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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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Wired, @bengoldacre, Techdirt, CBS Chicago, @dangillmor, Business Insider, @macformat, @adambanksdotcom, @glinner, @addelindh, @icecrime, Macworld, Digital Trends, @rsingel, Business Insider and RAIN News
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 …
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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The Authors Guild, EJ Insight, Fortune, Newsmax and Bookseller News
Susan Crawford / Backchannel:
Cable-only presidential debates block cord cutters from politics and public discourse — Cable-Only Presidential Debates are the New Poll Tax — If you cut the cord, you just may cut yourself off from vital political discourse. And that's wrong. — This month's theatrical GOP primary debate …
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@jayrosen_nyu and @stevenlevy
Daniel E. Slotnik / New York Times:
Liz Perle, Writer and Former Publishing Executive, Dies at 59 — Liz Perle, a writer and former publishing executive who co-founded Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families navigate the complex worlds of entertainment, media and technology, died on Thursday at her home in San Francisco.
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Publishers Weekly, commonsensemedia.org, @marisacnaughton, @betsyboz and @greencomma
Chris Taylor / Mashable:
Canada's National Post takes down a Margaret Atwood column on political candidates' hair — Newspaper mysteriously censors Margaret Atwood column on hair — Thirty years ago, the award-winning novelist and poet Margaret Atwood published The Handmaid's Tale, a harrowing story …
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@margaretatwood, @blm849, @gmbutts, @heerjeet and @margaretatwood
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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CNBC, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal and @wsj
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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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New York Post, forexlive.com, @reedfrich, @jgreendc, @mlcalderone, @paulxharris, @davezatz, StreetInsider.com, Talking Biz News and USA Today
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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American Press Institute, Sputnik International and Associated Press
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.
Natalia Drozdiak / Wall Street Journal:
European Commission asks companies for details about Google's ad contracts and scraping as it deepens its antitrust investigation — EU Deepens Antitrust Investigation Into Google's Practices — The bloc has requested information from companies on Google's advertising-contract practices
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 …
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