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Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note:
Apple's addition of content blocking in OS X and iOS could make ad-supported business models unviable — Life After Content Blocking — By Jean-Louis Gassée Ad blocking started as an initiative by independent developers who wanted to improve our browsing experience.
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Jeanine Poggi / Ad Age:
TV networks are testing ways to overcome ad-blockers — TV Networks Confront Ad Blockers Erasing Their Commercials Online — CBS Blocks the Blockers While Fox Explores Friendlier Ad Models — Hulu and CBS.com won't show episodes to people using ad blockers, but the approach isn't universal.
Alex Stedman / Variety:
Epix signs multi-year distribution deal with Hulu, will not renew its deal with Netflix after current agreement expires in September — Epix Movies Are Leaving Netflix, Coming to Hulu — Epix movies also available on Amazon Prime Instant Video — UPDATED: Netflix customers soon …
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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Hulu Pact Could Get Epix What It Wants Most: Comcast Carriage — Securing a new deal with Hulu could better position Epix for an even bigger pact with Comcast, according to analysts. — The premium cable net is available in nearly 50 million homes but lacks distribution with the biggest pay-TV provider …
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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Sources: Apple TV 4 coming in October for under $200, Apple TV 3 will support streaming service next year, but won't have App Store or direct Siri controls — Apple TV 4 coming in October for under $200, Apple TV 3 stays & gets new streaming service — Rough mockup of fourth Apple TV vs. third Apple TV by Michael Steeber
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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Mic, with 20m monthly readers and a valuation of about $100 million, expects to generate $5M to $10M in revenues in 2015, up from $0 in 2014 — How two millennials built a $100 million startup in 4 years and landed an interview with the president — See Also
Jess Jiang / NPR.org:
NPR celebrates tenth anniversary since launching its podcasts — NPR Podcasts Turn 10! — New technologies come with a big asterisk. We can never be sure whether they'll catch on and stick around for more than one or two seasons worth of holiday promotions.
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@caitsandy and @ylichterman
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Two VICE News reporters, and their two colleagues, appear in Turkish court on terrorism charges — Vice News Crew Faces Terrorism Charges in Turkey — Two Vice News reporters and their two colleagues will appear in court on Monday in Turkey to face terrorism charges after being detained on Thursday.
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Parents of murdered WDBJ journalist Alison Parker vow to fight for gun control — ‘These People Are Messing With the Wrong Family’: Alison Parker's Parents Vow to Fight for Gun Control — They called out Virginia lawmakers supported by the NRA. — Shares
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Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Jason Rezaian's Status Unclear After Iran Sentences 2 — TEHRAN — Iran's judiciary sentenced two people to 10 years in prison on Sunday for spying for the United States and Israel, but their names were not released, local media reported. — It was not clear if the Iranian-American reporter Jason Rezaian …
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
The Real Media Machine Behind Trump: Conservative Talk Radio — If you're one of the millions listening to talk radio, you can almost listen to pro-Trump news all day. Is it pure fandom, a conduit for talking about immigration, or a means to give people what they want to stay relevant?
Robert Mann / Salon:
Once high-stakes affairs, political press conferences are now carefully choreographed events — The modern news conference is a scripted farce: Why Jorge Ramos' badgering of Donald Trump was a necessary corrective — Once famously combative, press conferences have morphed into carefully choreographed, entirely predictable affairs
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