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2:10 PM ET, August 25, 2015

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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.
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Variety, Co.Create, TIME and The Verge
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
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.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Treasury refuses to publish BBC funding deal details despite FoI request  —  Labour's Chris Bryant threatens to go to the Information Commissioner if the government withholds documents on the financial impact of BBC cuts  —  Chris Bryant, the shadow culture secretary, has threatened to turn …
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 …
 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time, reaching a valuation of $2.15T after rising 10% on April 26, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015

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Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure

 
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