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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
FOIA lawsuit shows State Department has 17K+ emails from Clinton aide Reines after earlier claims they did not exist, plans to produce them Sept. 30 — State Department Finds Thousands of Philippe Reines Emails It Claimed Did Not Exist — Earlier this year, Gawker Media sued the State Department …
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Ron Nixon / New York Times:
Former Scripps Networks Interactive CEO John Lansing named as new chief of Broadcasting Board of Governors — John Lansing Named as New Chief of Broadcasting Board of Governors — WASHINGTON — John Lansing, a retired cable television executive, was named Monday as the new chief executive …
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Bloomberg Business:
Sources: French music-streaming service Deezer is seeking funds at about €1B valuation, roughly $1.1B — Spotify Rival Deezer Said to Seek Funds at $1 Billion Valuation — Deezer is seeking funds from investors in a transaction that could value the French music-streaming service …
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Shannon Bond / Financial Times:
BuzzFeed partners with Yahoo Japan to launch Japanese version of the site — BuzzFeed partners with Yahoo Japan to launch Japanese version of the site — BuzzFeed is launching a joint venture with Yahoo Japan, the country's top internet portal, to create a Japanese-language version of the viral news and entertainment site.
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BuzzFeed, Politico, TechCrunch, The Drum and Adweek
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
New Dr. Dre album with 25M streams in first week, nearly 500K downloads through iTunes, serves as test for Apple Music — New Dr. Dre Album Serves as a Test for Apple Music — When Apple introduced its new streaming service, Apple Music, at the end of June, one of the big questions hanging …
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Frances Perraudin / Guardian:
UK-produced music videos from major labels on YouTube and Vevo will get age ratings under agreement between labels and British Board of Film Classification — Age ratings enforced for UK-produced music videos on YouTube and Vevo — Videos made in the UK by artists signed to major labels …
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Axel Bruns / The Conversation:
A look at digital media competition in Australia as Huffington Post Australia launches — Huffington Post is coming - but will Australians care? — The past few years have been positively revolutionary for the Australian news landscape. From a static and highly concentrated media market …
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The Huffington Post, mUmBRELLA and Queensland University …
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Comcast will offer content creators 70% of ad revenue on its new Watchable platform, more than Facebook and YouTube — Comcast's ‘Watchable’ Streaming Portal to Give Creators a Bigger Cut of Ad Revenue — Comcast is offering Web content partners for its new …
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AdExchanger, Multichannel News and Light Reading
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
US Supreme Court decision in June expanded strict scrutiny of laws that regulate free speech, affecting existing rules against panhandling, ballot selfies, more — Court's Free-Speech Expansion Has Far-Reaching Consequences — WASHINGTON — It is not too early to identify the sleeper case of the last Supreme Court term.
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@jcwilson98, @alecgaffney, @joshgreenman and Mother Jones
Mdlina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Paul Smalera, ideas editor at Quartz, talks about getting started in journalism, favorite tools, key skills — ‘We are all internet reporters now’ - Q&A with Paul Smalera — Paul Smalera, ideas editor at Quartz, shares how he got into journalism and his advice for those starting out in the industry
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Magdy Samaan / Telegraph:
Egypt approves anti-terror law to fine journalists for ‘false’ reporting on attacks — Critics say the controversial law would stifle press freedom in Egypt and risk shutting down smaller newspapers — The Egyptian government has granted itself sweeping powers to combat terrorism …
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Committee to Protect …, BBC, Financial Times, CNN, Voice of America, Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Agence France-Presse and CTVNews
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Six weeks into adoption of paywall plus pay-per-article model, Winnipeg Free Press has about 1,300 readers using system; overall web traffic is down 30% — Six weeks into its micropayment strategy, The Winnipeg Free Press preps for a “slow building process” — Fair or not, Winnipeggers have a reputation for being frugal.
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