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Stephen Hall / 9to5Google:
Google set to announce this month that Spotify will gain Chromecast support alongside new device — Exclusive: Google and Spotify launching Chromecast support later this month — While Chromecast has long supported Google Play Music, Netflix, Pandora, and other subscription services …
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Stephen Hall / 9to5Google:
Leaked documents show second-gen Chromecast has new backdrop feeds, improved Wi-Fi, “Fast Play”, to be announced September 29 — Exclusive: This is the 2nd gen. Chromecast w/ backdrop feeds, better WiFi, ‘Fast Play,’ more — According to internal documents that 9to5Google has obtained …
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Business Insider, VentureBeat, Pocket-lint, Gizmodo, Digital Spy, PhoneDog.com, SlashGear, Android and Me, Ubergizmo, The Verge, Android Central and Engadget
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
A Day After iOS 9's Launch, Ad Blockers Top The App Store — One of the better features in this week's newly released version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 9, is the ability for users to block ads on mobile websites, along with other content that can slow down browsing and eat away at mobile data plans.
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Marco.org, Ad Age, Digiday, Cult of Mac, @dannysullivan, Plagiarism Today, The Next Web, AdExchanger, Gigaom, The Loop, Marketing Land and Guardian
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Independent publishers are collateral damage in the war over ad revenues between Google, Apple, and Facebook
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Re/code, VentureBeat, Fortune, Gizmodo, @jayrosen_nyu, @bluechoochoo, @jeremylittau, @megan, @anildash, Business Insider, @sean_forman, @choire, @mattbuchanan, @mattbuchanan, @jayrosen_nyu, @chanders, @jayrosen_nyu, Medium, International Business Times, @davewiner, Wolfgang Blau, @csoghoian, @jjvincent, @mattcutts, @jyarow, @davemcclure, @caseyjohnston, @jamespratters, @mcnees, @tylermachado, @mathewi, @reckless, @gattereder, @joshuatopolsky and Daring Fireball
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Tribune Publishing board says company is ‘deeply committed’ to California papers — Tribune Publishing's board of directors doubled down on the company's stewardship of The Los Angeles Times in the face of pressure to “restore” local leadership of the embattled newspaper.
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LA Observed
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
LA City Council members join chorus to restore local leadership at LA Times
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USA Today
The Times-Picayune:
Times-Picayune and NOLA.com newsroom shrinks by 21%, lays off 28 full-time and 9 part-time staffers — NOLA Media Group implements newsroom restructuring — NOLA Media Group announced today that it is restructuring its news operation to reinforce its core journalistic mission.
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Blog of New Orleans, Gambit, Poynter, @thomasjthoren, @craiglaban, @the_gambit, @lexalexander, @rebeccatheim and @erikwemple
Luke Seemann / Chicago magazine:
News Corp's New York Post will start distribution in Chicago on Monday for $2, will be identical to New York City version — The New York Post is Coming to Chicago and We're Not Sure What We Did to Deserve This — The New York Post plans to start distribution in Chicago on Monday …
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Chicago Tribune, Chicagoist and Politico
Martin Beck / Marketing Land:
Periscope launches web profiles with recent videos, followers and following details, and total hearts received — Periscope Adds Profile Pages For The Web — Twitter-owned video streaming app gives broadcasters a landing page for the desktop. — Periscope today launched web profiles …
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Medium, The Next Web and SlashGear
Bloomberg Business:
Altice president Patrick Drahi says he's not done buying US cable providers and plans cost cutting at Cablevision — Drahi Wants More U.S. Cable Deals After Scooping Up Cablevision — French billionaire sees eventual entry into mobile market — Cost-cutting at Cablevision: ‘I pay as little as I can.’
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Multichannel News, Seeking Alpha and @stewmars
TodaysZaman:
Turkish journalist Cüneyt Özdemir investigated for disseminating terrorism propaganda in interview with detained Gezi Park protestor — Journalist Özdemir faces ‘terrorism probe’ over interview — An investigation was launched against journalist Cüneyt Özdemir …
Manu P Toms / VCCircle:
Wealthy entrepreneurs plan $15M+ trust to support independent, public-spirited new media in India — Consortium including Azim Premji, Rohini Nilekani set to unveil India's largest private trust to support independent media — Independent and Public Spirited Media Trust is likely to have at least Rs 100 crore initial corpus.
Harro ten Wolde / Reuters:
Sources: Axel Springer exploring €500M deal to gain controlling stake in Business Insider — Axel Springer eyes controlling stake in Business Insider: Manager Magazin — German publisher Axel Springer (SPRGn.DE) may want to increase its current 7 percent stake in U.S. news website Business Insider …
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@edmundlee and @agrafemeyer
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Facebook Media:
Facebook launches Signal, a discovery and curation tool for journalists to find and embed content from Facebook and Instagram — Introducing Signal for Facebook and Instagram — By Andy Mitchell, Director of Media Partnerships — We've heard from journalists that they want an easy …
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Nieman Lab, Fortune, Poynter, MediaNama, SlashGear, GeekWire, Mashable, ZDNet, Wired, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Re/code, VentureBeat and @firstdraftnews
Emily Steel / New York Times:
MSNBC sharpens news focus by adding Kate Snow to daytime lineup, Chuck Todd to a daily 5 p.m. show, shuffles producer roles — MSNBC Changes Lineup to Sharpen Hard News Focus — MSNBC's shift to more hard news coverage during the day is starting to come into focus in advance …
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press.nbcnews.com, TVNewser, Variety, @dylanbyers, Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, CNNMoney, The Wrap, Deadline, Associated Press and Variety
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Ukraine bans 41 international journalists and bloggers for a year, including three BBC reporters, citing threats to national interest, security, and sovereignty — Ukraine bans 41 international journalists and bloggers — New York, September 16, 2015—The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores …
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@commissionerhr, @judithgoughfco, Guardian, The Journal of Turkish Weekly, tol.org, kyivpost.com, Daily Mail, Malay Mail Online, Reuters, Yahoo! News and RT
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Alec Luhn / Guardian:
Ukraine allows BBC journalists to remain
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Reuters, New Europe, BuzzFeed, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, iSurfPaducah, Newsweek and Associated Press
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