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Guardian:
Supreme court clears way for release of secret Prince Charles letters — Ruling overturns government attempt to block release of ‘black spider memos’ to ministers after decade-long battle between the Guardian and Whitehall — The supreme court has cleared the way for the publication …
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New York Times:
Apple unable to persuade record labels to lower licensing costs for Beats streaming music service; will be priced similarly to rivals at around $10 — Apple and Beats Developing Streaming Music Service to Rival Spotify — In what would be the biggest change to its music strategy in years …
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The Wrap:
Advocacy groups call Deadline column about Hollywood's ethnic hiring “patently offensive” — Deadline Backlash: Black, Latino, Asian, Native American Advocacy Groups Slam Site for ‘Offensive’ Article — A controversial Deadline article by co-editor-in-chief Nellie Andreeva …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Twitter launches Periscope: replays are its killer feature, push notifications are noisy — Periscope, Twitter's answer to Meerkat-style live streaming, is now available — Live-streaming apps are the thirstiest of all media. A Facebook post wants a like, a tweet begs for favs, and a snap means little without a response.
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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Facebook Launches a Mobile Ad Exchange on Top of LiveRail — Facebook announced a number of expected updates to its ad product LiveRail at its F8 developer conference Wednesday. The updates include the use of Facebook user data, instead of just Web cookies, to help advertisers target users outside of Facebook.
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streetfightmag.com, Facebook, LiveRail, TIME and @seanethompson
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook Opens Messenger App to Media Partners Including ESPN, JJ Abrams
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Napier Lopez / The Next Web:
Facebook introduces an embedded video player
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TechCrunch, Facebook Media, Quartz, @s_m_i and @ethanklapper
Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:
Washington Post partners with Flipboard to reach ‘new, national audience’ — WaPo announces it will be adding all editorial content to the magazine-style aggregation app - and does not rule out hosting content on Facebook — Credit: Image courtesy of Washington Post press office
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Washington Post, FishbowlDC and Vox
Warren Strobel / Reuters:
New report calls for strengthening US counter-propaganda efforts and an overhaul of the government's international broadcasting arm — U.S. losing ‘information war’ to Russia, other rivals: study — (Reuters) - The United States is losing an information war to Russia, Islamic State and other rivals …
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RT
Martin Moore / Policy Wonkers:
Phone hacking report finds 2/3 of victims not celebrities or public figures, hacked politicians seven times more likely to be Labour than Conservative — Who was hacked? A New Report Investigates — Read coverage of the various hacking trials (News of the World in 2013/14 …
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@tompowdrill, @stevennott, @themurdochtimes, @peterjukes and Media Standards Trust
Chris Thompson / Poynter:
Reddit rolls out embeddable comments in countermove to BuzzFeed — On Monday, Reddit announced the unveiling of a new feature that could make life for BuzzFeed and Gawker a little more awkward: embeddable comment threads. From now on, if media outlets want to use content from Reddit …
Roger Williams / Florida Weekly:
NewsByMe citizen journalism app uses geolocation to broadcast real-time local events — A New Age of NEWS — NewsByMe poised to usher in a new era of citizen reporting — When it came online in the Apple store last week, few knew the pedigree of NewsByMe, a new free app for smart-phones and other devices.
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
Firechat partners with Storyful to create Open Live Newsroom, a live news gathering off-grid chat app — How a Chat App for Burning Man Turned Into a Tool for Revolution — Open Garden's messaging app Firechat was initially launched as a way for people at festivals like Burning Man …
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PR Newswire and Medium
Wall Street Journal:
Bleak outlook for TV upfronts as industry continues to push ad dollars into digital platforms — Changing TV Landscape Colors ‘Upfront’ Sales Outlook — With U.S. consumer confidence up, an improving employment picture and low gas prices, television executives should have a little spring …
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@digitalshields
Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
Brian Sullivan to step down as CEO of Sky Deutschland in June, will be replaced by sports, Internet and advertising head, Carsten Schmidt — Brian Sullivan Exits Sky Deutschland — Brian Sullivan is stepping down as CEO of Sky Deutschland, the pay-TV group controlled by U.K. pay-TV giant BSkyB, and will return to the United States.
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Bloomberg Business, Reuters, Broadband TV News, C21Media and Rapid TV News
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
IPSO rules Sunday Mirror and Guido Fawkes undercover sex sting story did not violate Editors' Code of Practice — IPSO says reporter OK to pose as ‘PR girl’ and exchange explicit pictures with minister Brooks Newmark — The Independent Press Standards Organisation has ruled …
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Guardian, Guido Fawkes, Mirror.co.uk, Guido Fawkes and Guardian
Tiffany M. Davis / Medium:
The rise of sports blogging brings challenges for teams and leagues, especially the NBA — All-Access Pass: Bloggers Vs. The World … Once upon a time, locker-room media access was limited to a select few reporters from local newspapers, television and radio stations.
Thanks:@steverubel
Richard Lewis / The Daily Dot:
Sources: YouTube plans to relaunch live streaming service this year with a focus on gaming, taking on Twitch — YouTube to relaunch livestreaming service with focus on esports and gaming — YouTube is preparing to relaunch its livestreaming platform with a renewed focus on live gaming …
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