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5:25 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 and The Next Web
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, The Verge and Fortune
Alex Stedman / Variety:
ESPN Suspends Analyst Curt Schilling for Tweet Comparing Muslims to Nazis  —  ESPN has suspended Curt Schilling after the network analyst and former pitcher tweeted, and subsequently deleted, a picture that compared Muslims to Nazis.  —  “Curt's tweet was completely unacceptable …
Tim Peterson / Ad Age:
Hulu to Open a Private Ad Exchange Powered by Facebook's LiveRail  —  Advertising's programmatic revolution will be televised — by Hulu.  —  This fall the streaming video service, which is owned by NBC Universal, Fox and Walt Disney Co., will open a private ad exchange powered …
Discussion: AgencySpy, Adweek, Variety and AdExchanger
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:
YouTube Gaming launches Wednesday on iOS, Android, and web to compete with Twitch  —  YouTube Gaming—Google's Twitch.tv competitor—launches tomorrow  —  Twitch.tv finally gets some real competition in the game live streaming market.  —  One year and one day after Google lost Twitch.tv to Amazon, YouTube Gaming is going public.
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.
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.
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: Los Angeles Times and FierceCable
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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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Treasury refuses to publish BBC funding deal details despite FoI request
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Disney pays Maker Studios' shareholders just $105M of $200M earn-out bonus, after Maker misses performance goals
Discussion: VideoInk and StreamDaily
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Netflix stock up 7%, Time Warner, CBS up 2% after Monday's freefall
Discussion: Foreign Policy and Variety
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
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Wall Street Journal:
Warner Bros. in Talks to Make Movies in China
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Nobel Prize-winner blasts The New York Times for publishing ‘gossip’
Daniel Frankel / FierceCable:
Dish's Sling TV glitches again during AMC's ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ premiere
Discussion: Multichannel News and Tech Insider
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Neil Young's Pono Struggles With Funding, Searches for New CEO
Discussion: TechHive, Engadget and RAIN News