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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 …
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
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. — Ian Rogers was part of the executive team that joined Apple last year …
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Re/code, Quartz, CNNMoney, AppleInsider, App Advice, Fortune, The Verge, Patently Apple and MacRumors
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, BBC, Tamil Guardian, @iamkennie_p, @naomiohreally, A Different Place and @yahoonews
Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
News organizations should change the way they cover mass killings to avoid fueling copycats, just as they show caution in coverage of suicides — The Virginia Shooter Wanted Fame. Let's Not Give It to Him. — A BRUTAL attack takes place on live television; the on-air reporter and cameraman …
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Poynter, Pacific Standard, Columbia Journalism Review, Prospect Magazine, Rolling Stone, @shellytotter, @zeynep, @mathewi, @jasongilbert9, @zeynep, @mathewi, @mathewi, @rafat, PRI, Salon, @zeynep, @digiphile, Mother Jones, Telegraph, WSLS-TV, @petergreste, Joe.My.God., The Daily Beast, UPROXX, mUmBRELLA and Gawker
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
NPPA: Forcing BBC to delete Virginia shooting images was ‘unlawful’
NPPA: Forcing BBC to delete Virginia shooting images was ‘unlawful’
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PRI, New York Daily News, The Independent, RT, International Business … and Examiner
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 …
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook's Post-Roll Video Ad Test With the NFL and Verizon Quietly Ends — Late last year, Facebook inked a unique partnership with one of the more discerning and coveted media partners out there: the National Football League. — The deal featured NFL clips being promoted in people's Facebook news feeds.
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SocialTimes, @pkafka, AdExchanger, @digitalshields and TechCrunch
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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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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Newsweek, Fusion, PanARMENIAN.Net and Middle East Eye
Dan Norton / Philadelphia Business Journal:
Comcast loses $400M over failed Time Warner acquisition — Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) reported it lost over $400 million in expenses during its failed acquisition of Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC), according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
Vine adds music functionality, creates seamless audio looping product Snap To Beat — Vine Music — Vine, the six-second looping video app from Twitter, has today announced a significant feature update that brings more attention to the audio in users' videos.
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Vine Blog, Guardian, Billboard, The Next Web, The FADER and VentureBeat
Agence France-Presse:
Two French journalists arrested in Paris after demanding €3M to not publish a book about the king of Morocco — 2 French journalists held for ‘attempted blackmail of Morocco king’ — Paris (AFP) - Two French investigative journalists were arrested on Thursday in Paris on suspicion …
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Associated Press, France 24, Anadolu Ajans Güncel Haberler, Morocco World News and Morocco World News