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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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Business Standard, BBC, @davidjgary, @shirazmaher, @ajaltamimi, Tamil Guardian, @naomiohreally, @iamkennie_p, @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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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, Poynter and @mutludc
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
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
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, @digitalshields, AdExchanger and TechCrunch
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
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.
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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RT, RFI, Middle East Confidential, France 24, NST Online, Anadolu Ajans Güncel Haberler, Morocco World News and Morocco World News
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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Pacific Standard, Columbia Journalism Review, Poynter, Prospect Magazine, @zeynep, @shellytotter, @mathewi, @jasongilbert9, @zeynep, @mathewi, Rolling Stone, @mathewi, PRI, Salon, @rafat, Mother Jones, @zeynep, @digiphile, Telegraph, WSLS-TV, Joe.My.God., @petergreste and The Daily Beast
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
NPPA: Forcing BBC to delete Virginia shooting images was ‘unlawful’
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Hit & Run, PRI, International Business …, New York Daily News, The Independent and RT
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