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Tim Peterson / Ad Age:
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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@bluechoochoo, @jason_kint, Fortune, Reynolds Center, Consumerist, @aripap, @michelemclellan, @profcarroll and @tomewing
Jeremy Barr / Politico:
Fusion overhauls TV strategy, with job cuts likely as it focuses on original documentaries, investigative programming, and US presidential election — Changes coming for Fusion's TV strategy — Fusion, the multimedia company formed from a joint investment of Univision and Disney-ABC …
Hollywood Reporter:
Aretha Franklin wins injunction preventing airing of documentary “Amazing Grace” at Telluride — Aretha Franklin Granted Injunction to Stop Telluride Showing of ‘Amazing Grace’ — The singer says the new film showing her 1972 performance violated her rights to name and likeness and invaded her privacy.
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Denver Post, New York Times, Deadline, @margarita, Yahoo Movies, Los Angeles Times, Guardian, Variety, @thrmattbelloni, SSN Insider, CINEMABLEND and @eriqgardner
Les Hinton / British Journalism Review:
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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@peterjukes, @jackshafer, @leshinton, @davidfolkenflik, @piersmorgan, @jamesrbuk, @peterjukes, @waynesmith1971, @peterjukes and Guido Fawkes
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
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 …
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
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
Discussion:
Public Knowledge and @gerryfsmith
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Verizon Gears Up for Post-Labor Day Launch of Go90 Mobile Video Service — Verizon is getting ready to launch its mobile-centric G090 video service as early as next Tuesday: The company put up a splash page for Go90 this week, encouraging consumers to “go90 to watch, cut & share all the awesome.”
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
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 …
Discussion:
Consumerist and Bookseller News
Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
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 …
Discussion:
accessnow.org, TechCrunch, The Hill and Business Insider
Celeste Lecompte / Nieman Reports:
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 …
Discussion:
MediaShift and @tedgioia
Michael Pizzi / Al Jazeera America:
The Vice reporters' arrest and continuing detention of their assistant highlight Turkey's crackdown on Internet freedom and encryption — Case of Vice reporters underlines Turkish crackdown on Internet freedom — Two British reporters freed, but Iraqi stringer remains in jail for downloading same encryption software used by ISIL
Discussion:
Al Jazeera English and Refinery29
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
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, USA Today, KGW-TV, Bloomberg Business, VideoInk, GeekWire, Business Insider, Forbes, Variety and VentureBeat
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