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Travis J. Tritten / Stars & Stripes:
NBC's Brian Williams apologizes for false story about being shot down by enemy fire in Iraq after soldiers protest — NBC's Brian Williams recants Iraq story after soldiers protest — WASHINGTON — NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams admitted Wednesday he was not aboard a helicopter hit …
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Al Tompkins / Poynter:
The various versions of the RPG hit helicopter story as told by Brian Williams over 12 years — Veterans force NBC's Brian Williams to apologize — NBC News anchor Brian Williams said on NBC Nightly News Wednesday he made a mistake when he said on the air last week that he had been in a …
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Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom:
FCC's vague general conduct rule against harming consumers could be a loophole — The FCC's net neutrality proposal is awesome, but has a loophole — Credit: Gigaom illustration adapted from Shutterstock — Credit: Gigaom illustration adapted from Shutterstock
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
ISPs, wireless carriers, and Washington insiders react to FCC's net neutrality proposal — With FCC chairman now firmly planted behind the idea of classifying internet providers under Title II, we're expecting a massive reaction to his new plan for preserving net neutrality.
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg Business:
Comcast, Cable Stocks Rise as FCC Won't Try to Control Rates
Comcast, Cable Stocks Rise as FCC Won't Try to Control Rates
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Tom Wheeler / Wired:
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler proposes Title II based net neutrality rules for wired and wireless networks
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler proposes Title II based net neutrality rules for wired and wireless networks
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Ben Popper / The Verge:
How Netflix helped change the FCC's definition of net neutrality
How Netflix helped change the FCC's definition of net neutrality
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Computerworld and Washington Post
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
FCC will apply net neutrality to mobile for the first time
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Apple is Talking to TV Programmers About Its Own Web TV Service — Apple has spent years circling the TV business, without ever really getting into the TV business. Now it may be ready to try again. — Industry executives say Apple is in talks with TV programmers about deals …
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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple plans all-new Beats-based music service integrated into iOS, iTunes, and Apple TV, develops Android app in-house, considers charging $8/month — The Next Episode: Apple's plans for Beats-based music service revealed — Six months after buying the subscription music service Beats Music …
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The Verge:
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo takes personal responsibility for company's troll problem, vows stronger action against harrassment — Twitter CEO: ‘We suck at dealing with abuse’ — Dick Costolo says trolls are costing Twitter users — Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is taking personal responsibility …
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Sarah Frier / Bloomberg Business:
Twitter Reaches Deal to Show Tweets in Google Search Results — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Twitter Inc. has struck a deal with Google Inc. to make its 140-character updates more searchable online. — In the first half of this year, tweets will start to be visible …
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Michael Wolff / GQ:
A look at the candidates for Guardian top editor: Janine Gibson, Katharine Viner, Emily Bell, and Ian Katz — The poisoned chalice: who will succeed Alan Rusbridger? — Having transformed his paper from Fleet Street also-ran to international white knight (and money pit), Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger is stepping down.
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Gregory Ferenstein / VentureBeat:
Wearable World incubator acquires tech blog ReadWrite — VentureBeat has learned that Say Media has sold the technology blog ReadWrite to Silicon Valley-based incubator Wearable World for an undisclosed amount. — We reached out to Wearable World CEO Redg Snodgrass, and he confirmed that our sources were correct.
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
BuzzFeed's plans to join Snapchat's Discover news feature fell apart over creative differences — Why The BuzzFeed-Snapchat Discover Deal Fell Through — When Snapchat last month debuted its Discover feature — a new section within the app that shows articles and videos from a range of media companies …
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Journalism.org:
Majority of investigative journalists believe the US has collected their phone, email, or online data — Investigative Journalists and Digital Security — Perceptions of Vulnerability and Changes in Behavior — About two-thirds of investigative journalists surveyed (64%) …
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Carter Maness / The Awl:
Despite assumption that everything stays online forever a music freelancer finds 2,000 posts have vanished — All My Blogs Are Dead — A couple of months ago, I pitched a feature on the music industry that I was totally qualified to write. But the editor questioned my experience …
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Saba Hamedy / Los Angeles Times:
Kodak reaches agreement with studios to help keep making movie film — Eastman Kodak Co., one of the world's most recognizable film suppliers, finalized agreements with Hollywood studios to keep celluloid in the future of film. — The company said Wednesday that it will continue …
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