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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 …
Discussion:
European Federation … and @fgeerdink
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.
Discussion:
Business Insider and @whatthebit
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Profile of Stephen Colbert as his CBS Late Show prepares for its debut on Tuesday — Stephen Colbert, the Late Night Hope — On a recent Monday night, Stephen Colbert was about as high atop the Ed Sullivan Theater as one can be, looking out over the 200 or so employees of his CBS …
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
Brian Rohan / Associated Press:
Egypt court releases full ruling in Al-Jazeera English case — 3 photos — CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court released a detailed ruling Sunday on why it sentenced three Al-Jazeera English journalists to three years in prison for airing what it described as “false news” and biased coverage …
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
Mommy blog Dooce's semi-retirement speaks to the challenges of earning money as an individual blogger today — Can Mommy Bloggers Still Make a Living? — The success story of Dooce.com was once blogger lore, told and re-told in playgroups and Meetups—anywhere hyper-verbal people with Wordpress accounts gathered.
Discussion:
@jhatessports, @jessehirsh and @patphelan
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
FOIA site MuckRock launches new efforts to let users track projects and contribute to reporting costs — MuckRock is also debuting project pages that will highlight groups of FOIA requests and let users follow specific stories. — For the past year, Beryl C.D. Lipton has been investigating …
Bourree Lam / The Atlantic:
US households pay an average $231 a year renting cable boxes, creating a $19.5B industry that gives little incentive to innovate — Cable-Box Rentals: A Needless $19-Billion Industry — One of the least glamorous realities of the American cable industry is a relic invented in 1948: the cable box.
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
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.
Discussion:
Denver Post, Fusion, Rolling Stone, Deadline, @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
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 …
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