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David Meyer / Gigaom:
EU Parliament calls on Commission to consider Google break-up — Credit: Shutterstock / Markus Pfaff — Credit: Shutterstock / Markus Pfaff — As expected, the European Parliament has passed a resolution that calls on the European Commission to consider a break-up of Google …
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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
EU Parliament member calling for breakup of Google works for law firm that represented publisher in antitrust case against Google — European Legislator Urging the Breakup of Google Has Ties to a Law Firm — Andreas Schwab, a German member of the European Parliament …
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Gawker, Financial Times, Search Engine Land, Wall Street Journal and The Loop
Chris Lehmann / In These Times:
Reports from Inside First Look Media Suggest That Maybe Silicon Valley Shouldn't Manage Journalists — Journalists on the Left have always had problems with institutions. I'm not referring here to these scribes' honorable muckraking pedigrees, or their principled distrust of the national security state and the corporate boardroom.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Mail Online revenues grow 41% to £62m in 2014 — Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday's continuing decline in advertising and sales offset by digital platform's increases — Mail Online has grew revenues by more than 40% to £62m in 2014, almost completely offsetting the advertising …
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Poynter, Press Gazette, Life Style Extra, Reuters, City A.M., Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Wall Street Journal
Globe and Mail:
Jian Ghomeshi faces five charges in sexual assault investigation — Former CBC host Jian Ghomeshi is facing five charges in relation to a sexual assault investigation. — Mr. Ghomeshi, 47, has been charged with four counts of sexual assault and one count of “overcome resistance - choking,” Toronto police said in a news release.
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B&T:
Fairfax Subscribers Get Access To New York Times In New Partnership — Fairfax Media and The New York Times have formed a collaboration which will see current subscribers of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age offered six months of free, unlimited access to The New York Times website and some smartphone apps.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
NAPA boss says BBC should buy news from agencies rather than ‘call centre’ local newspapers — The National Association of Press Agencies has urged the BBC to start buying in local content from its members. — The suggestion follows news from BBC head of news James Harding earlier this month …
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
BuzzFeed media trends: homepage out, social and video in — More people now come to media sites from social networks than from search engines, reveals BuzzFeed's industry trends report — Social media feeds could replace the homepage for media organisations as more people find stories …
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Gigaom, The Whip, Business Insider and The Drum
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Sun+ reports 225K readers pay for its digital bundle, almost double the 117K reported Dec. 2013 — Sun+ signs up 225,000 paying subscribers — News UK title near doubles number paying for access from last year, with majority taking up £7.99 per month package
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TheMediaBriefing, Press Gazette, Financial Times, Reuters, Journalism.co.uk, The Drum and Business Insider
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
New Yorker cover artist says resemblance to August cartoon is unintentional — The New Yorker's new cover is a beautiful, understated take on the unrest in Ferguson this past week. — It also bears a strong resemblance to an Aug. 21 editorial cartoon by R.J. Matson. (courtesy Cagle)
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New Yorker, Washington Post, FishbowlNY, @abeaujon, @dksheets and @samkirkla
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
The Sun's Whitehall editor not guilty of making unlawful payments to public official — Clodagh Hartley cleared by Old Bailey jury of arranging unlawful payments of £18,000 for stories which included details of the budget — A senior journalist on the Sun's political team has walked free …
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@fleetstreetfox, @tvkev, @rachelfabmag, Guardian, Press Gazette, BBC and Telegraph
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
British YouTubers videos banned by Advertising Standards Authority for not disclosing paid marketing — YouTubers ads for Oreo banned for not making clear purpose of videos — Advertising watchdog rules that videos where British stars took part in ‘Oreo Lick Race’ on their channels did not clearly state they were adverts
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