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Andy Cush / Gawker:
Texas town wants to charge Gawker $79K for FOIA request related to video of police abuse at a pool party; Gawker's appealing — Texas Town Is Charging Us $79,000 for Emails About Pool Party Abuse Cop — Days after McKinney, Texas police officer Eric Casebolt was filmed pointing …
Discussion:
@charlesornstein
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Independent and i cut annual losses from £12.3m to £4.6m — The Independent has reported a steep reduction in losses to £4.6m for the year to September 2014. — This compares with an operating loss of £12.3m in the previous financial year and £16.6m in the year before that.
Discussion:
Guardian, London Evening Standard and The Independent
Guardian:
BBC3 set to go online only as trust backs plans to scrap TV channel — Rona Fairhead says long-term future of broadcasting is online in move set to save corporation around £30m a year, with proposal for BBC1+1 channel rejected — The BBC Trust has approved the corporation's plans …
Discussion:
The Next Web and @marksweney
Wall Street Journal:
AOL to take over Microsoft ad sales for display, mobile, and video in US and 8 other markets; Bing to replace Google on AOL for search and search advertising — AOL Takes Over Majority of Microsoft's Ad Business, Swaps Google Search For Bing — Microsoft Corp. is stepping back from the advertising business in a big way.
Discussion:
Bloomberg Business, The Fire Hose, MediaNama, Variety, @alistairmbarr, @digitalshields, The Next Web, @mdudas, GeekWire, @alexjamesfitz and Fortune
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Advertising Spending Falls 4% in First Quarter — U.S. advertising expenditures dropped in the first quarter, as budgets declined among eight of the ten biggest-spending industries, according to a new report from advertising tracker Kantar Media. — Total U.S. ad spending fell 4% …
Discussion:
Folio, Business Wire and Broadcasting & Cable
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Shazam Takes On Apple Music Connect With New Social Features Aimed At Musicians And Their Fans — Music discovery platform Shazam is today rolling out a new feature in partnership with over two dozen artists that will allow Shazam users to see which songs their favorite musicians are listening to on the service.
Discussion:
Mashable, Engadget, Billboard, Business Wire and The Next Web
Mark Glaser / MediaShift:
MediaShift formally spins off from PBS, will continue events, training, and newsletters — MediaShift Spins Off from PBS, Envisions Collaborative Future — When I first started the MediaShift blog for PBS in January 2006, I had a vision for much more than just a one-person blog.
Discussion:
@mediatwit, @jcstearns and @ericnewton1, Thanks:@mediashiftorg
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Google skews search results in anticompetitive behavior, says new study by Yelp and leading academic Tim Wu — Google's search practices come under scrutiny from leading academic Wu — Tim Wu, author of The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires, argues in a paper …
Discussion:
Fortune, Bloomberg Business, @aleyda and Business Insider
Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:
More than 21 million people watched gaming's biggest annual show on Twitch — Streaming video site Twitch said Monday that more than 21 million people tuned in to watch its coverage of this month's major video game convention, the Electronic Entertainment Expo — better known as E3.
Discussion:
The Official Twitch Blog, VentureBeat and GeekWire
ABC:
Australia Treasurer Joe Hockey wins defamation suit against Fairfax for “Treasurer for sale” poster and tweets — Treasurer Joe Hockey wins defamation case against Fairfax — Treasurer Joe Hockey has won a defamation trial against Fairfax media.
Discussion:
BuzzFeed, Guardian and @buzzfeedozpol
John Lasseter / Medium:
Technology changed films, but the basics of good storytelling and emotion remain essential — Technology and The Evolution of Storytelling — John Lasseter at the 68th Academy Awards in 1996 accepting a Special Achievement award for his leadership of Pixar's “Toy Story” team …
Discussion:
@brianstorm, @dangillmor, @jbwilke and @heybrucewright
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Sources: Rebekah Brooks may be offered post as chief executive of News UK, the division that includes The Times of London and The Sun — News Corp. wants Brooks to ‘feel welcome’ — Where will Rebekah Brooks end up next? — The former U.K. newspaper executive who bounced back after being found …
Discussion:
bookforum.com and Media Wire Daily
Owen Gibson / Guardian:
BBC dealt another blow after losing control of TV rights for Olympics — The BBC has lost control of the rights to the Olympic Games from 2022 onwards after the US broadcasting giant Discovery, owner of Eurosport, signed a £920m exclusive pan-European deal.
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Featured Articles, BBC, Mashable, @noahchestnut, @s8mb, @glynmoody, @chrisrdonoghue and @owen_g
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