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Washpostpr / Washington Post:
Dave Weigel returns to The Washington Post as a national political reporter, will also anchor new political podcast launching later this year — Dave Weigel joins The Post's Politics team — Announcement from Cameron Barr, national editor, Scott Wilson, deputy national editor, Anne Kornblut …
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Politico, FishbowlDC, Mediaite, Poynter, @daveweigel and FishbowlNY
Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Hulu to stream South Park for another 5 years, pay $192M to Viacom, show's creators — ‘South Park’ Re-Ups With Massive Hulu, Comedy Central Deals (Exclusive) — The streaming service will pay $192 million to the network's owner Viacom and the show's creative team for a three-year extension.
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The Wrap, Adweek, The Verge and @michaelwolffnyc
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
ProSieben to buy YouTube network Collective Digital Studio, will merge it with own web video unit Studio71, invest $83M for 75% of new venture valued at $240M — Another YouTube Network Finds an Exit: Collective Links Up With Germany's ProSieben — Last year, big media companies went …
Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg Business:
One week after Apple Music launch, Spotify has best week ever in US Apple store with five consecutive days on top ten downloaded apps list — Spotify Just Had Its Best Week Ever on Apple Music's Home Turf — In the week since Apple Music launched, Spotify has spent five consecutive days in the top 10 most downloaded apps list.
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RAIN News, @pkafka, @jmcduling and @bjornjeffery
Anna Clark / Columbia Journalism Review:
Wisconsin lawmakers vote on bill to curtail open-records law just before 4th July holiday; find it fuels coverage instead of masking it — A wave of media coverage helps to beat back changes to Wisconsin's public records law — Wisconsin lawmakers tried to sneak one by the state's journalists …
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JSOnline, WisconsinWatch.org, Techdirt, WISC-TV and Mother Jones
Ishmael N. Daro / National Post:
Pulitzer-winning journalist Paul Watson quits Toronto Star over ‘refusal to publish’ story on Franklin expedition — Paul Watson, a Pulitzer prize winning journalist, has quit the Toronto Star over that paper's “refusal to publish a story of significant public interest.”
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
The Sun lowers its paywall, allowing free access to many stories — But Rupert Murdoch's company says users still pay for most of its digital content — Has the Sun abandoned its paywall? Readers without a subscription can access the splash, some of its main news stories and high-profile columnists …
ProPublica:
NYT's data journalist Derek Willis joins ProPublica as news applications developer covering politics — Derek Willis to Join ProPublica's Politics Team — ProPublica announced today that it has hired data journalist Derek Willis as a news applications developer covering politics.
Discussion:
@harrisj, @jeremybowers and @macdiva
Will Oremus / Slate:
Many viral Facebook videos are ripped from YouTube and re-uploaded to Facebook without consent, and some end up with more views than originals — Facebook's Piracy Problem — Are plagiarized YouTube videos helping fuel the social network's astonishing video growth?
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Mashable
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Tidal launches family plan: each new member gets 50% discount from original $9.99 or $14.99 subscription, still more expensive than Apple Music — Tidal now has a family plan, but it's more expensive than Apple Music — With many of its music subscription rivals offering attractive family plan pricing …
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TechCrunch, Fortune and BGR
Sam Adams / Criticwire:
Pitchfork-funded two-year-old movie and TV criticism site The Dissolve is shutting down — The Dissolve Shuts Down — As the keeper of a blog covering the world of film and TV criticism it's often fallen to me to break bad news. But for both personal and professional reasons …
Discussion:
The Dissolve, FishbowlNY, The New York Observer and The Week
David McCabe / The Hill:
Consumer group files FTC complaint against Google, seeking to extend right to be forgotten to US — Group demands that Google offer users the ‘right to be forgotten’ — A group on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) arguing that Google should allow users …
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The Next Web, Washington Post, Beyond Search, InfoWorld, Quartz and NBC News
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