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Klint Finley / Wired:
Pro-government Twitter spam bots jammed communication channels for activists during Mexico protests — Pro-Government Twitter Bots Try to Hush Mexican Activists — On September 26, 2014, a group of students departed the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College for a protest in Iguala, Mexico, about 80 miles away.
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Motherboard, The Next Web and Engadget
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.
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.
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New York Times, Bloomberg Business, Mashable, Fusion, Guardian, Engadget, TechCrunch and Business Insider
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...”
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@emilybowles_, Guardian, @meandmybigmouth, @benando, @mrjoemcfadden, @patrickfoster2, @patrickfoster2, Engadget and @markfrankel29
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.
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FierceCable and Los Angeles Times
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.
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Multichannel News, TechCrunch, Broadcasting & Cable and Hollywood Reporter
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 …
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TechCrunch, Forbes, International Business Times, Billboard, AllAccess.com, Radio Ink Magazine, Variety and Engadget
Vauhini Vara / New Yorker:
Examining the new antitrust legal argument by the Authors United group against Amazon — Is Amazon Creating a Cultural Monopoly? — For months, a group of writers calling themselves Authors United have campaigned, mostly unsuccessfully, against the business practices of Amazon.com.
Discussion:
Business Insider, @serenalarkin, @nyercurrency, @umichlaw, @barryeisler and kottke.org
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
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
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 …
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 …
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