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IAB Explores Its Options to Fight Ad Blockers, Including Lawsuits — Trade Org Has Held Two Summits This Summer to Map a Course of Action — As the digital media and advertising industries come to grips with the rise of ad blocking, so is one of the industry's more prominent organizing bodies.
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Reynolds Center, Fortune, @bluechoochoo, @jason_kint, @profcarroll, @aripap, @michelemclellan and @tomewing

Former Dow Jones CEO and News International executive chairman responds to Rupert Murdoch's critics — Life with Murdoch, Les Hinton — Rupert Murdoch's longest-serving lieutenant staggers under the weight of books written about his old boss More than half a century ago …
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@davidfolkenflik, @jackshafer, @peterjukes, @jamesrbuk, @peterjukes, @leshinton, @peterjukes, @leshinton, @waynesmith1971, @piersmorgan and Guido Fawkes


Sources: difficulty of making deals with CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox has delayed Apple TV's launch — Local TV Creates Hurdle to Streaming — The difficulty of lining up deals to offer CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox programming is one reason Apple has decided to push back its Web-TV service
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@gerryfsmith


Rolling Stone files motion for protective order in Virginia dean's defamation case — Lawyers for Rolling Stone magazine yesterday entered a motion aimed at limiting the amount of information and documents disclosed in the ongoing defamation case filed this year by Nicole Eramo …


Hachette, HarperCollins Publishers, and Simon & Schuster report declining revenues on ebooks after winning the right to set prices in deal with Amazon — E-Book Sales Fall After New Amazon Contracts — Prices rise, but revenue takes a hit — When the world's largest publishers …
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Consumerist and Bookseller News


Rights groups call on Twitter to reverse its ban on Politwoops accounts — A coalition of rights groups from more than a dozen different countries have posted an open letter to Twitter TWTR , asking that the company restore access to more than 30 Politwoops accounts it recently blocked …
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accessnow.org, TechCrunch, The Hill and Business Insider


How automation helps reporters expand coverage, engage audiences, and respond to breaking news — Automation in the Newsroom — How algorithms are helping reporters expand coverage, engage audiences, and respond to breaking news — Philana Patterson, assistant business editor for the Associated Press …
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MediaShift, @tedgioia and @ap_corpcomm


Amazon buys web and mobile video conversion company Elemental Technologies for a reported $500M — Amazon to Buy Video Reformatter Elemental Technologies — Deal could help Amazon become central player in rush to provide consumers video on all types of devices
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TechCrunch, KGW-TV, USA Today, Bloomberg Business, VideoInk, GeekWire, Business Insider, Forbes, Variety and VentureBeat


Spotify updates privacy policy with clearer language after backlash — Spotify is overhauling its privacy policy today with plainer language that should be readable to the average human — not just lawyers. The streaming service found itself amid a furor last month after its users complained …
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Spotify Blog, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Consumerist, Yahoo! News, PCWorld, BGR, Mashable, BetaNews, Ubergizmo, Fortune and Engadget


Israel bans journalists at public broadcasting organization from expressing opinions in newscasts as broadcaster reorganizes, dropping TV tax — State broadcast journalists condemn ban on expressing political opinions — Reporter slams ‘shameful’ clause in new law; Press Council …
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Guardian, Associated Press, Haaretz and Jerusalem Post

Mail Online sues Gawker and former employee for defamation for publishing writer's first-person account of workplace practices — Mail Online sues Gawker for defamation over first-person piece — On March 4, Gawker published a first-person piece by James King, a former worker for the Mail Online …
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Gawker, The New York Observer, Business Insider, Adweek, @learmonth, New York Post, bookforum.com, Mediaite and @nickconfessore


Journalists ‘pushed away’ from ‘distressing scenes’ involving migrants at Hungarian train station — about Journalists ‘pushed away’ from ‘distressing scenes’ involving migrants at Hungarian train station- Comments — Journalists have reported being “pushed away” by police from …
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@lindseyhilsum, @lindseyhilsum and @skynewsbreak