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Robert Feder:
Ira Glass takes ownership of This American Life from Chicago Public Media in exchange for ongoing profits from the show and spinoff Serial — Ira Glass owns all of ‘This American Life’ — Twenty years after Ira Glass launched “This American Life” at WBEZ FM 91.5, the host and executive producer …
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Poynter, Current.org, @jank0, @annewootton and AllAccess.com
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Sources: Facebook seeking licensing deals to insert music videos in users' feeds, said to offer better revenue sharing than YouTube — Facebook Said to Seek Music Video Licensing Deals — Over the last few years, Facebook has slowly encroached on YouTube's territory as a go-to outlet for online video …
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Fortune, Billboard, Billboard, @buzzfeedben, The Verge, @mikeisaac, Business Insider and Billboard
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Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Facebook says it's not building a streaming music service
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USA Today, MobileSyrup.com, SocialTimes, Forbes, hypebot, Digital Spy, Music Ally, Engadget, Guardian and MacRumors
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
The Turtles Aim to Halt the RIAA's $210 Million Settlement With SiriusXM — A deal over pre-1972 recordings is characterized as a “brazen attempt to disrupt and interfere with the class action process.” — The $210 million settlement that record giants made with SiriusXM over the use …
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Alison Frankel, AllAccess.com and RAIN News
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Staff changes in the video department at The New York Times signal ambitions of higher digital ad revenue — Long road ahead for the Times' video ambitions — The New York Times has come a long way since it created a video department 10 years ago, but it still has a long …
Nate Hoffelder / The Digital Reader:
Nook Store will only be available in US and UK as Barnes & Noble shutters international store — The Beginning of the End: B&N Shutters the International Nook Store — Over the past month B&N has been making us wonder whether it was committed to ebooks.
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Engadget and TechCrunch
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Sony Asserts Right to Structure Deal With Spotify Even If Result Disfavors Artists — Taking equity in Spotify, keeping advertising income and not sharing the spoils of piracy lawsuits is all proper, according to new court papers by the record giant. — Sony Music has a noteworthy response …
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Plagiarism Today and Techdirt
Bloomberg Business:
At Sun Valley, New York Times CEO Mark Thompson talks about Facebook's Instant Articles, apps, and journalism careers — How New York Times Survives in a Social Media World — New York Times Company CEO Mark Thompson discusses the newspaper's digital strategy for the future with Olivia Sterns …
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
ESPN takes hard line in talent negotiations as it tightens spending, focuses on safeguarding its lucrative pay TV business instead — ESPN Tightens Its Belt as Pressure on It Mounts — Competition in the pay-TV industry is rising and subscribers are trimming cable bills
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The Atlantic and @jyarow
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
ESPN reporter tweets player's medical charts, and ethical questions erupt — New York Giants player Jason Pierre-Paul apparently had a finger amputated on Wednesday. The reason we know that — the publication of a private medical record — is now the subject of a robust debate.
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Deadline, TVNewser, CNNMoney, Mediaite, Washington Post, Bloomberg View, Hollywood Life and ProFootballTalk
Omar Mohammed / Quartz:
Ethiopia releases five journalists from prison and drops all charges, but leaves 12 incarcerated ahead of Obama visit — Ethiopia frees more imprisoned journalists on the eve of Obama's historic visit — Ethiopian journalists jailed for more than a year after being accused of attempting to destabilize the state have been released.
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Guardian, Global Voices, Voice of America and Reuters
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Fusion launches in-house ‘news lab,’ plans NoHo office space — Fusion's New York-based digital team, having added to its ranks, moved out of the ABC News building earlier this year and has been working in a temporary office space. But, this fall, Fusion will be moving into a new …
Josh Dzieza / The Verge:
Inside quirky, self-funded and profitable The Awl: annual revenue in low seven figures, relative freedom for writers, and a cautious growth strategy — Why are the most important people in media reading The Awl? — In March, at the Code/Media conference in Dana Point, California …
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