Mediagazer: NBCUniversal to Help Create Original TV Shows for France and Germany (Joe Flint/Wall Street Journal)

5:30 PM ET, April 13, 2015

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Ezra Klein / Vox:

Vox Editor-In-Chief Ezra Klein apologizes to FiveThirtyEight for using graphic without link, blames carelessness, explains aggregation approach to words, images — How Vox aggregates — I started as a blogger in the pre-social web, when the only way to build an audience was to have other sites quote or link to your work.

Discussion: @jessicakroy, @justinnxt, @derektmead, @aschweig, @ylichterman, @jonathanchait, @ahmadmzaghal, @mattboggie, @chadmurphyumw, @ezraklein and @felixsalmon

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Nate Silver and Circa editor-in-chief Anthony De Rosa accuse Vox of stealing charts without attribution — Nate Silver to Vox: Stop stealing our charts! … FiveThirtyEight founder and statistics guru Nate Silver has accused Ezra Klein's Vox.com of stealing other people's charts without attribution.

Discussion: @natesilver538, @natesilver538, Mediaite, @antderosa, FishbowlNY, The New York Observer, @ravisomaiya, @carlbialik, @antderosa, The Daily Caller, @moneyries, @binarybits and @pujamurgai

Trevor Timm / Columbia Journalism Review:

Times, BuzzFeed, other news organizations deals with Facebook give the social network power to censor the news — The most concerning element of Facebook's potential new power — “Facebook has more power in determining who can speak and who can be heard around the globe than any Supreme Court justice, any king or any president.”

Discussion: @vindugoel, @cjr, @trevortimm and Boing Boing

TechCrunch:

Twitter implies to publishers using Meerkat that it may cut off access to Amplify service, if they do not use Periscope exclusively — Twitter Is Pushing Celebrities And Publishers To Stop Using Meerkat — Twitter is doing whatever it can to help its live video streaming acquisition Periscope beat independent competitor Meerkat.

Discussion: Nieman Lab, The New York Observer, @johnlegere, SlashGear, App Advice, @henryctaylor and Adweek

Brendan Sasso / National Journal:

Republicans Push Fast-Track Bill to Kill Net Neutrality — While some lawmakers look for compromise, Rep. Doug Collins wants an immediate repeal of the FCC's controversial Internet rules. — A group of House Republicans introduced a resolution Monday to block the Federal Communications Commission's net-neutrality regulations.

Discussion: The Hill

Wall Street Journal:
Telecom Industry Sues to Overturn Net Neutrality

Discussion: Ars Technica, Reuters, Computerworld, Associated Press and WRAL Tech Wire

Jack Shepherd / Journalism.co.uk:

University of Florida partners with Yik Yak to let journalism students post geolocated news to the app, only readable on or near campus — University of Florida explores geolocation news feeds — The university has teamed up with social media app Yik Yak to bring its students the latest local news

Discussion: streetfightmag.com

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

Winners for the Pulitzer Prizes will be announced next Monday — The winners of the 99th Pulitzer Prizes will be announced Monday, April 20, at 3 p.m. eastern, Columbia University announced in a press release. The winners will be announced on the prize's site, Twitter feed and YouTube channel.

Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:

How Much Time Do the Morning Shows Spend Promoting Company Projects? — In 2011, New NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke famously implemented Project Symphony, an effort to synergize better the various corners of the empire to help promote one another. Nowhere has the strategy been more evident …

Discussion: @thrmattbelloni, @tvnewslab, @brianstelter and @donlday

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Apple takes only 15% of new-subscriber revenue from some Apple TV partners, including Neflix, Hulu Plus, and MLB.TV, in contrast to its 30% iOS standard — How to Beat Apple's 30 Percent Subscription Fee: Sell Your Stuff on Apple TV — Did you sign up for HBO Now so you could watch “Game of Thrones” last night?

Discussion: App Advice, @awolk, AppleInsider, MacRumors, The Verge and Business Insider

William Turvill / Press Gazette:

Labour manifesto pledge to change media ownership rules and implement Leveson recommendations — The Labour Party has today pledged “implementation of the recommendations of the Leveson Inquiry” in its 2015 election manifesto. (Labour leader Ed Miliband pictured, Reuters)

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Watchup Streaming-News Startup Expands Local TV Reach in Deals with Meredith, E.W. Scripps and Others — Watchup, a Tribune Media-backed startup with a service that personalized newscasts to Internet-video devices, has expanded its reach to about 80% of the local markets in the U.S. through deals …

Discussion: LostRemote and TVSpy

Brian Flood / TVNewser:

Ex-Bleacher Report exec Bill McCandless joins TheBlaze as SVP of video strategy — TheBlaze Adds New SVP of Video Strategy — TheBlaze has named Bill McCandless its new svp, video strategy. McCandless will be based in NYC and report to directly CEO Betsy Morgan.

Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:

Former NBC correspondent Chris Hansen will launch a Kickstarter campaign to revive “To Catch a Predator” series on Wednesday, called Hansen vs. Predator — Chris Hansen using crowd funding to get back to catching predators — Chris Hansen is going back into the predator-catching business …

Discussion: TVNewser, @securityconcern and @countkwokula