Mediagazer: Netflix stock slumps over 7% amid broad downturn; big media stocks like Disney, Viacom, and TWC fare better (Cynthia Littleton/Variety)

4:50 PM ET, August 21, 2015

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Daniel Ek / Spotify Blog:

Spotify apologizes for confusion over privacy policy, clarifies that no information will be collected without explicit permission — SORRY. — We are in the middle of rolling out new terms and conditions and privacy policy and they've caused a lot of confusion about what kind of information we access and what we do with it.

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Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes:

New Spotify privacy policy says it can collect data on location, sensors, and photos from your phone — Location, Sensors, Voice, Photos?! Spotify Just Got Real Creepy With The Data It Collects On You — Spotify has updated its privacy policy, and users should be careful about what they agree to.

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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

College media community mourns Dan Reimold, who died at 34 and who bridged gap between collegiate media and academics at his blog College Media Matters — R.I.P Dan Reimold, a top scholar of how college media is evolving — Dan Reimold, a journalism professor whose site College Media Matters website …

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Wall Street Journal:

Authors United asks US Department of Justice to investigate Amazon's “unprecedented power” in book market — Authors Group Seeks DOJ Probe of Amazon — Authors United says online retailer has ‘unprecedented power’ in book market — A group of prominent authors says Amazon.com Inc. has …

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Kevin Dugan / New York Post:

Bloomberg editor Chris Wellisz out after breaking Federal Reserve data embargo by 24 minutes — Top Bloomberg editor exits after Federal Reserve data flub — Mike Bloomberg, the founder and CEO of Bloomberg LP. — Chris Wellisz, a top Bloomberg editor who inadvertently broke an embargo …

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Miranda Ward / mUmBRELLA:

Fairfax confirms 25 jobs to go from community papers while The Land loses 16 positions — Fairfax Media has confirmed about 25 full-time equivalent positions across its suburban papers in Sydney and 16 positions at The Land will be made redundant as the publishing company moves ahead with a proposed restructure.

Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:

African-American and Hispanic millennials are more likely to use Instagram and YouTube for news — Millennials of all races and ethnicities are about as likely to use Facebook as a source for news, but African Americans and Hispanics between the ages of 18 and 34 are more likely …

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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

Netflix stock slumps over 7% amid broad downturn; big media stocks like Disney, Viacom, and TWC fare better — Netflix, Facebook, Apple Shares Take Hit Amid More Market Volatility — Shares of Netflix, Facebook and Apple took a hit while major showbiz congloms fared slightly better in trading Friday …

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Maira Sutton / Electronic Frontier Foundation:

Hollywood and big media could derail tech industry's effort to improve TPP copyright and fair use rules — Will Hollywood's Whining Thwart Better TPP Copyright Rules? — As far as secret, corporate-driven trade agreements go, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a particularly terrible deal for users …

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

BBC radio stations failing northern listeners, report says — Trust report says Radio 4 and 5 have become even more skewed to audiences in the south-east of England despite departments moving to Salford — BBC Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live are failing to appeal to northern listeners, according to a report published by the BBC Trust.

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Politico confirms Mike Elk has left the company, says his departure is unrelated to his efforts to unionize the newsroom — Politico Denies Unionizing Effort Was Behind Reporter's Departure — The company says remaining staff members are free to organize.

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Guy Patrick Cunningham / Los Angeles Review of Books:

Even with persistent commercial pressures, journalists have a responsibility to push for a higher quality of work and not to settle down — Don't Settle: The Journalist in the Shadow of the Commercial Web — JOURNALISM serves two important roles: it keeps us informed about political …

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