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8:45 AM ET, August 25, 2015

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
A Three-Way Mostly Civilized Family Contest To Become The Next Publisher Of The Times  —  The issue of succession is a difficult matter not just for family-run businesses but for the families that run them.  Take the Murdochs, for instance.  Or the Binghams, the Kentucky newspaper clan that imploded in the 1980s.
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Despite upsurge in mobile traffic, publishers say mobile ad dollars are lagging  —  Mobile Readers Abound; the Ads, Not So Much  —  Traditional and online publishers are struggling to cash in on their surging mobile traffic, raising questions about their future growth as consumers increasingly turn …
Max Seddon / BuzzFeed:
Russia tells ISPs to block Wikipedia after site editors refuse to delete article about charas, a form of hashish  —  Russia Says It's Banning Wikipedia  —  The site faces a total block after Wikipedia editors failed to comply with a court decision in a remote village.
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Flipboard launches short silent Cinema Loop video ads  —  Flipboard is expanding its promoted stories program to now include videos.  Starting today, brands can submit their television-quality commercials and bring them to the digital magazine app.  These video ads will feature Cinema Loops …
Discussion: Digiday and The Next Web
Guardian:
Following US shutdown in June, Twitter blocks 31 Diplotwoops and Politwoops accounts archiving deleted tweets of politicians, diplomats, and embassies globally  —  Twitter blocks access to political transparency organisation Politwoops  —  Group that archives deleted tweets from legislators has its access to social network shut off
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Audience for New York Times newsletters ranges from tens of thousands to millions  —  How The New York Times gets a 70 percent open rate on its newsletters  —  The New York Times has caught the newsletter fever.  In the past year, it has launched a dozen of them — it now has a total of 33.
Discussion: Poynter and @sophia_phan
Owen Williams / The Next Web:
Comparisons of mobile news page load times with and without Crystal content blocker show speed to come with iOS9 ad blocking  —  iOS 9 content blocking will transform the mobile Web: I've tried it  —  The next version of iOS comes with a major new feature called 'content blockers …
Emily Steel / New York Times:
In drive to attract teens and tweens, Netflix licenses films from YouTube personalities, adds other films, TV series  —  Netflix to Add Films and TV Series for Teenagers  —  Netflix is entering the awkward teenage years, at least with its latest programming push.
Wall Street Journal:
Warner Bros. in Talks to Make Movies in China  —  Joint venture would produce local-language films for Asian audience  —  Rather than wait for China to open its doors to Hollywood, Warner Bros. is making a big play to take up residency in China.  —  The Time Warner Inc. -owned studio …
Daniel Frankel / FierceCable:
Dish's Sling TV glitches again during AMC's ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ premiere  —  Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) continues to grapple with technical challenges as it tries to live-stream popular programming events through its Sling TV service.  —  The latest glitch occurred Sunday evening …
Discussion: Multichannel News
 
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Hanan Fayed / Cairo Post:
Former Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy calls for release of photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zaid, known as Shawkan, jailed for over two years
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Nobel Prize-winner blasts The New York Times for publishing ‘gossip’
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Neil Young's Pono Struggles With Funding, Searches for New CEO
Discussion: Engadget and RAIN News
Jeff Gammage / Philly.com:
Terry Egger named publisher of Philadelphia Media Network
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Farnaz Fassihi / Wall Street Journal:
A Wall Street Journal reporter discusses her experience being labeled an American spy by Iranian state-run media
Shannon Bond / Financial Times:
European media giant investments in online video networks are growing fast
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Netflix Hitches With SoftBank For Japan Launch
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Behind Neetzan Zimmerman's Facebook strategy at The Hill, which has contributed to the huge rise of social engagement and traffic over the past six months
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
A Spanish-language website is working to document killings of undocumented immigrants
Katrin Kuntz / Spiegel Online:
How a 19-year-old from Amsterdam became one of the foremost cartographers of the ISIS conflict
 

 
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

George Steer / Financial Times:
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets

James Hunt / The Block:
Bitcoin's fourth halving is now complete, lowering miners' block subsidy rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC; the third halving was on May 2020

 
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