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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 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.
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 …
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Broadcasting & Cable, The Wrap, Multichannel News, HardballTalk, ESPN, Deadspin, USA Today and Sporting News Feed RSS
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Court upholds broad FOIA fee exemption for media & groups — Advocacy groups and non-traditional news outlets should have an easier time avoiding fees under the Freedom of Information Act under a decision issued Tuesday by a federal appeals court in Washington.
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@derekwillis, @joshgerstein, @lachlan, @petersterne, @freedomofpress and @trevortimm
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 …
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AgencySpy, Adweek, Variety and AdExchanger
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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Business Insider, @serenalarkin, @nyercurrency, @umichlaw, @barryeisler and kottke.org
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.
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TechCrunch, Variety, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, The Verge, The Next Web and Gamasutra
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.
Discussion:
Fusion, Guardian, Bloomberg Business, New York Times, Mashable, Business Insider, Engadget and TechCrunch
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, Hollywood Reporter and Broadcasting & Cable
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 …
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@ninaburleigh and Poynter
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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@benando, @patrickfoster2, @patrickfoster2, Guardian, @emilybowles_, Engadget, @meandmybigmouth, @mrjoemcfadden and @markfrankel29
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, International Business Times, AllAccess.com, Billboard, Forbes, Radio Ink Magazine, Engadget and Variety