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12:25 PM ET, August 25, 2015

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 Top News: 
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.
Discussion: Variety, TIME, The Verge and Co.Create
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Cablevision Will Sell CBS Via Broadband In New Distribution Pact  —  Cablevision, the cable provider for a valuable pocket of suburbia surrounding New York City, will be the first company of its kind to sell a new CBS programming-via-broadband service in a new distribution deal the companies announced Tuesday.
Sky News:
Russia lifts Wikipedia ban after briefly blocking site for article about drugs  —  Russia Quickly Cancels Wikipedia Ban  —  The homepage of the Russian version of Wikipedia  —  Russia has cancelled a ban on the Russian-language version of Wikipedia after it caused controversy among internet users in the country.
Patrick Foster / RadioTimes:
Two-thirds of viewers opposed to the licence fee changed their minds after just nine days without BBC services  —  “Being without the BBC was absolutely dreadful, just awful,” said one man involved in the ‘deprivation study’.  “I just didn't realised how much we watched it...”
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Slingbox boss Michael Hawkey joins Rovi as VP and general manager of its media-discovery business group  —  Slingbox Boss Michael Hawkey Departs to Join Rovi  —  Michael Hawkey, who has run EchoStar's Sling Media division for two years, has left the company to become senior VP and G.M. of Rovi's media-discovery business group.
Discussion: FierceCable and Los Angeles Times
Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
Tunein adds $8/month Premium subscription with access to over 40K audiobooks, 600 ad-free music stations, and live MLB broadcasts  —  TuneIn takes the ads out of your on-the-go real radio  —  The Internet's main spot for AM/FM radio adds an $8 subscription that swaps commercials out of 600 stations …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Disney pays Maker Studios' shareholders just $105M of $200M earn-out bonus, after Maker misses performance goals  —  Maker Studios Gets Its First Report Card From Disney  —  Screenshot from Maker Studios' “Ithamar Has Nothing to Say”  —  When Disney bought Web video network Maker Studios last year …
Discussion: VideoInk and StreamDaily
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Netflix stock up 7%, Time Warner, CBS up 2% after Monday's freefall  —  Media Stocks Rebound After #BlackMonday Freefall  —  Media companies that tanked on Monday in the wider #BlackMonday stock market freefall rebounded on Tuesday.  —  Netflix was up 7 percent; Apple improved 5 percent …
Discussion: Foreign Policy and Variety
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 …
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  —  Mohamed Fahmy calls for release of photojournalist Shawkan  —  CAIRO: Former Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy has called for the release …
 
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Daniel Frankel / FierceCable:
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