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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 …
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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Telegraph, Inforrm's Blog, @davidfolkenflik, @lisaocarroll and @davidfolkenflik
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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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Re/code, New York Times, Fast Company, RAIN News, BuzzFeed, App Advice, USA Today, Yahoo! Finance, New York Post, CNET, Variety, International Business Times, Wall Street Journal, Quartz, CNNMoney, AllAccess.com, Fortune, AppleInsider, The Verge, Business Insider Australia, Mashable, Billboard, 9to5Mac, Patently Apple, MacRumors and Music Ally
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 …
Discussion:
@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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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
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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.
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@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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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, Newsweek, @aqpk, Fusion, PanARMENIAN.Net and Middle East Eye