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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 — “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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Guardian, @benando, Engadget, @patrickfoster2, @patrickfoster2, @mrjoemcfadden and @markfrankel29
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Despite upsurge in mobile traffic, publishers say mobile ad dollars are lagging — Mobile Readers Abound; the Ads, Not So Much — Traditional and online publishers are struggling to cash in on their surging mobile traffic, raising questions about their future growth as consumers increasingly turn …
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Street Fight, Poynter, AdExchanger, @megan, @s_m_i and @jayrosen_nyu
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, Business Insider, Guardian, Engadget, Mashable and TechCrunch
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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Los Angeles Times
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Post-UVA scandal and amidst falling newsstand sales, Rolling Stone tries to expand further into digital — Rolling Stone Moves Beyond the Fray — Gus Wenner is 25, not much older than his father, Jann S. Wenner, was when he started Rolling Stone in 1967.
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@lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw, Media Wire Daily, Poynter, @felixsalmon and CNNMoney
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Audience for New York Times newsletters ranges from tens of thousands to millions — How The New York Times gets a 70 percent open rate on its newsletters — The New York Times has caught the newsletter fever. In the past year, it has launched a dozen of them — it now has a total of 33.
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Poynter, @sophia_phan and @abigailedge
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.
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Co.Create
Owen Williams / The Next Web:
Comparisons of mobile news page load times with and without Crystal content blocker show speed to come with iOS9 ad blocking — iOS 9 content blocking will transform the mobile Web: I've tried it — The next version of iOS comes with a major new feature called 'content blockers …
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@myurow, BetaNews, @craigmod, @xdamman, @niemanlab and Daring Fireball
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 …
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.
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@serenalarkin, @nyercurrency, @umichlaw, @barryeisler and kottke.org
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 …
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Local TV ad firm Cross MediaWorks acquires ad tech company BlackArrow in cash and stock deal, source says valued between $90M and $120M — Ad Tech Firm BlackArrow Acquired By Local TV Ad Company — Cross MediaWorks, a company that sells local TV ads, said it has acquired BlackArrow …
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