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6:25 AM ET, August 12, 2015

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Marco Arment / Marco.org:
The profusion of privacy-violating web trackers invalidates the already-shaky theory that ad-blocking violates an implied contract  —  The ethics of modern web ad-blocking  —  More than fifteen years ago, in response to decreasing ad rates and banner blindness, web advertisers and publishers adopted pop-up ads.
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Brian Williams' six-month suspension is over, will resume new role as MSNBC breaking news anchor in mid-September  —  Brian Williams' suspension is over  —  It's been six months since Williams was suspended without pay by NBC News for telling an exaggerated story about a helicopter mission during the Iraq War.
Discussion: Mediaite, The Wrap and Digital Spy
Paul Mason / Guardian:
Digital devices have shortened readers attention spans, increased skim-reading, and authors are now struggling to create immersive content  —  Ebooks are changing the way we read, and the way novelists write  —  Our attention spans have shortened, we're distracted, and authors have changed …
Discussion: Telegraph, @nicolalitagent and The Awl
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Rdio to add 460 AM/FM stations owned and operated by Cumulus Media to its service Wednesday amid increasing competition  —  Rdio cues up traditional radio stations, hoping to get an edge on competition  —  The increasingly crowded streaming music industry is starting to look a little more like old-fashioned radio.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fusion Adds Roku to Its List of Streaming Venues in Bid to Win New Viewers  —  Fusion, the TV network aimed for millennials that is owned by ABC News and Univision, is expanding to Roku.  —  Users of the service will be able to tap into the Watch Fusion channel on Roku to watch Fusion programs …
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Canadian TV journalist is charged in incident related to 2014 Ferguson coverage  —  A Canadian TV journalist has become at least the third charged almost a year after being detained while covering the protests in Ferguson, his employer reports.  —  CTV's Los Angeles Bureau Chief Tom Walters …
Ariha Setalvad / The Verge:
Facebook makes it hard to find and take down copyright-infringing videos as it tries to establish itself as the go-to platform for viral videos  —  Why Facebook's video theft problem can't last  —  Earlier this year, Facebook's increased focus on video — which began with it introducing autoplay video …
Discussion: Wired and SocialTimes
Online News Association:
2015 Online Journalism Awards finalists include reported.ly and news startup Billy Penn  —  2015 Online Journalism Awards finalists announced  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Finalists for the 2015 Online Journalism Awards, representing a wide range of nonprofit, public, academic, major media …
Dave McNary / Variety:
Movie studio executive Julie Rapaport from Weinstein Co. joins fast-growing Amazon Studios  —  Julie Rapaport Exits Weinstein Co. for Amazon Studios  —  In a pre-Toronto Film Festival move, fast-growing Amazon Studios has hired veteran executive Julie Rapaport from The Weinstein Company …
Discussion: The Wrap and Hollywood Reporter
Paul Gallagher / The Independent:
Columbia Pictures accidentally delete their own trailer for new Adam Sandler movie Pixels in anti-piracy crackdown  —  An anti-piracy firm sent take-down notices on behalf of the company to Vimeo, ordering the website to remove videos containing the word ‘pixels’
Discussion: The Week and TorrentFreak
 
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