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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, Deadline, Variety, @thrmattbelloni, @margarita, New York Times, Guardian, Los Angeles Times, CINEMABLEND, @eriqgardner, Yahoo Movies, Digital Spy and SSN Insider
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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@counternotions, @bluechoochoo, @jason_kint, Consumerist, Fortune, @aripap, @michelemclellan, @profcarroll, @tomewing and Reynolds Center
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 …
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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@davidfolkenflik, @peterjukes, @leshinton, @jackshafer, @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 …
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.”
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
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Public Knowledge and @gerryfsmith
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
DirecTV, Al Jazeera Settle $75 Million Lawsuit — As the Qatari-backed cable news network faces new claims from Al Gore, it settles a carriage dispute with the satellite giant. — DirecTV and Al Jazeera America have reached a deal that resolves dueling legal claims over carriage of the Qatari-backed cable news network.
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Multichannel News, Variety and FierceCable
Central News:
Sky News cameraman Mick Deane, killed in 2013, was shot after flack jacket was confiscated at Cairo airport — Sky News cameraman was shot in Egypt after his flak jacket was confiscated — Mick Deane was killed by a sniper in August 2013 after his crew's bulletproof vests were seized at Cairo airport …
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Guardian
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 …
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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 …
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accessnow.org, The Hill, Business Insider and TechCrunch
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 …
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MediaShift and @tedgioia