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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, Rolling Stone, Fusion, @margarita, @thrmattbelloni, @eriqgardner, Digital Spy, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Guardian, CINEMABLEND, Variety and SSN Insider
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.
Discussion:
Multichannel News, FierceCable and Variety
David Post / Washington Post:
Trans Pacific Partnership treaty appears to contain language that may prevent US from eliminating statutory damages for orphan works — In a dark corner of the Trans-Pacific Partnership lurks some pretty nasty copyright law — The extent to which our international obligations interact with …
Discussion:
Techdirt
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.
Discussion:
@harrymccracken, @counternotions, @bluechoochoo, @jason_kint, Consumerist, Fortune, @aripap, Reynolds Center, @michelemclellan, @profcarroll and @tomewing
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Parse.ly study shows publishers use article tags to track sponsored content and control paywall access — Do article tags matter? Maybe not for traffic, but publishers are using them to glean insights — Analytics company Parse.ly found that sites are expanding their use of article tags …
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Gannett, Advance, Hearst, McClatchy, and Tribune in early-stage talks to merge national digital and print ad sales in 30 markets — Nation's largest paper chains talk merger in ad revenue push — Five of the nation's largest —and battered — newspaper chains are in hush-hush talks …
Discussion:
@millildreams, @vincrosbie and @erickschonfeld
Alex Heath / Tech Insider:
How Spotify is using Echo Nest algorithms and humans to create its Discovery Weekly playlist — Spotify is getting unbelievably good at picking music — here's an inside look at how — There's a playlist on Spotify I love called Discover Weekly. It's updated every Monday with a mix of songs …
Discussion:
@flaneur
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Adobe survey: 61.9% of streamed pay TV, generally content owned by cable networks, is viewed on Apple devices — Survey: 61.9% of streamed pay TV is viewed on Apple devices — TV Everywhere (sometimes called authenticated streaming) is the entertainment industry's clunky term …
Discussion:
CMO.com and TechCrunch
Henry Mance / Financial Times:
Source: BBC to announce proposals for international expansion on Monday, including plans for a satellite TV service in Russia and radio program for North Korea — BBC plans daily news broadcasts into North Korea — The BBC plans to broadcast a daily news bulletin into North Korea …
Discussion:
The Independent, Guardian, The Drum, The Statesman, Mirror.co.uk and Mashable
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 …
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 …
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.”
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