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10:35 AM ET, November 19, 2014

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BuzzFeed:
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 …
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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 …
Nitasha Tiku / Gawker:
Ten good questions Travis Kalanick failed to address in his tweetstorm apology
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 …
Amanda Meade / Guardian:
ABC and SBS funding to be cut by $308m over five years  —  Malcolm Turnbull says the Coalition's budget cuts to the public broadcasters should not affect what Australians see and hear  —  The budgets of the ABC and the SBS will lose almost $308m over five years, but it should not affect …
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The Age:
ABC cuts: Malcolm Turnbull announces budget reduction of $250 million
Wall Street Journal:
Nielsen to Measure Netflix Viewing  —  Effort Is Meant to Help Content Owners Gauge Impact of Licensing Shows  —  Even as Netflix Inc. and other streaming-video providers have expanded to reach 40% of American homes, they have largely remained black boxes.
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Former Huffington Post M.E. Jimmy Soni lands gig at New York Observer  —  Jimmy Soni's departure several months ago from The Huffington Post, after having risen quickly through the ranks there from serving as Arianna Huffington's chief of staff to becoming the site's powerful …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Xiaomi And Shunwei Capital Make $300M Strategic Investment In iQiyi, One Of China's Largest Online Video Platforms  —  Xiaomi, which announced earlier this month that it plans to invest $1 billion in online video content, has been very busy spending that money.
Discussion: VentureBeat
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Ofcom appoints director Steve Unger as interim chief executive  —  Head of regulator's strategy, international, technology and economist group will take role until permanent successor to Ed Richards is found  —  Ofcom has appointed director Steve Unger to take over as interim chief executive …
Discussion: Press Association
Paul Carsten / Reuters:
China's internet TV sites in $1 billion battle for foreign shows  —  (Reuters) - China's big internet-TV companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on foreign TV shows and films in a battle to attract users and advertisers, but risk bumping up against regulators protecting the domestic TV and film industry.
Paul Carsten / Reuters:
China says controls on Internet needed to maintain stability  —  Chinese officials called on Wednesday for controls on the Internet to preserve stability, saying its model for cyberspace regulation can be the framework for spawning commercial successes like Alibaba Group Holding Ltd .
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
Discussion: Press Gazette and Prolific North
 
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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
NYC is partnering with Evolv, a weapons detection company that has faced scrutiny over its machines' accuracy, to test AI-based gun detectors on the subway

Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
South Korean national statistics data: chip output grew 65.3% YoY in February 2024, the most since late 2009, with demand for AI-related memory driving growth

Meredith Whittaker / LPE Project:
The TikTok divestment bill will not offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but it will further entrench the dominance of US-based social networks

 
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