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Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:
After nearly a decade of research, Apple shelved plans over a year ago for the TV set that Carl Icahn expects it to release in 2016 — Behind Apple's Move to Shelve TV Plans — Apple had dropped its TV plans, but investor Carl Icahn sees the firm entering the market next year
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David Lieberman / Deadline:
In open letter to Tim Cook, Icahn trumpets big market for Apple in television, for hardware and streaming — Carl Icahn: Apple's TV Plans Will Help To Create A “Mega-Ecosystem” — Apple is tight-lipped about whether, let alone how, it might sell TV sets and an online video service that would compete with cable and satellite.
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Survey: News orgs are prioritizing mobile development and placing less emphasis on paywalls — Anyone running a news organization — particularly one born in print, still struggling to adapt to the Internet — knows there are too many things to do: too many moves to make, too many innovations to chase …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Bill O'Reilly denies Gawker report of domestic abuse stemming from sealed divorce case documents — Bill O'Reilly: Domestic abuse allegation ‘100% false’ — Bill O'Reilly says the allegation that he physically assaulted his ex-wife is ‘100% false.’ — “All allegations against me in …
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Mark Joyella / TVNewser:
CNN iReport removes submitted videos that were used as publicity for the world's largest college diploma mill, Axact — CNN Removes iReport Videos Linked to ‘Breathtaking Scam’ — CNN has removed user-generated videos iReport videos linked to a Pakistani company suspected of running one of the world's largest diploma mills.
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David Heinemann / Index on Censorship:
Malaysian cartoonist Zunar trial to begin May 20, faces nine charges and 43 years in prison — Staying silent is not an option, says persecuted Malaysian cartoonist Zunar — Malaysian cartoonist Zunar is facing charges under a colonial era sedition act. (Photo: Sean Gallagher/Index on Censorship)
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Dylan Tweney / VentureBeat:
Consumer groups update FTC complaint against Google to include allegations of adult content on YouTube Kids — Google's ‘kid-friendly’ app YouTube Kids shows some very grown-up videos — Two consumer groups have found some pretty appallingly adult content in Google's ostensibly child-friendly video app, YouTube Kids.
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Valerie Vande Panne / Columbia Journalism Review:
As the archives degrade for the Boston Phoenix, publisher hopes to announce a deal soon with a university to save them — Can the Boston Phoenix's digital history be saved? — It's always hard when a newspaper dies. But when the alt-weekly Boston Phoenix passed away …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Jay Z Mocks Apple, Google, YouTube, Spotify In Tidal Freestyle — They've got the money, but he's got the microphone. This weekend, Jay Z threw some punches at the big tech companies who compete with his upstart music streaming service Tidal. The freestyle came as part of Jay Z's …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Starbucks Teams Up With Spotify For In-Store Music, Loyalty Program — Starbucks is partnering with Spotify to bring the music service's playlists to all of its U.S. retail locations this fall, the two companies announced Monday afternoon. — All 150,000 U.S.-based Starbucks retail employees …
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Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
When candidates stonewall, political reporters must go beyond whining about their own role in campaigns; they should report, answering voters' questions — Campaign reporters: you are granted no “role in the process.” It is your powers against theirs. — There is no guaranteed “role.”
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