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Amnesty International UK:
Amnesty calls for release of three journalists working for VICE in Turkey — “It is completely proper that that journalists should cover this important story. The decision to detain the journalists was wrong, while the allegation of assisting Islamic state is unsubstantiated, outrageous and bizarre.”
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Agence France-Presse:
Two VICE journalists and their Iraqi translator charged with “engaging in terror activity” on behalf of ISIS, remanded in custody by Turkish court — Turkish court arrests British journalists on terror charges: AFP — Diyarbakir (Turkey) (AFP) - A court in Turkey's southeastern city …
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Poynter, BBC, The Wrap, Al Jazeera English, VICE News, Gawker, Fusion, Hurriyet Daily News, Today's Zaman Mobile Edition, Mediaite, @marincogan and The Daily Caller
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Sources: Apple escalates talks with Hollywood execs, seeking to have development and production teams ready by 2016 to compete with Netflix — Apple Eyes Move Into Original Programming (EXCLUSIVE) — The moment the media and technology industries have been expecting for years may finally be arriving …
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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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Wall Street Journal, Nieman Lab, @counternotions, @raju, @aaranged, @jayrosen_nyu, @lpolgreen, @donaldmcmichael and @niemanlab
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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.
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Wall Street Journal:
BuzzFeed in talks to lease 250K-square-foot former Ford factory in Los Angeles — BuzzFeed Is Laying Groundwork For Major Expansion in Los Angeles — BuzzFeed is eyeing a big expansion in Los Angeles. — The rising digital media star is in discussions to lease a century-old former Ford auto factory …
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@michaelroston, @willyblackmore, LA Observed and @laura_nelson
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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The Next Web, @npraskmeanother, @caitsandy, @ylichterman and FishbowlDC
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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Home Media Magazine
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Alex Stedman / Variety:
Epix signs multi-year distribution deal with Hulu, will not renew its deal with Netflix after current agreement expires in September
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VentureBeat, Fortune, CNNMoney, Home Media Magazine, Consumerist, Gizmodo, The Verge, Tech Times, @lucas_shaw, @pkafka, @pkafka, @awallenstein, @awallenstein, Forbes, The Wrap, Re/code and VentureBeat
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Sling's Streaming TV Service For Cord Cutters Now Runs On Amazon Tablets — Sling TV, the Dish-owned live TV service aimed at cord cutters - or those who never wanted to sign up for a traditional cable or satellite TV subscription in the first place - is today available on Amazon Kindle Fire tablets …
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Multichannel News and Home Media Magazine
Kevin Dugan / New York Post:
Layoffs at Bloomberg to come this week, with about 80 expected, or 3.3% of global staff — Bloomberg News to lay off 80 staffers by Labor Day — The news coming out of Bloomberg is both good and bad. — While a big round of layoffs is expected to hit this week, the number of pink slips handed …
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Washington Post, FishbowlNY, FishbowlDC and Media Wire Daily
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Defy Media Signs with WME to Develop TV and Film Projects, Inks RatPac Deal — WME has signed digital-media studio and programmer Defy Media — whose biggest brands include the Smosh comedy duo on YouTube — and Defy has also entered into a partnership with Brett Ratner and James Packer's …
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Hollywood Reporter and Tubefilter
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
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@feministabulous, @rachelsklar and @nbj914
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
NBCUniversal Headed to Trial Over Reporter's Age Discrimination Claims — Frank Snepp, former KNBC investigative reporter, was fired at the age of 69. — At age 72, Frank Snepp is quietly having a remarkable year and now could be on the verge of trial against NBCUniversal.
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