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Tim Wu / New Yorker:
Why Everyone Was Wrong About Net Neutrality — Today, the Federal Communications Commission, by a vote of three to two, enacted its strongest-ever rules on net neutrality, preserving an open Internet by prohibiting broadband providers from blocking or slowing content that flows across their pipes.
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Mat Honan / BuzzFeed:
FCC's enforcement of net neutrality rules confirms the Internet is mainstream political issue — Now The Internet Belongs To Us — And To Politics — Thursday's net neutrality ruling was a victory for consumers. It also ushers in a new age for the mainstream politics of the internet.
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Washington Post, Mediaite, TIME, Courthouse News Service, Raw Story and Mashable
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC enforces net neutrality, voting to regulate broadband providers as common carriers under Title II and ban paid fast lanes
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg Business:
How John Oliver Transformed the Net Neutrality Debate Once and for All
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Media Channel, Elite Daily and Forbes
Jon Swaine / Guardian:
Bill O'Reilly's LA riots ‘bombardment’ stories disputed by former colleagues — Fox News host, whose stories of past reporting exploits are under renewed scrutiny, claimed ‘we were attacked by protesters’ when covering the 1992 riots — Former colleagues of Bill O'Reilly …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
A few names surface in speculation about who would buy Daily News: Murdoch's News Corp, Dolan family, Newhouse family — Who wants the Daily News? — Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman's Thursday announcement that the tabloid is officially on the market, after 22 years of ownership …
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Matthew Zeitlin / BuzzFeed:
New York Daily News Owner Is Considering Selling The Paper — The owner told employees in a memo. — I want to share with you a new development regarding the company. — A few weeks ago, we were approached about our potential interest in — selling the Daily News. Although there were no immediate plans to
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Brian Morrissey / Digiday:
#TheDress meme shows that even as legacy publications chase BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed still wins — The dress is white and gold. Or, why BuzzFeed won — We are all BuzzFeed now. That's the only conclusion to draw from yesterday's twin viral sensations: the runaway llamas in Arizona and the (gold and white) dress.
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Russ Mitchell / Los Angeles Times:
Google Ventures and Michael Dell investing $60M in Kobalt, which handles music publishing rights — Music royalty hunter Kobalt wins Google funding — Since the music industry began in the early 20th century, musicians and songwriters have complained about paltry royalty payments for their creations.
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Bloomberg Business, Re/code, @akruglov, New York Times and VentureBeat
Seth Kelley / Variety:
Recording Industry Adopts Friday as Global Release Day for New Music — The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) announced Friday as the global release day for new music. The shift will take place this summer. — The move to set a global standard is an effort to cut down on global piracy.
Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:
Al Jazeera to launch interactive web doc marking anniversary of Syrian conflict — Life on Hold wants to tell the personal stories of refugees displaced by the crisis in Syria though interactive features and engagement on social media — Credit: Image from Al Jazeera press office
Diego Planas Rego / Spotify Blog:
Spotify's new desktop update launches with built-in lyrics powered by MusixMatch — We're updating Spotify for desktop - with fully integrated lyrics — Today we're launching a desktop update with new features and improvements. First of all, we're making lyrics a seamless part of the Spotify experience on desktop.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
New York Times CEO Mark Thompson on the Paper's Digital Future: The Full Code/Media Interview (Video) — The New York Times makes most of its money selling print-and-ink newspapers and the ads that run inside them. One day, it will make most of its money selling digital news, most likely on your phone.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Fortune announces five hires, including senior writer Leena Rao, moving from Google Ventures and formerly managing editor of TechCrunch — Fortune announces hires, promotions — I am very happy to announce a big group of new hires and well-deserved promotions of Fortune staffers.
Commissioning Editor - Practical Law — 
Energy Markets Reporter, London — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
News Reporter, MA — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
