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10:00 PM ET, August 25, 2015

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Trevor Timm / Columbia Journalism Review:
Syracuse study finds that aside from NYT, no legacy news organizations sued US government under FOIA in 2014, but digital-only outlets increasingly used law  —  As legacy media cuts back on FOIA, digital-only news outlets step in  —  Ask any journalist and they'll tell you the Freedom of Information Act process is broken.
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
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Consultants return to Conde Nast starting Wednesday to examine editorial workflow and productivity  —  Condé Nast gets the jitters as consultants come through  —  Consultants are returning to Condé Nast amid rumors that more cost-cutting is in store at the storied magazine publisher.
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, Variety, AdExchanger and Adweek
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 …
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sinclair Broadcast Pulls TV Signals From Dish Network  —  Blackout comes amid dispute over a new distribution contract  —  Signals for one of the nation's biggest local broadcasters went dark on satellite TV distributor Dish Network Corp. on Tuesday, the result of a dispute over a new distribution contract.
Discussion: FierceCable
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.
Michele Azzu / Guardian:
Italian journalists receive death threats following mafia don's funeral  —  Attacks on investigative reporter and team from Rai 3 politics show come amid indignation over Hollywood-style service for Vittorio Casamonica  —  Two journalists, one in Rome and one in Naples …
Discussion: Poynter and @ninaburleigh
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Reuters TV pivots, goes free to seek wider audience  —  Reuters TV, the much-anticipated “Netflix for news” app that launched earlier this year, is now available for free in the App store.  The app, which was released Feb. 4, was previously only available if users paid $1.99 per month …
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 TIME
 
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Treasury refuses to publish BBC funding deal details despite FoI request
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Netflix stock up 7%, Time Warner, CBS up 2% after Monday's freefall
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Slingbox boss Michael Hawkey joins Rovi as VP and general manager of its media-discovery business group
Discussion: FierceCable and Los Angeles Times
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Patrick Foster / RadioTimes:
Two-thirds of viewers opposed to the licence fee changed their minds after just nine days without BBC services
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
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’
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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