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1:30 PM ET, August 28, 2015

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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
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
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.
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
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.
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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