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Kent Walker / Google Public Policy Blog:
Google concerned by reports that MPAA is secretly working with studios to resurrect SOPA — The MPAA's Attempt to Revive SOPA Through A State Attorney General — We are deeply concerned about recent reports that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) led a secret …
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Andy / TorrentFreak:
MPAA says Google positioning itself as a defender of free speech is shameful — Google & MPAA Publicly Slam Each Other Over Piracy — Even after running for weeks, the fallout from the Sony hacking fiasco is showing no signs of waning. In fact in some areas it appears that matters are only getting worse.
Brent Lang / Variety:
Sony Pictures could lose $75M on “The Interview”, which cost $44M to make, $30M to promote — Sony Could Lose $75 Million on ‘The Interview’ (EXCLUSIVE) — Sony Pictures Entertainment could lose $75 million over the cancellation of its planned Christmas release “The Interview” …
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Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Guardian and Observer journalists to get vote on next editor-in-chief — Winning staff ballot will guarantee place on shortlist, but ultimate decision on who replaces Alan Rusbridger will be made by owners Scott Trust — The process to appoint the next editor-in-chief of the Guardian …
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Press Gazette, @alexwtw and @dansabbagh
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
The year in media errors and corrections 2014 — Correction of the Year — This New York Times correction combines Kimye, butts and a writer treating a fake news website and a fake radio station as real. Bravo: … Runner Up — The Sun (U.K.) offered a correction that detailed …
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@poynter, @sethsolomonow, @mjbroersma, @craigsilverman, @louisehosie, @rossalynwarren, @edyong209 and FishbowlNY
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti: on buying Hyper IQ and building apps, creating video, bundling, and more — BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti: 'It's not just a site, it's a whole process' — BuzzFeed announced today that it's acquiring the talent team behind mobile app developer Hyper IQ …
Jennifer Zaino / Semanticweb.com:
The Financial Times Builds Up Its Semantic Publishing Infrastructure — The former lead architect at the BBC who handled its semantic publishing projects, such as its FIFA World Cup 2010, 2012 Olympics and redesigned BBC Sports Site, today is building up the semantic infrastructure at another media might, The Financial Times
Thanks:@steverubel
Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
‘Serial’ conclusion leaves podcasters cautiously optimistic about the future — As far as pop culture phenomenons go, Serial is up there. — The podcast, centered around the 1999 Baltimore murder of a high school student, came out of nowhere to become one of the most-talked about stories of the year.
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@mathowie, Slate, Poynter, Columbia Journalism Review, Business Insider and CNNMoney.com
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Alex Kantrowitz / AdAge:
Inside the Business of the Serial Podcast
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Forbes, Online Journalism Blog, The New York Observer, Vulture, The Irish Times, WTOP, Wall Street Journal, AdAge, @jcstearns, @shannonpareil and @pjvogt
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Why New York magazine isn't changing its bogus headline — New York magazine ran with a too-good-to-be-true tale Sunday featuring a teen who managed to score millions on the stock market before getting his high school diploma. — As has been widely reported, the story unraveled …
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Vice video producers average $60k/year, and writers $45k, application for tax incentives shows — Here Is Vice Media's Salary Breakdown — Vice Media, now valued at two and a half billion dollars, made a ton of money this year. How much do its employees make? Here is Vice's most detailed information yet.
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@jasonabbruzzese, @mendelsonimages, @benpauker, @forrest4trees, @sarahcassi and @charliearchy
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Danny Zappin's Zealot Networks Buys Majority Stake in YouTube Licensing Firm AudioMicro — Zealot Networks, the digital-media studio formed by ex-Maker Studios CEO Danny Zappin, has acquired a majority stake in content-licensing company AudioMicro, whose brands include YouTube music-licensing business AdRev.
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Daniel Wallis / Reuters:
Journalist sues over arrest at protest in Ferguson, Missouri — (Reuters) - A Washington-based journalist has sued St. Louis County and one of its police lieutenants, saying his rights were violated when he was arrested while covering protests over the killing of an unarmed black teenager …
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