucible of free-speech …
TechCrunch:
Uber Integrates With Spotify To Let Passengers Become Backseat DJs — Uber is adding a new feature to its mobile app that could allow passengers to play DJ while they take a ride with one of its drivers. Thanks to an integration with Spotify, Uber will soon make music a central part of its ride-hailing service.
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New York Times, @tomgara, @mikeisaac, @dmac1, @megan, Business Insider and hypebot
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
The Poynter Institute lost $3.5 million in 2013, makes progress toward new revenue sources — The Poynter Institute filed its financial statement for 2013 with the Internal Revenue Service Friday. It shows a loss of about $3.5 million for that year. — Poynter has taken a number of steps …
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JIMROMENESKO.COM and Poynter
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama seems to oppose Risen jailing — YANGON, Myanmar—President Barack Obama Friday reinforced the perception that a New York Times journalist won't be thrown in jail for refusing to identify his confidential sources for a book that allegedly contained highly classified information provided by a Central Intelligence Agency officer.
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@hunt_collin, USA Today and Associated Press
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Layoffs hit CNBC.com, with about eight people losing jobs — Layoffs at CNBC.com — Layoffs have hit CNBC.com, TVNewser has learned. Around eight staffers have been cut. — At the same time, CNBC.com is adding to the roster. Eric Chemi is joining as senior editor-at-large of Data Journalism.
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Business Insider, BuzzFeed, @kimbhasin, @jeffallenlive and Talking Biz News
Bill Mickey / Folio:
WhoSay Boosts Distribution Through Huffington Post, Flipboard and Tango Partnerships — Celebs can post content directly to media platforms. — Celebrity social posts, whether ill-advised or perfectly orchestrated, are engagement gold. And WhoSay, a distributor of celebrity-provided social content …
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Hollywood Reporter:
DreamWorks Animation and Hasbro End Merger Talks (Exclusive) — Shares of the toymaker fell when Wall Street learned of a potential deal — Hasbro has called off merger negotiations with DreamWorks Animation, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. — The deal chatter, which became public on Wednesday …
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Variety, New York Times, @rwmead and Los Angeles Times
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
SiriusXM Slammed Yet Again As New York Judge Rules in Turtles Lawsuit — The use of pre-1972 sound recordings keeps getting more and more hot — For the third time in as many months, SiriusXM has been rocked with a court ruling over the issue of pre-1972 sound recordings.
David Lieberman / Deadline:
CBS Warns That Its Stations Might Go Dark On Dish Network — Here we go: CBS introduced a web site today warning Dish Network customers that when its carriage deal expires this month the No. 2 satellite company “may drop” the network-owned stations in 14 cities including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Detroit.
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Variety, Los Angeles Times and @tv_agent
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Everyone Fails at Local News Online. Former TechCrunch Boss Eric Eldon Thinks He'll Get It Right. — There are lots of successful tech news sites. Eric Eldon used to run a really big one. — There are barely any successful local news sites. But that's what Eldon is trying do now.
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TechCrunch, @davewiner, @eldon, @ashleymayer, @jacob, Otherwise E, @joshelman, @laurengoode, @weberwest and @rafat
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Nina Mandell / USA Today:
A New York Times story about Florida State was marked as spam on Twitter — The New York Times released a story on Friday about two incidents where Florida State football players were given minor traffic citations instead of being charged with hit-and-runs after abandoning their cars following late-night crashes.
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New York Times, Poynter, New York Times, SI.com, Talking Points Memo, PandoDaily, SBNation.com and abc7.com
Chris Morran / Consumerist:
CBS, Disney, others get court to temporarily block FCC disclosure of how much cable giants pay for programming in merger review — Broadcasters Get Court To Stop Consumers From Seeing How Much Cable Companies Pay For Content — The FCC is currently mulling over whether to give its stamp …
Discussion:
Deadline, @byersalex and Bloomberg
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Disney Movies Anywhere is coming to Walmart's Vudu — Disney Movies Anywhere, the cloud locker service that recently expanded from iOS to Android, is coming to another major retailer: Disney CTO Jamie Voris announced at a company event in Los Angeles Friday that the service will launch …
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