Mediagazer: Netflix coming to Australia and New Zealand in March 2015 (Owen Williams/The Next Web)

7:25 AM ET, November 19, 2014

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Uber investigating its New York general manager, Josh Mohrer, for tracking Buzzfeed journalist's location without her consent — Uber Is Investigating Its Top New York Executive For Privacy Violations — Uber said Tuesday that it is investigating its top New York executive for tracking …

Rich McCormick / The Verge:

Uber allegedly tracked journalist with internal tool called ‘God View’ — Josh Mohrer reportedly used internal ‘God View’ tool to follow Buzzfeed reporter — Uber is investigating its top New York executive after he was alleged to have tracked a journalist's location without her permission using …

Discussion: Guardian, BuzzFeed and Storify

Nitasha Tiku / Gawker:
Ten good questions Travis Kalanick failed to address in his tweetstorm apology

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

YouTube's Refusal to Remove 20,000 Songs Leads to New Irving Azoff Warning — The standoff involves works by Pharrell Williams and other popular songwriters — YouTube has apparently made the decision not to immediately remove songs composed by popular musicians including The Eagles …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Music Week, Mashable, New York Times, Stereogum and Wall Street Journal

The Age:

ABC cuts: Malcolm Turnbull announces budget reduction of $250 million — The Minister for Communications, Malcolm Turnbull, has detailed a $254 million funding cut to the ABC in a move that could result in job losses and the closure of foreign bureaux. — Mr Turnbull on Wednesday announced …

Discussion: @tazspinzone, TheAustralian, ABC, sbs.com.au, @bernardkeane, @will_ock, @612brisbane, @stephenjonesmp and @byoungbris

Lynn Elber / Associated Press:

Netflix postpones launch of Cosby comedy special — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix says it is postponing Bill Cosby's upcoming standup comedy special. — A spokesperson for the company says it is postponing the launch of “Bill Cosby 77.” This follows accusations that Cosby has sexually assaulted several women.

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Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Johnston Press, Newsquest, and Local World to launch 1XL digital ad platform to better compete with tech companies like Google, Facebook — Johnston Press, Newsquest, Local World take on Facebook and Google — Regional newspaper publishers pool ad space to compete with tech companies such as Facebook, Microsoft and Google

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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

In Shakeup, Time Inc. Names New Publisher of InStyle — Nina Lawrence Succeeds Karin Tracy — Ad Spending for 100 Largest B-to-B Marketers Nears $5 Billion — InStyle magazine has hired Wall Street Journal executive Nina Lawrence to serve as its publisher. She succeeds Karin Tracy, InStyle's publisher since May 2013.

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Sachin Kamdar / Mediashift:

If Publishers Are Going to Harness Data, We Need One Language — The following is a guest post. Read more about MediaShift guest posts here. Almost three years ago I wrote an article about “Why Publishers Are About to Go Data Crazy.” This prediction came true, but the degree that publishers have gone …

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Caysey Welton / Folio:

Meredith Increases Its Bet On Wedding Media — Company adds Mywedding.com to its portfolio. — A month after Meredith announced its licensing agreement with Martha Stewart Ominimedia-which included Martha Stewart Weddings-the company announced it has acquired Mywedding.com.

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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:

Nielsen to Reportedly Measure Netflix and Amazon Viewership — Netflix originals ‘Orange is the New Black’ and ‘House of Cards’ could soon see their viewership outed — One of TV's bigger mysteries may soon be solved. Nielsen Media, the company with the standard measurement of U.S. TV ratings …

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Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

Mashable editor Jim Roberts on how he approaches the news — Jim Roberts, who left the New York Times to become editor-in-chief of Mashable, told a group of journalists that the social element of journalism has become the most important factor in how news is distributed — and also in how it is created

Owen Williams / The Next Web:

Netflix coming to Australia and New Zealand in March 2015 — Netflix made a surprise announcement today that its service will be opening in Australia and New Zealand starting March 2015. — The company said that “users in Australia and New Zealand will be able to subscribe to Netflix …