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Micah Singleton / The Verge:
FTC investigation into Apple heats up, music streaming services hit with subpoenas — The FTC has launched an investigation into Apple's dealings with competing music streaming services in its App Store, according to multiple sources. The investigation is targeting Apple's 30 percent fee charged …
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The Hill, AppleInsider, Business Insider, Variety, Broadcasting & Cable and InsideSources
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Dustin Volz / National Journal:
Sen. Al Franken, Consumer Watchdog ask regulators to investigate Apple Music for possible anticompetitive practices — Al Franken Urges Federal Probe of Apple Music — The senator warns of limited competition and price increases due to Apple's new music-streaming service.
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The Verge, The Hill and AppleInsider
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Rupert Murdoch said to have asked Roger Ailes to back off Trump coverage, took to social media when Ailes refused — Rupert Murdoch Wants to Stop Donald Trump, But First He's Got to Rein In Roger Ailes — Has Fox News spun out of the media mogul's control? — Shares
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New York Times, Politico, @jonathanalter, Mediaite, Washington Post, @amychozick, Talking Points Memo, @mlcalderone, @gabrielsherman and The Daily Caller
Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
At Gawker meeting, Denton says editorial must take business and advertising concerns into consideration — The ‘Gawker tax’ is getting too high, Denton tells his staff — Gawker Media is a business. — That's the message that C.E.O. Nick Denton had for his editorial employees yesterday …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
New York Times denies Nick Denton's claim that reporters' beats are changed to satisfy advertisers
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Guardian, @hadas_gold and @petersterne
Ezra Klein / Vox:
In 3 years, media will become wire services that operate across many platforms, gaining audience, but losing ability to create custom designs — Is the media becoming a wire service? — I'm going to make some predictions about the future of the media in this piece, and they come …
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@saila, @alexgspence, @lindastern, @davewiner and @benmullin
Associated Press:
Turkey briefly blocks access to Twitter over bombing images — ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey briefly blocked access to Twitter on Wednesday to prevent images of Monday's deadly bombing from being broadcast and to stop Twitter users from calling for protests against the government …
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The Verge, Hurriyet Daily News and Wall Street Journal
Gurman Bhatia / Poynter:
NYT highlights columns and columnists with ‘Follow’ feature — Soon, when Thomas Friedman publishes a column in the New York Times, his fans won't have keep hitting refresh to find out. Instead, they'll be notified immediately. — With a tiny little bell in the corner …
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
The new Knight News Challenge winners want to make voting easier and election data clearer — An archive of campaign speeches, improved exit polling, and technology designed to make voting more accessible are among some of the ideas just announced as winners in the latest round of the Knight News Challenge, which focused on elections.
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VentureBeat, californiacivicdata.org, Knight Foundation and Knight Foundation
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Spotify signs deal with electronic music site Beatport to bring over music and video content — Spotify Gains Access to Beatport Music and Videos — Spotify has struck a deal with the electronic music site Beatport that will bring it new music and video content, the latest step …
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The Rhapsody Blog, GeekWire and Variety
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AP to Put Nearly 17,000 Hours of Archival News Footage on YouTube — News org, together with British Movietone, aims to promote licensing deals with filmmakers for video segments — The Associated Press is uploading more than 550,000 video clips to YouTube — covering news events dating back to 1895 …
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ap.org, Guardian, FishbowlNY, The Next Web, Poynter, City A.M., The Independent, Jezebel, Associated Press, 9to5Google, @niemanlab and Broadcasting & Cable
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
LeBron James' production company, SpringHill Entertainment, is forming a production partnership with Warner Bros. for movies, TV, and digital work — LeBron James Takes Shot With Warner Bros. — Basketball star, Maverick Carter form partnership with Time Warner unit to make movies, TV shows
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Variety, The Wrap, Business Insider and UPROXX
John Temple / First Look Media:
John Temple, president of Pierre Omidyar's First Look, is leaving after a year to focus on personal work and life — My Job Is Done — The time has come for me to leave First Look. The company has reached a place where I feel comfortable putting the call of my own projects and my need for more personal time first.
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@vivian, @jayrosen_nyu, @pierre and Poynter
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
MTV Programming President Susanne Daniels leaves to become vice president of YouTube originals — Susanne Daniels Jumping From MTV to YouTube — Susanne Daniels is exiting her post as programming chief at MTV to join YouTube in a newly created position leading the plaform's budding original content efforts.
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Variety, The Wrap, Deadline, Business Insider and Hollywood Reporter
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