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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
MLB Advanced Media to spin out streaming video unit valued at over $3B, signs deal giving NHL up to 10% equity in the new company named BAM Tech — Pro Baseball's Streaming Video Unit Gets Ready for a $3 Billion Spinoff by Adding Pro Hockey — MLB Advanced Media, the company that streams video …
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The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, TVNewser, Adweek, @edmundlee, NEWS IN ENGLISH, GeekWire, Broadcasting & Cable, CBSSports.com, Variety and TechCrunch
Anton Troianovski / Wall Street Journal:
Justice minister fires Germany's top prosecutor, Harald Range, over his treason probe targeting Netzpolitik journalists — German Justice Minister Fires Top Prosecutor for Treason Probe of Bloggers — Dismissal of federal prosecutor general marks crescendo in debate over press freedom
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BBC, Associated Press, DW.COM and Techdirt
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Davey Alba / Wired:
Inside Jukin Media, which finds, licenses, and sells potentially viral videos and is aiming for $15M-20M in revenue this year — Inside the Company That's Made Viral Videos Big Business — Nate Granzow settles into his chair and taps a few keys on his keyboard. Two large computer screens blink to life.
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Boing Boing
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 …
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Knight Foundation
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 …
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Global Voices and The Iran Project
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Taylor Swift claims Spotify is a “startup with no cash flow”, recounts the thinking behind her open letter to Apple — Taylor Swift wrote Apple Music letter at 4AM: ‘I read it to my mom’ — A new Taylor Swift interview in Vanity Fair offers some interesting background …
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Business Insider, Mashable, AppleInsider, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, XXL, Yahoo Tech and ITProPortal
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Political row in Scotland over police snooping on journalist — Newspaper claims that officers contravened Ripa code by seeking to discover a reporter's confidential sources — A political row has broken out in Scotland over the use by police of covert monitoring in order to discover a journalist's confidential sources.
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The Herald, Common Space and Press Gazette
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.
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Digiday, @mikeisaac, @chrismoranuk, @pkafka, @mathewi, ITProPortal and Fortune
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
Genius launches on Android, debuts redesign across iOS and Web — Annotation site Genius just refreshed its homepage, updated its iOS app, and rolled out a brand new Android app. — The launch of an Android app may mark an official truce between Genius and Google.
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TechCrunch and The Verge
Jessica Pressler / Vulture:
Nikki Finke's Hollywood Dementia site launches using pay-per-story model, with nine fiction stories from various authors including Finke — Nikki Finke Is Now Making Up Her Stories (Sort Of) — “All of fiction is derived from truth.” — For Nikki Finke, fiction was always the enemy.
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Deadline, Page Six, Thompson on Hollywood, SSN Insider and FishbowlNY
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.
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@stuartmillar159, @ggreenwald, Guardian, Poynter, @mlcalderone, @johncassidy, @paulhamilos, @jamesrbuk and @lukelewis
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney beats estimates in Q3 with $1.45 EPS, misses on revenue with $13.1B, up 5% YoY; studio revenue showed strongest growth — Disney said that its film studio did well in its fiscal third quarter despite the negative impact of ‘Tomorrowland.’ — Walt Disney on Tuesday reported record …
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New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, @jonerlichman, Deadline, Variety and @benfritz
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