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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon and HarperCollins reach multiyear agreement for both print and digital, allowing HarperCollins to set prices for its ebooks — Amazon, HarperCollins Reach Multiyear Publishing Deal — New agreement expected to go into effect this week — Amazon.com Inc. and HarperCollins Publishers …
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New York Times, @raju, The Drum, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Bookseller News and Financial Times
Kaya Burgess / The Times:
Warning to BBC over ‘suffocating local papers’ … The BBC risks suffocating local newspapers by being a “monopoly broadcaster”, the chancellor has said in a warning shot in advance of negotiations on its charter renewal. — The corporation has been criticised for threatening the existence …
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Gerald Lynch / Gizmodo UK:
Chancellor George Osborne Wants BBC to be Regulated by Ofcom — Chancellor George Osborne is looking to make sweeping changes to the way the BBC is run, should a Conservative government retain pole position in Parliament following the May 7th general election.
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Press Association, BizAsia UK and broadcastnow.co.uk
Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Conservatives give BBC warning of licence fee freeze — Manifesto tells voters David Cameron's party will ‘save you money’ in its negotiations with the corporation — The Conservative party has given its clearest signal yet that it aims to clamp down on BBC finances in a manifesto …
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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.
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
BuzzFeed staffer Arabelle Sicardi resigns after her post critical of advertiser Dove was deleted and then restored after criticism — Arabelle Sicardi, Author of Deleted Dove Post, Resigns From BuzzFeed — Arabelle Sicardi, who wrote a BuzzFeed post criticizing Dove that was later deleted …
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@arabellesicardi, Poynter, @dynamofire, @doriean, @henryctaylor, @jayrosen_nyu, @hadas_gold, @jktrotter, The Wrap, @rossneumann and @leahfinnegan
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
General Electric Planning Television Series Covering Science and Tech — In an age when viewers increasingly fast-forward past television commercials on their DVRs or bypass most advertisements altogether by streaming the programs, companies are constantly looking for new ways to reach consumers.
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Ben Wolford / Medium:
Journalism curator Longform picks up an article from fledgling Latterly magazine, giving the founder a moment of journalistic validation — Sometimes the internet cuts indie journalism a break — This morning, a Latterly story was picked by Longform.org. — It's a small thing, I know.
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@benwolford, @alexckaufman, @sonyaellenmann and Medium
Tanya Sichynsky / Nieman Lab:
What USA Today Sports learned covering the Final Four on Periscope and Snapchat — There's no shortage of ways to reach new audiences — the challenge is figuring out which are worth investing time in and what to do with them. At USA Today Sports, where I work, two platforms we're trying …
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Mediashift, @tanyasic, @peard33, @niemanlab, @dannysullivan and TechCrunch
Libby Brooks / Guardian:
Andy Coulson perjury trial delayed until after general election — The case was due to start at the high court in Edinburgh on 21 April but will now begin on 11 May — The trial of Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor who is facing a perjury charge, has been pushed back until after the general election.
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@b12simon, @andrewspoooner, STV News, BBC and allmediascotland
Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:
Apple's Music app will get a major visual overhaul in iOS 8.4 — Apple's iOS 8.3 update has been out for a few days now, which means it's time for something new. Popping up today on Apple's developer channel is iOS 8.4, which might end up being the last point release we get ahead of iOS 9 …
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9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, Forbes and Daring Fireball
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.
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