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6:35 AM ET, August 15, 2015

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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Sources: Comcast is partnering with digital publishers like Vox, BuzzFeed, Mic, Vice, NBC Sports, and others to launch digital video platform called Watchable  —  Comcast is about to launch a major video platform called Watchable to rival Facebook and Google
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sources: Watchable to be available on the web for Comcast subscribers and and non-subscribers, in addition to set-top-boxes, Android and iOS  —  Comcast Gets Ready to Launch Online Video Service On Its Set-Tops And the Web  —  Comcast is inching closer towards the launch of its own online video service …
Discussion: @pkafka, @pkafka and @amir
Cora Lewis / BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed Founder Jonah Peretti: “I Don't Think A Union Is Right” For Staff  —  At a company meeting on Thursday, BuzzFeed's CEO told staff that unionization “isn't something I think would be great for the company.”  —  BuzzFeed's founder and CEO Jonah Peretti has told staff …
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Group that includes Politico reporter Mike Elk releases a statement enumerating labor rights ahead of planned October convention  —  Group Calls for Rights for Journalists in Digital Newsrooms  —  Politico reporter Mike Elk is among the organizers of a planned conference on journo rights.
William Branigin / Washington Post:
U.N. human rights experts call for ‘immediate release’ of Post's Jason Rezaian  —  U.N. human rights experts expressed grave concern Friday about Iran's continued detention of Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian and called on authorities in Tehran to release him immediately.
Discussion: @postbaron, @katz and Poynter
Miranda Ward / mUmBRELLA:
News Corp CEO lashes Google for piracy, zealotry and kleptocracy at Lowy Institute event  —  News Corp CEO Robert Thomson has accused Google of “piracy, zealotry and kleptocracy”, labelled LinkedIn a “pretender” and described the redistribution of content created by journalists as “unnatural”.
Jessamyn West / Medium:
A look at why comment sections fail as sites like The Verge and Daily Dot give up on them  —  Bad comments are a system failure  —  So why can't you fix them like any other bug?  —  Internet comments are awful.  Recently sites [like Popular Science, Bloomberg Business, Reuters, Mic …
Discussion: @coralproject and @jayrosen_nyu
James Bradshaw / Globe and Mail:
Woodbridge, private holding company of Thomson family, takes full ownership of Globe and Mail, buying BCE's remaining 15% stake  —  Woodbridge acquires full ownership of The Globe and Mail in deal with BCE  —  Woodbridge Co. Ltd. has taken full ownership of The Globe and Mail …
Discussion: @craigsilverman and @curryb
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Saudi Arabia to require online media to have commercial registration and office space, while editors-in-chief need college degrees and Saudi citizenship  —  Saudi Arabia announces more restrictions on online media  —  The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns new restrictions …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Maker Studios' integration with Disney hits a few snags over missed performance targets; CEO Ynon Kreiz other other top execs may leave Disney at end of year  —  Disney and Maker Studios' Big Deal May Be Smaller Than They Thought  —  It looks like the honeymoon is over for Disney and Maker Studios.
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Live Streaming Platform Firetalk Teams Up With The Young Turks  —  Firetalk, which aims to be a kind of Periscope for YouTubers and other creatives, has teamed up with the Young Turks to provide some interactivity for the live stream of the long-standing progressive political program.
Discussion: Tubefilter and VideoInk
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Justice Department releases report on its subpoenas, search warrants, and questioning of journalists in 2014  —  The Justice Department says it approved subpoenas or search warrants for three journalists last year  —  The Justice Department said Friday that former Attorney General Eric H …
 
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Turner Broadcasting acquires majority stake in online video company iStreamPlanet for nearly $200M
James Warren / Poynter:
Q&A with Lowell Peterson, executive director of the Writers Guild of America East, on dealing with traditional vs. new media companies like Gawker and VICE
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Editorial cartoonists' association calls on Los Angeles Times to review evidence used to justify dropping Ted Rall for factual discrepancies
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is exploring a push into smart glasses by conducting an internal study, codenamed Atlas, to gather employee feedback on products on the market

Bloomberg:
Sources: Canadian authorities arrested Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who is allegedly behind hacks in June and July of up to 165 Snowflake customers including AT&T

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
The second developer beta of iOS 18.2 shows a “daily limit” for free access to “advanced” ChatGPT via Siri and an option to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus in Settings
 
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