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4:20 PM ET, September 14, 2015

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Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
US appeals court rules copyright owners must consider fair use before issuing takedown notices, siding with EFF  —  Appeals court strikes a blow for fair use in long-awaited copyright ruling  —  Copyright owners must consider fair use, and Universal now faces a trial over it.
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
New York Times announces David Carr Fellowship for early career journalists, a two-year stint reporting on the intersection of tech, media, and culture  —  The Times Announces a Fellowship Named for David Carr  —  The New York Times announced on Monday that it would sponsor a fellowship …
Alison Flood / Guardian:
High-end literary endeavors like The White Review turn to crowdfunding in a crowded market  —  Literary launches: how crowdfunding is fuelling the avant garde  —  The White Review, BOMB and Guernica are just some of the magazines turning to the wisdom of the crowd to publish quality literature
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
How a Bild journalist used Periscope to tell the story of Syrian refugees trying to get from Greece to Germany  —  How live video on Periscope helped ‘get inside’ the Syrian refugees story  —  Bild reporter Paul Ronzheimer travelled across Europe live-streaming interviews: 'For the refugee story …
Discussion: @tothevictor
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
Netflix and Amazon users sue to stop Chicago's 9% streaming tax  —  Local governments are taxing popular cloud service to make up for lost sales tax revenue.  But they face a legal problem.  It's on.  Subscribers to popular streaming services, including XBox Live and Spotify …
Alex Weprin / Politico:
Bob Sauerberg to become CEO of Condé Nast effective January 1, says current CEO Chuck Townsend in email to staff  —  Bob Sauerberg to become CEO of Condé Nast  —  Bob Sauerberg will become CEO of Condé Nast on January 1, 2016, the company's current CEO Chuck Townsend told employees in an email Sunday evening.
Nic Christensen / mUmBRELLA:
Inside BuzzFeed Australia's efforts to focus on news, build native ads, and find a local voice  —  14 ways Buzzfeed found its Australian voice  —  Buzzfeed Australia has made a number of headlines of its own since launching last year.  Nic Christensen sat down with some of its local team …
Columbia Journalism Review:
Study: 66 self-identified longform readers finished 94% of 1349 long stories they started, shared 35%, placing big premium on sources they trust  —  Readers will finish long stories—especially if they come from a trusted source  —  For a moment in time when the internet was new …
Discussion: @cperry248 and @cjr
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Dan Rather Rips NBC for Throwing Brian Williams ‘Under the Bus’  —  Dan Rather criticized NBC News for its treatment of Brian Williams during months of turmoil surrounding his exaggerations over past war reporting, saying the network “threw him under the bus.”
Discussion: Showbiz411 and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
SEC settles for $30M with two defendants that hacked Business Wire, Marketwired, and PR Newswire for insider info; litigation continues against others  —  SEC obtains $30 million over press release hacking  —  Two defendants agreed to pay $30 million to settle U.S. Securities …
Discussion: New York Times
Paul Linford / HoldTheFrontPage:
Trinity Mirror confirms talks with Local World over merger deal  —  Trinity Mirror has confirmed it is in talks to buy rival publisher Local World in a deal that will make it the dominant player in the UK regional press.  —  In a statement issued this morning, Trinity Mirror confirmed …
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
New York Daily News staff prepare for expected new round of layoffs this week  —  Daily News staff could continue to shrink  —  Daily News staffers are bracing for another round of cuts this week as owner Mort Zuckerman tries to stanch the flow of red ink at the moribund tabloid.
Discussion: FishbowlNY and @gabrielarana
 
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Garrett Quinn / Boston Magazine:
Boston.com Editor-In-Chief Tim Molloy Is Out
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Alex Ritman / Hollywood Reporter:
UK-based MUBI, a growing VOD service, signs multi-year licensing deal with Paramount
Discussion: The Wrap
Damaris Colhoun / Columbia Journalism Review:
Tavi Gevinson on teen girl site Rookie's redesign, audience interaction, and a possible app
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Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
South Korean national statistics data: chip output grew 65.3% YoY in February 2024, the most since late 2009, with demand for AI-related memory driving growth

Meredith Whittaker / LPE Project:
The TikTok divestment bill will not offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but it will further entrench the dominance of US-based social networks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
AI21 Labs launches Jamba, an AI model that integrates two architectures: transformer and Mamba, which is based on the Structured State Space model

 
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