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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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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, Fortune, EJ Insight, Newsmax and Bookseller News
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, StreetInsider.com, @paulxharris, @davezatz, @reedfrich, @jgreendc, @mlcalderone, USA Today and Talking Biz News
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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Poynter, The Daily Caller, NewsBusters, Poynter, The Daily Caller and Talking Biz News
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Marin Cogan / New York Magazine:
Interview with Mike Elk on trying to unionize Politico
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The Huffington Post, @adamweinstein, FishbowlDC, bookforum.com, The Daily Caller, @picardonhealth, Washingtonian and @mikeelk
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.
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.
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Uncertainty Looms Over The Undefeated, ESPN's Site on Sports and Race — More than two years into the gestation of The Undefeated, ESPN's website about sports and race, the site exists in digital limbo. — It has no start date. It has no permanent leader.
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SBNation.com, @jasongay, @richarddeitsch, @jayrosen_nyu and @margaretvm
Tom Cheredar / Gigaom:
Flipboard update brings personalization to news feed with voting options using Zite technology — Ahead of Apple News launch, Flipboard adds voting to its news feed — Digital magazine app Flipboard is getting an update that will allow users to fine-tune the news feed that appears …
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Flipboard, Engadget, The Next Web and VentureBeat
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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@heydonnelly, @guyslibrary and @mattdpearce
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