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Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Director General Tony Hall outlines new plans for “open” BBC, including local news partnerships — BBC will offer staff and content to help local newspapers — Director general plans for an ‘open’ BBC reporting on public services and removed from expansionism
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC backs replacing licence fee with universal levy — Corporation says it would make more revenue from a German-style charge that applies to all households rather than just those that watch live TV — The BBC is backing a new system of funding that would see all households pay a levy …
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@screwlabour
BBC:
Outlining plans for BBC, Tony Hall compares it to Google, wants to help people understand world's information — BBC pledges to become ‘open platform’ for creativity — The BBC has pledged to work more closely with the UK's arts and science institutions to “make Britain the greatest cultural force in the world”.
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Broadcast, Engadget, Sky News, Guardian, Channel 4 News, Journalism.co.uk, The Drum, ITV, allmediascotland, BT.com, London Evening Standard and Telegraph
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Newspaper publishers could use BBC investment in local news as an excuse to make cuts — The real reason for the BBC's regional newspaper ‘reporting pool’... he BBC's plan to create a pool of up to 100 “public service reporters” is very revealing indeed about the beleaguered state …
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@craig_lewis77, @jayrosen_nyu and @jonhew
Mark Walton / Ars Technica UK:
BBC to open up iPlayer to third parties, double down on high-quality dramas — Concedes that it will “close or reduce some services” as TV licence fee tightens. — The BBC is fighting back against the government's aggressive TV licence fee budget by promising to open up several of its services …
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The Independent, Wired.co.uk and Pocket-lint
Reuters:
Dutch journalist says she has been arrested in Turkey, but government official says she was detained for her safety in a zone where there was fighting — Turkey says Dutch journalist detained ‘for her own safety’ — A Dutch journalist who in January was acquitted by a Turkish court …
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@fgeerdink and European Federation …
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Gerald Lynch / Gizmodo:
Netflix says offline viewing would add too much complexity to the service, will not be popular despite many users asking for it — The Real Reason Netflix Won't Offer Offline Downloads — Offline downloads are perhaps the most often requested, “holy grail” feature of TV and movie streaming services …
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CINEMABLEND and Neowin
Valeriya Safronova / New York Times:
Quarterly print magazine Street Dreams features street photography from Instagram — Street Dreams Magazine Flips the Script, Bringing Instagram to Print — If the measure of a successful party is the sidewalk overflow, then Street Dreams magazine had arrived.
Madalina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Hong Kong investigative news agency FactWire will launch after raising $387K via crowdfunding — Hong Kong investigative news agency to launch after successful crowdfunding — The platform raised more than £370,000 and plans to investigate public affairs issues, publishing in English and Chinese
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Pagefair's estimate that publishers will lose $21.8B due to ad blocking ignores law of supply and demand, so is likely overstated — Widely Cited Ad Blocking Study Finding $21.8 Billion Loss Is Incorrect — Supply and demand were purposefully overlooked, leading to larger number.
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@trevortimm, @trevortimm, @jbenton, VentureBeat, @whatthebit and Business Insider
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Rebekah Brooks sends email memo to News UK staff on first day in Chief Executive role, says it is a privilege to be back — Rebekah Brooks says it ‘is a privilege’ to be back at News UK — Chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's UK publishing business acknowledges Sun colleagues …
Journalism in the Americas:
Journalism played a central role in the fall and arrest of the president of Guatemala — The resignation of the president of Guatemala, Otto Pérez Molina, and his subsequent detention for alleged involvement in a corruption network, is not just a victory for democracy …
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