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3:55 AM ET, August 26, 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.
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.
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Reuters TV app now available to everyone for free with limited advertising, paid subscriptions are ad-free  —  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.
Discussion: @s_m_i
National Association of Hispanic Journalists:
National Association of Hispanic Journalists condemns Trump for allowing Univision's Jorge Ramos to be tossed from news conference  —  Respect & Dignity: NAHJ Condemns Donald Trump for Allowing Journalist Jorge Ramos to be Tossed Out of News Conference  —  The National Association …
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.
Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
District court judge gives mixed ruling in TVEyes-Fox News case, saying downloading of TV clips isn't protected as fair use  —  TVEyes Infringes Copyright By Letting Users Download Clips, Judge Rules  —  Handing television monitoring company TVEyes a partial defeat, a federal judge ruled …
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter
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
Mike Hoyt / Columbia Journalism Review:
The end of American Journalism Review and what it means for media criticism  —  AJR is no more.  You might not have noticed, because by the time it winked out this summer there was not a lot of it left.  The American Journalism Review had gone from publishing 11 semi-solid issues a year …
Aileen Ford / Journalism in the Americas:
Q&A with journalist Miguel Solana, granted asylum in the US after family members were killed, on the horror for colleagues in Veracruz  —  “We journalists cannot find the reason why they're killing us,” says Veracruz reporter living in asylum  —  When Miguel Ángel López Solana received …
Discussion: @rosental and @dabeard
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, AdExchanger, Variety and Adweek
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
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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Alex Stedman / Variety:
ESPN Suspends Analyst Curt Schilling for Tweet Comparing Muslims to Nazis
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
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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
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