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Wall Street Journal:
Disney to invest $250M in fantasy sports site DraftKings, valuing company at $900M; DraftKings commits to spending over $500M on ESPN ads — Disney to Invest $250 Million in Fantasy Site DraftKings — Walt Disney Co. is investing $250 million in online fantasy sports business DraftKings Inc. …
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@danprimack, SportsBusiness Daily, PandoDaily, @shaliniwsj, @ourand_sbj, @pkafka, @joebrennanjr, VentureBeat and Forbes
Jared Malsin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Seymour Hersh on My Lai and the state of investigative journalism — In 1968, a group of American soldiers massacred more than 500 unarmed Vietnamese civilians in a village known in the Army as “Pinkville.” The following year, a young American reporter exposed the massacre in what became …
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@cheeky_geeky, @alicesperi, @dancow, @billgertz, @jasonleopold and Politico
Adam Epstein / Quartz:
The FCC is considering regulation to treat internet TV services more like traditional pay ones — The really important policy affecting the future of TV that no one is talking about — The future of television in the United States may hinge, oddly enough, on the government's interpretation of an 80-year-old law.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish rebrands DishWorld as Sling International, offering 200 channels in 18 languages to US customers, starting at $15 per month — Dish Rebrands DishWorld as ‘Sling International’ Over-the-Top Service — Dish Network, the No. 2 satellite TV service in the U.S., announced that DishWorld …
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Wall Street Journal, Business Wire, Deadline, The Next Web and Home Media Magazine
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
To reach bigger audience, California community college paper moves to Medium, stops printing — In a bid for modern coverage, student paper tries a new Medium — Last year, in the wake of a shooting spree in the California town of Isla Vista that left seven people dead …
Andy / TorrentFreak:
EMI granted summary judgement in Grooveshark copyright case, forcing proactive anti-piracy policy — Grooveshark Publishes Proactive Anti-Piracy Policy — Throughout Grooveshark's history the company has come to rely on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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Grooveshark Blog, Billboard, Plagiarism Today and hypebot
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Winnipeg Free Press to roll out paywall charging C$0.27 per article or C$17 unlimited per month — The Winnipeg Free Press is launching a paywall that lets readers pay by the article — It's an idea that's been discussed around the news business for years: an iTunes for news.
Associated Press:
Malaysian cartoonist charged with 9 counts of sedition — KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian cartoonist known for lampooning the ruling coalition was charged Friday with nine counts of sedition over a series of tweets criticizing the country's judiciary.
Carrie Battan / New York Magazine:
Ellis Jones, Vice magazine's first female EIC, on gender, print, and the magazine's reputation — Is Vice Getting Nice? — When Ellis Jones was named editor-in-chief of Vice magazine in February, she received a flood of emails from aspiring contributors who opened their pitches with a crucial error.
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@ellisjones, @moorehn, @rylanmi, @1demerith, @cbattan, @traciemorrissey, @hcheadle and bookforum.com
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
The New York Times is planning to offer its NYT Now app for free within weeks, currently costs $8 per month — Times plans to make NYT Now mobile app free — The New York Times is expected to announce in the coming weeks that its NYT Now mobile app will become a free product with a number …
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bookforum.com, @kevinloker, FishbowlNY, @vb2b, @cwarzel, @jbenton and @joepompeo
Agence France-Presse:
Paris supermarket hostages sue French media for revealing their location during live coverage of the siege — Paris supermarket hostages sue media over live coverage — Paris (AFP) - Six people who hid in a supermarket refrigerator during January's Islamist attacks in Paris have sued French media …
Peggy McGlone / Washington Post:
Government report finds Library of Congress lacking in digital technology and central management — America's ‘national library’ is lacking in leadership, yet another report finds — The federal government's watchdog agency released a critical report Tuesday on the Library …
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FierceGovernmentIT, Washington Post, Melville House Books, @jessamyn, @mitchfraas, @uffishl, NBC News, Nextgov and Roll Call
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