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European publishers are actively lobbying to strengthen copyright rules and limit Google's advertising power — European Publishers Play Lobbying Role Against Google — BERLIN — In private sessions this summer, giant publishers and media companies from Germany, France and elsewhere …
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Crown Prosecution Service considering corporate charges against News Corp over phone hacking — Phone hacking: CPS may bring corporate charges against Murdoch publisher — Metropolitan police hands over file of evidence on Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm to Crown Prosecution Service
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Apple loses Ian Rogers, ex-CEO of Beats Music and architect of the Beats1 radio service, two months after its launch — Apple loses key music streaming executive — The architect of Apple's online radio strategy has resigned two months after the launch of its Beats1 radio service, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Eric Randolph / Agence France-Presse:
The British Library rejects digital archive of Afghan Taliban documents citing counter-terrorism laws, raising criticism from academics — British Library rejects Taliban trove fearing terror laws — Academics have criticised the British government for creating a “climate of fear” …
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@ajaltamimi, Business Standard, BBC, @shirazmaher, @davidjgary, @naomiohreally, @iamkennie_p, Tamil Guardian, @yahoonews and A Different Place
Alex Spence / Politico:
Crowdfunded journalism site Contributoria folds — The site provided a platform for freelance writers to publish articles. — LONDON — An experiment in collaborative online journalism backed by The Guardian is closing, its founders announced in a letter to members Friday.
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Contributoria
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Traffic from LinkedIn to SimpleReach's 1,000 publisher base drops 44% in first eight months of 2015 — The traffic LinkedIn drives to publishers has dropped 44 percent this year — LinkedIn used to be a steady referral source for many publishers. But that's changed as the social network …
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@digiday
Reuters:
Two Vice News journalists detained in Turkey for reporting without government accreditation — Two British journalists detained in southeast Turkey — Turkish police have detained two British journalists from Vice News for reporting from the predominantly Kurdish southeast without …
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Committee to Protect …, The Independent, GlobalPost, en.europeonline-magazine.eu, Independent.ie, @mutludc and Poynter
Keira Lu Huang / South China Morning Post:
President and vice-president of Chinese Communist Party's news website ‘taken away by investigators’ — Chief editor was under pressure for stance on environmental documentary Under the Dome, sources say
Discussion:
New York Times, Quartz and Reuters
Vanessa Quirk / TOWCenter:
Gimlet Media President Matt Lieber on native advertising and impact of future tech in podcasts — Interview: Matt Lieber, Gimlet Media — Matt Lieber is the President of Gimlet Media, a podcast network he co-founded with Alex Blumberg (of This American Life, Planet Money fame) that has gathered significant buzz and investors.
Discussion:
@niemanlab and @airmedia
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Afghanistan's spy agency has questioned six journalists in connection with Kabul Taxi, a Facebook page that satirizes politicians and bureaucrats — The government of Afghanistan seems weirdly obsessed with this Facebook page — KABUL - The Afghan government has a new enemy.
Discussion:
Khaama Press (KP), The Nation News and Reporters Without Borders
Mai Shams El-Din / Guardian:
Egypt's Foreign Ministry of Affairs launches Egypt MFA Blog, an English language site to counter inaccurate and critical reporting by foreign press — Egypt launches English blog to counter ‘inaccurate reports’ by foreign media — Accusing international press of ‘smear campaigns’ …
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@glcarlstrom, @aqpk, Newsweek, Fusion, PanARMENIAN.Net and Middle East Eye
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