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Steve Huffman / Reddit:
New Reddit CEO announces content policy update AMA on July 16, says some subreddits shouldn't exist and Reddit wasn't founded as “a bastion of free speech” — Content Policy update. AMA Thursday, July 16th, 1pm pst. — There has been a lot of discussion lately —on reddit …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Judge Rejects New “Blurred Lines” Trial, Trims Damages to $5.3 Million — The judge has also ruled that Universal Music and T.I. should be held liable for copyright infringement. — The federal judge overseeing the high-profile lawsuit brought by the Marvin Gaye family against Robin Thicke …
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Ex-BBC director general Lord Birt says cuts to BBC budget five years ago led to reduction in original UK content, expects new cuts will lead to further decline — Ex-BBC director general accuses government of ‘raiding finances’ — Lord Birt defends corporation's ability to make programmes …
Sarah Lawson / Fast Company:
Water Deeply launches to focus on California's drought as a continuation of Lara Setrakian's pop-up news site model; Arctic Deeply to launch in October — News Site Water Deeply Will Tackle The California Drought Crisis — California's record-breaking drought crisis is now in its fourth year.
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@waterdeeply, @lara and @kate_day
Steven Morris / Guardian:
Brighton council rapped for attempt to charge £200 recording fee for interview — Council took an uncharacteristically hardline approach when a journalist asked to record an interview with musician Martyn Ware on its beach — It was supposed to be a harmless interview with a pop star …
Barry Levine / VentureBeat:
AnyClip lands $21M for targeting movie and TV clips to the right Web page — EXCLUSIVE: — Online ads in video clips can deliver the highest rates online, so the trick for marketers is to get the most traffic by delivering the right video to each viewer.
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Multichannel News, Haaretz, Tubefilter, AdExchanger, Variety and The Times of Israel
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
New Pew data: More Americans are getting news on Facebook and Twitter — Facebook and Twitter users across all demographics are increasingly using the social networks as news sources, though they are seeking out different types of news content on each platform, according to a study out Tuesday …
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Journalism.org, Digiday, Guardian, Mashable, Adweek, SocialTimes, @sageeb, The Hill, The Verge, The Next Web, Digital Trends, @timmcdougall13, Pew Research Center, Broadcasting & Cable, Re/code, TechCrunch, @mims, @mattnavarra and @ylichterman
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Browser policies, boost in Google search rankings, better analytics are slowly pushing news organizations to adopt HTTPS for secure, encrypted connections — S is for “secure”: Why news organizations are ditching (or should ditch) HTTP for HTTPS — Visit the Washington Post homepage …
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Flipboard's MAUs grew 75% from 40M in February to 70M in June after it launched on the web — Flipboard now has 70M monthly active users, says CEO Mike McCue — Flipboard's CEO Mike McCue today revealed that his digital magazine platform now counts 70 million monthly active users as of June 2015.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
TiVo Adds AirPlay Support to Allow Streaming to Apple TV Via iOS Devices — TiVo today is announcing an update to its iOS app that adds AirPlay support to allow users to stream content to the Apple TV. The feature builds on previous support for streaming content to an iOS device from a TiVo box …
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Digital Trends, The Verge, Engadget, Multichannel News and TechCrunch
Anita Singh / Telegraph:
Over 25 celebrities sign letter warning David Cameron that cuts to BBC would harm Britain's global standing — Leave the BBC alone, Hollywood stars and TV presenters tell David Cameron — JK Rowling, Judi Dench and Chris Evans among celebrities to sign letter telling the Prime Minister …
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Variety, @dannycohen, mirror, @lennyhenry, Daily Mail, @profbriancox, The Conversation, @telegraph, @rhonddabryant and @annadoble
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
YouTube's Susan Wojcicki says 50% of the site's views now coming from mobile — Susan Wojcicki on YouTube's Priorities: “Mobile, Mobile, Mobile” — Susan Wojcicki, top banana at YouTube, took the stage at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference just a few minutes ago to talk about the future …
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The New York Observer, Tech Times, Business Insider, Forbes and Fortune
Charlotte Higgins / Guardian:
Under attack from government and besieged by commercial rivals, BBC has been forced to justify its very existence — The battle for the BBC — Under attack from a government intent on reducing its size and besieged by commercial rivals, the broadcaster has been forced to justify its very existence
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@benedictevans, @charlesarthur, @owen_g, @jonathanshainin, @stuartrowson and @beneltham
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