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3:05 PM ET, August 4, 2015

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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Sunlight Foundation, Melody Kramer, and 20 others media/tech projects get Knight Prototype Funds  —  Knight Foundation is giving 22 media and technology projects the chance to get one step closer to reality with a little help from the Prototype Fund.  The projects include open-source tools …
Discussion: Knight Foundation
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
How Mashable took user-generated content to create an animated story about Syria  —  When Louise Roug first saw the storyboards for Mashable's animation on a city in Syria, they were just rough outlines.  Then the animators started filling in the color.  —  “That's when I completely recognized parts …
Discussion: Mashable, @meganspecia and @kellymcb
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Guardian head of news Stuart Millar follows Janine Gibson and James Ball to Buzzfeed  —  Buzzfeed has announced the recruitment of another high-profile Guardian journalist, head of news Stuart Millar.  —  Press Gazette reported last week that Millar was leaving the newspaper after 19 years.
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iran will let some BBC journalists in the country to report for a week on special report  —  Official: Iran to partially allow BBC to report for a week  —  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian government official said Tuesday the Islamic Republic will allow some BBC journalists to report …
Discussion: Global Voices and The Iran Project
Matt Pakes / Medium:
Facebook product manager responds to YouTube vlogger Hank Green's allegations, defends viewing metrics, says they're exploring new IP management tools  —  Theft, Lies, and Facebook Video  —  Hi, my name is Matt Pakes and I'm a product manager at Facebook, responsible for video products.
Patrick Frater / Variety:
BBC Worldwide to launch its first video-on-demand services in India following deal with Tata Sky across TV, PCs, tablets and mobiles  —  BBC Worldwide In VoD Pact With India's Tata Sky  —  BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation, is to launch its first video-on-demand …
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Bloomberg homepage gets more headlines, smaller photos  —  Jed Sandberg, Michael Shane and Paul Maya of Bloomberg's web operation sent the below note this morning to the Bloomberg staff:
Storyful / Medium:
How a Production Company Faked ‘Instagram Migrant’ Account  —  By Eliza Mackintosh, Storyful journalist  —  An Instagram account purportedly documenting a migrant's journey from Dakar, Senegal, to Spain began trending on Sunday after the Huffington Post shared a story about it.
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
The more brands use influencers for social ad campaigns, the less impact each influencer has  —  Cool Influencers With Big Followings Get Picky About Their Endorsements  —  Ricky Dillon, 23, who is known for creating quirky online videos, has millions of followers on Instagram and Twitter.
Reuters:
Germany's top prosecutor Harald Range accuses government of interfering in investigation into news site netzpolitik.org  —  Top German prosecutor accuses Berlin of interfering in treason investigation  —  Germany's top public prosecutor accused the government on Tuesday of interfering …
Reuters:
Charter's net loss widens to $122M in Q2, loses 33K video subs  —  Charter Communications posts bigger quarterly loss  —  U.S. cable company Charter Communications Inc (CHTR.O) reported a bigger quarterly loss, hurt by costs related to debt extinguishment and the failed deal between Comcast Corp …
Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
fuboTV, a subscription-based OTT platform which livestreams soccer matches, raises $4M from investors, including Sling Media co-founder Blake Krikorian  —  fuboTV Scores $4M ‘A’ Round  —  Soccer-Focused OTT Service Aims to Add Content, Expand Platform  —  fuboTV, a subscription-based OTT platform …
Discussion: Media & Entertainment
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Netflix sets launch date in Japan for Sept. 2, with Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Iceland to follow in coming months  —  Netflix to launch in Japan, its first Asian market, on September 2  —  Netflix finally has a launch date for Asia — it will launch in Japan on September 2, 2015.
Discussion: Variety and The Verge
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Time Inc. reports Q2 earnings of $24M one year after spin-off from Time Warner, CEO touts plan to reengineer business, confident in return to financial growth  —  More than a year after the company's spin-off from Time Warner, Joe Ripp touts “our plan to fundamentally reengineer the business.”
 
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Chernin/AT&T joint venture Otter Media rebranding as Ellation, with new goal to build 30 to 50 paid niche video channels
Discussion: @jank0
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
How AJ+ embraces Facebook, autoplay, and comments to make its videos stand out
Discussion: @niemanlab