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Michael Geist Blog:
The Great Canadian Copyright Giveaway: Why Copyright Term Extension for Sound Recordings Could Cost Consumers Millions — Randy Bachman, the well-known Canadian musician, found himself embroiled in a public fight with Prime Minister Stephen Harper last year when Harper used his song …
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Ishmael N. Daro / National Post:
Canadian budget extends copyright for sound recordings and performances from 50 to 70 years; critics say move will cost the public — Change to copyright law in federal budget ‘a really bad idea’ as critics worry about threat to artistic freedom — Tucked away inside the 500-page budget unveiled …
Felix Salmon / Fusion:
Building a career in digital journalism still requires old-fashioned subject-matter expertise — Is there any such thing as a career in digital journalism? — One of my obsessions these days is the question of whether there's any such thing as a career in digital journalism.
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Greg Wyshynski / Yahoo Sports:
NHL bans media use of Periscope and Meerkat without prior written approval — NHL bans media from using Periscope, Meerkat to subvert rights-holders — During the Ottawa Senators' push for the playoffs, I pointed my phone at my television, fired up Periscope and streamed a shootout …
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@dubois, @andreabellemare, FierceOnlineVideo News, @paulvigna and GeekWire
Wall Street Journal:
FCC Staff Recommends Hearing on Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger — Hearing designation order would be setback for deal plans — Federal Communications Commission staff recommended that the regulatory agency designate Comcast Corp. 's proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable Inc. for a hearing …
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TVNewser, corporate.comcast.com, USA Today, Multichannel News, New York Times, CNNMoney, Re/code, Los Angeles Times, @brianstelter, Guardian, @jbflint, @brianstelter, @richbtig and The Verge
John Robinson / Media, disrupted:
Eight years after layoffs began at his paper, an editor finds courage to write about the pain — Laying off journalists — In 2007, I told 17 fulltime and a dozen part-time News & Record journalists they were laid off. A student asked me to talk about it for a class project she was working on.
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@heyjturner, @johnrobinson, @deftlyinane, @jawtry, @sunsentinello and One Man & His Blog
Rick Seltzer / Baltimore Business Journal:
Sinclair signs Sharyl Attkisson for Sunday morning news push — x — Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. is wading into the Sunday morning news wars, with plans to launch a show this fall hosted by veteran watchdog reporter Sharyl Attkisson. — The move is another foray into original programming …
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Minda Smiley / The Drum:
US internet ad revenues reached an all-time high of $49.5bn last year — Digital advertising revenue in the US rose to a record-breaking high of $49.5bn in 2014, a 16 per cent increase from the year prior and the fifth year in a row of double-digit growth, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau.
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IAB and Financial Times
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
Broadcasters will get $950K from remains of Aereo — Aereo sold its assets for less than $2 million, so there's not much to fight over. — Defunct startup Aereo fought a long legal battle against TV broadcasters, who argued that its scheme to use tiny antennas to broadcast TV over the Internet violated copyright laws.
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Bloomberg Business, The Verge and The Wrap
Associated Press:
Associated Press revenue grew 1% in 2014 to $604M, its first gain in six years; 47% of revenue came from TV broadcasters — ASSOCIATED PRESS POSTS FIRST REVENUE GAIN IN 6 YEARS — NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press boosted its revenue for the first time in six years in 2014 …
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp's total compensation dropped 35.5% to $5.8M in 2014 — Time Inc. Reveals Compensation for Top Execs — TIME INC.'S PAY: Time Inc. revealed total compensation of its top executives in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday.
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Interview with BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith and CEO Jonah Peretti about deleted posts, Pulitzers, and more — Ben Smith and Jonah Peretti: The Gawker Interview — On April 16, Gawker contacted BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith with evidence that his site had deleted a post criticizing Pepsi …
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@pkafka, @bydanielvictor, @rafat, @ohnorosco, @kevinpokeeffe, @mikeisaac, @antderosa, @thestalwart, @nitashatiku, @mathewi, @jackmirkinson, @benmullin, @jonathanglick, @pheedthemonkey, @penenberg, @pbump, @davidfolkenflik, @karaswisher, @nero, @ryanj899, @fordm, @biettetimmons, @damicocj, @ohthatflo and @caseyjohnston
Sonia Paul / Mediashift:
Survey on attitudes about Middle Eastern media suggests a move away from pan-Arab focus toward local or national media — Survey on Media Use in Middle East Shows a ‘Return to the Local’ — A newly updated survey by the Northwestern University in Qatar reveals an expansive look at attitudes …
Discussion:
@mediatwit
David Bloom / Deadline:
Nancy Tellem Plugs Back In As Chairman, Chief Media Officer At Interlude — Nancy Tellem, who was CBS Network TV president and then launched Microsoft's short-lived Xbox Entertainment Studios, has re-emerged as Executive Chairman and Chief Media Officer of Interlude.
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TechCrunch, Hollywood Reporter, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Broadcasting & Cable, The Wrap and Variety
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Hulu Japan takes its first step into original content production with The Last Cop — Hulu Japan to Remake ‘The Last Cop’ — Hulu Japan, the localized version of the online video service, is to produce a Japanese version of German drama format “The Last Cop.”
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