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Taylor Swift:
Taylor Swift will withhold her latest album “1989” from Apple Music, says lack of royalties during three month free trial hurts smaller artists — To Apple, Love Taylor — I write this to explain why I'll be holding back my album, 1989, from the new streaming service, Apple Music.
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BetaNews, Business Insider, Re/code, The Verge, Guardian, The Loop, 9to5Mac and The Next Web
Jim Edwards / Business Insider:
Interview with Nuzzel CEO Jonathan Abrams on news, Twitter, Friendster, founders as CEOs, and the future of Nuzzel — We talked to the CEO who some people think owns the one thing Twitter needs most — A few days ago, the Silicon Valley investor Chris Sacca was talking on Periscope about Nuzzel, the newsgathering app.
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Nieman Lab
Reuters:
Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour arrested at a Berlin airport at the request of Egypt — German police arrest Al Jazeera journalist in Berlin: lawyer — A leading Al Jazeera journalist was arrested at a Berlin airport on Saturday at the request of Egypt, a lawyer for the Qatar-based satellite network …
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CNN, Al Jazeera English, BuzzFeed, Wall Street Journal, BBC, Telegraph and The Independent
Reason:
District court in New York silenced Reason for two weeks from writing about a subpoena seeking commenters' data — How Government Stifled Reason's Free Speech — For the past two weeks, Reason, a magazine dedicated to “Free Minds and Free Markets,” has been barred by an order …
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Popehat, @csoghoian, @joshgerstein, @ggreenwald, @kmanguward, @csoghoian, @rikkiratliff, @daveweigel, @ggreenwald, @jamestaranto, @popehat, @vpostrel, @mikeriggs, @sarahjeong, @mattwelch, @mattwelch, Techdirt, Ars Technica, Techdirt and SPLICETODAY.com
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
How HBO adopted an aggressive approach with its shows and the broadband-only HBO Now — HBO's Real-Life Game of Thrones: The Fight to Stay Rich, on Top and Score Bill Simmons — Warring clans (cable vs. broadband) battle over unfathomable riches (revenues of $5.4 billion last year) …
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@janicebmin, @richbtig, @laceyvrose and @nwquah
Kevin Gosztola / Firedoglake:
Google discloses DOJ forced it to hand over data on Jacob Appelbaum for WikiLeaks grand jury investigation — Google Reveals It Was Forced to Hand Over Journalist's Data for WikiLeaks Grand Jury Investigation — Google released another legal disclosure notice related …
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The Intercept, @ioerror, @ioerror, Boing Boing and Featured stories
Jonah Weiner / New York Times:
Behind Comedy Central's experimental programming and digital business model challenges — Comedy Central in the Post-TV Era … Backstage at Cobb's Comedy Club on the first Saturday in May, Trevor Noah, fresh from the stage, stood sweating through a blue T-shirt, beside a refrigerator stocked with energy drinks.
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@andrewkeh, Mediaite and Variety
Luke O'Brien / Politico:
Inside the tension between being a financial data company or a media company at Bloomberg — The Mayor vs. the Mogul — Michael Bloomberg's $9 billion identity crisis. — Lead image by Piotr Lesniak. — On November 5, 2014, Mike Bloomberg settled in front of a Bloomberg terminal …
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Fortune, @jayrosen_nyu, @hriefs, @edmundlee, @danarubinstein, @neil_irwin, @hofrench, @owlese, @eckholm and Talking Biz News
Marvel:
Marvel expands deal with Amazon to bring over 12K single-issue comics to the Kindle Store — Marvel Renews Agreement with ComiXology and Expands to Amazon — Marvel, comiXology and Amazon announced today an expanded and renewed exclusive relationship to distribute and sell Marvel's digital …
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Publishers Weekly, Fast Company, Wired.co.uk, CNET, Tech Times, Forbes, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, The Verge and Electronista
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Four staffers leaving The Sunlight Foundation: Gabriela Schneider, Bill Allison, James Turk, and Evan Mackinder — 4 staffers to exit The Sunlight Foundation — The Sunlight Foundation, the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting transparency in government …
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@evandmac, @ppolitics and @forestgregg
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Roku And Innovid Roll Out Interactive Video Ads, Including SMS-Based Reminders To Watch — Roku users will now begin to see more personalized, targeted, and interactive video ads in their Roku apps, thanks to a new partnership between the streaming media device maker and video advertising provider Innovid.
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Fast Company, Engadget and AdExchanger