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8:30 AM ET, April 23, 2015

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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
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.
Wall Street Journal:
FCC staff recommends hearing on Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger, a procedure seen as a likely deal-killer  —  FCC Staff Recommends Hearing on Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger  —  Hearing designation order would be setback for deal plans  —  Federal Communications Commission staff recommended …
Ethan Zuckerman / My Heart's in Accra:
MIT's new FOLD publishing platform uses an accordion structure to supplement stories with maps, images, video, and text  —  Introducing FOLD, a new tool (and a new model?) for storytelling  —  This morning, Center for Civic Media at MIT is releasing a new publishing platform, FOLD.
Discussion: Network World, @awrd and @mathewi
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook Hits 4 Billion Daily Video Views in Q1; Mobile Ad Revenue Grows 80%  —  Facebook posted revenue slightly below Wall Street expectations for the first quarter of 2015, but the social giant is still seeing solid growth — especially on the mobile and video front.
Committee to Protect Journalists:
China's Great Cannon: New weapon to suppress free speech online  —  China, rated as the eighth most censored country in the world, in a report released by CPJ today, has long had a strong line of defense against free speech online.  Its Golden Shield Project, launched by the Ministry …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Freelancer safety coalition has nearly tripled in 2 months  —  Since a group of news organizations signed onto a list of freelancer safety guidelines months ago, dozens more organizations have rallied to the cause.  —  The guidelines, which were released in February, set forth a list …
Discussion: @poynter
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Google launches free tool to help AdSense publishers recommend more articles to their readers  —  Google Edges Further Into Hot Content Recommendation Sector  —  Google has rolled out a new free product designed to make it easier for Web publishers to get people to stick around on their sites longer.
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.
Discussion: IAB and Financial Times
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 …
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 …
Discussion: PR Newswire
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 …
 
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp's total compensation dropped 35.5% to $5.8M in 2014
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Interview with BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith and CEO Jonah Peretti about deleted posts, Pulitzers, and more
Sonia Paul / Mediashift:
Survey on attitudes about Middle Eastern media suggests a move away from pan-Arab focus toward local or national media
Discussion: @mediatwit
Agence France-Presse:
India takes Al Jazeera off the air for five days, saying the news outlet repeatedly showed wrong maps of disputed region of Kashmir
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Hulu Japan takes its first step into original content production with The Last Cop
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says UK press failed to follow-up Snowden because Guardian did not share files
Alexis Sobel Fitts / Columbia Journalism Review:
New York Times apps no longer mimic the homepage as stories are designed by editors specifically for mobile
 Earlier Picks: 
Erik Malinowski / The New Republic:
How MLB Advanced Media is quietly becoming the industry leader in streaming TV
Leo Kelion / BBC:
AdBlock Plus defeats German publishers in court: ruling says users do have the right to use the plug-in
Discussion: Engadget and GeekWire
Alex Hern / Guardian:
Twitter begins automatically filtering notifications of abusive mentions, broadens violent threats policy, and introduces temporary account suspensions
Emma Bazilian / Adweek:
Teen Vogue Debuts Condé Nast's First Sponsored Cover Ad
Luke Mullins / Washingtonian:
Between 2009 and 2013 contributions to the White House Correspondents Association increased 162% while scholarship payouts increased only 10%
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Study: 53% of viewers prefer streaming over live TV, 68% binge-watch, 16% canceled or didn't have pay tv in the last year
Discussion: LostRemote, CNET and Los Angeles Times
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Cybersecurity bill could create the first new exemption to the Freedom of Information Act in nearly half a century
Discussion: Boing Boing