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US Justice Department and FBI investigating whether fantasty sports sites should continue operating under “games of skill” exemption — FBI, Justice Department Investigating Daily Fantasy Sports Business Model — FBI agents have been contacting customers of DraftKings to ask them about their experiences
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Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Spotify Rival Deezer To Raise Upwards Of $335M From French Public Listing — French music streaming service Deezer has announced that it plans to raise at least €300 million ($335 million) in a public listing that will take place in its native France at the end of this month.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Reactions to CNN's VR livestream of Tuesday's Democratic debate: VR headsets overheat, make for uncomfortable viewing, event didn't lend itself to immersion — What was it like watching a VR stream of last night's Democratic debate? Hot and heavy — CNN experimented by broadcasting …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Democratic primary debate averaged 15.3M cable viewers, live streaming peaked at 980K concurrent viewers — Democratic debate hits record 15.3 million viewers — CNN's Tuesday night debate averaged 15.3 million viewers, easily making it the highest-rated Democratic debate ever.
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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
During earnings call, Netflix says it could be competing with Vice in news programming within next two years — Netflix Expresses Interest in Expanding Into News Programming — Now that they've disrupted one TV genre after another with dramas and comedies like “House of Cards” and …
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New York Times, Wired, The Atlantic, Wired, Quartz, Re/code, Wall Street Journal, @pkafka, @mathewi, @pkafka, Los Angeles Times, @shanesmith30, The Verge, @dawnc331, Variety and The Wrap
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Q&A with CJR editor in chief and publisher Elizabeth Spayd on increasing traffic, profitability, and the magazine's new membership model — CJR will adopt membership model, EIC says — CJR may be cutting its print frequency, but that isn't a sign of flagging ambition from the half-century old review of journalism.
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Press Association:
Sun journalists Chris Pharo and Jamie Pyatt cleared of aiding and abetting a police officer to commit misconduct — Last Sun journalists prosecuted under Operation Elveden are cleared — Heads of news Chris Pharo and reporter Jamie Pyatt found not guilty of aiding and abetting police officer to commit misconduct in public office
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Press Gazette, BBC, ITV, cps.gov.uk, Telegraph and Press Gazette
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
Digital publications now protected under same terms as traditional newspapers as Amendment AB 998 updated in California — TheWrap Sparks Change to California Law Protecting Digital Media — Well, this doesn't happen every day. TheWrap's appeal of a lawsuit has prompted a change …
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@jassyspeaks1st, @sharonwaxman, Lexology and @stevecollny
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi sentenced to 6 years for “insulting sanctities” — Award-winning Iranian filmmaker gets 6-year prison sentence — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An award-winning Iranian filmmaker whose work focuses on the travails of modern life …
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Tyrangiel officially joins Vice to head up HBO show — Josh Tyrangiel. — It's official. — Former Bloomberg LP high-flier Josh Tyrangiel is joining the edgy Vice Media to head its upcoming daily news show on HBO. — Tyrangiel, 43, who oversaw Charlie Rose's newscast for Bloomberg TV …
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Variety, WWD, TVNewser, The Wrap, WWD, @klimbergcalcio, FishbowlNY, Hollywood Reporter, Talking Biz News, @tyrangiel, @mlcalderone and @poniewozik
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Former al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy says Canadian government delayed his release from Egyptian prison — Journalist stays Canada PM abandoned him during Egypt ordeal — TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian journalist who spent much of last two years jailed in Egypt said Tuesday that he felt …
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Montreal Gazette, MintPress News, RYOT News, metronews.ca, metronews.ca, Winnipeg Free Press, Herald Current and Guardian
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Snapchat Expects Sponsored Selfie Filters To Reach Up To 16 Million Views At Max Of $700,000 per day — Snapchat wants advertisers to fork over some significant cash for its new sponsored selfie filters. — A month ago, Snapchat released Lenses, filters that enhance your selfies …
Richard Smirke / Billboard:
Music Managers Forum report shows 11% think streaming revenue split is fair, 1/3 represent artists with no digital income in contracts — Artist Managers, Artists' Front-Line Defense, Find Labels Severely Lacking — A comprehensive new survey of music managers has revealed that over one-third …
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Music Ally, BBC, Complete Music Update, Music Week, International Business Times and hypebot
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Channel 4 Chairman, Lord Burns, says BBC should become pay-TV service like Sky — Channel 4 chairman says BBC should become Sky-style pay-TV service — Lord Burns warns that replacing the licence fee with a household levy would be a ‘dangerous route’ for the corporation to take
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC local press plan is ‘backdoor privatisation’, says NUJ chief
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National Union of Journalists, Press Gazette, HoldTheFrontPage and Press Gazette
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