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4:10 PM ET, August 28, 2015

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New York Times:
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 …
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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.
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” …
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.
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: @digiday
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.
 
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