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11:35 PM ET, August 4, 2015

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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 …
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
Discussion: DW.COM, Associated Press, Techdirt and BBC
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Reuters:   Germany's top prosecutor Harald Range accuses government of interfering in investigation into news site netzpolitik.org
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.
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: Global Voices and The Iran Project
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.
Discussion: The Verge and TechCrunch
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
Gawker's lawyer is proud of Hulk Hogan fight, regrets outing exec  —  It's been a hell of a month for Heather Dietrick, even by the standards of the mud-slinging, gossip-soaked world of Gawker Media.  I caught up with Dietrick, who is the company's general counsel and president …
Discussion: @nicknotned
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.
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.
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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Andy / TorrentFreak:
RIAA Asks BitTorrent Inc. to Block Infringing Content
Discussion: Mashable
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Bloomberg homepage gets more headlines, smaller photos
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Netflix sets launch date in Japan for Sept. 2, with Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Iceland to follow in coming months
Discussion: Variety, The Verge and TechCrunch
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Guardian head of news Stuart Millar follows Janine Gibson and James Ball to Buzzfeed
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
Discussion: Media & Entertainment
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