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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
YouTube confirms any partner creator who earns cut of ad revenue but does not agree to YouTube Red revenue share deal will have videos hidden — YouTube Will Completely Remove Videos Of Creators Who Don't Sign Its Red Subscription Deal — YouTube made its top video creators an offer …
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
YouTube Red Subscription Will Include Original Series From PewDiePie, CollegeHumor, And More — YouTube wants to use exclusive series and movies from its biggest stars to differentiate its new $9.99 ad-free video and on-demand music subscription service YouTube Red.
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YouTube Blog, Ad Age, YouTube Blog, Polygon, Forbes, Home Media Magazine, Good E-Reader, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, Adweek, Fast Company, The Wrap, Fortune, Android Police, WWD, VentureBeat and Android Authority
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Inside YouTube's new $10 per month subscription service YouTube Red, which removes ads, adds offline viewing, more, available October 28 in US, soon globally
Inside YouTube's new $10 per month subscription service YouTube Red, which removes ads, adds offline viewing, more, available October 28 in US, soon globally
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TechCrunch, Engadget, The Next Web, Gizmodo, AdExchanger, Fusion, @jank0, Android Police, @lucas_shaw, TIME, GeekWire, Tech Times, Kotaku, CNBC, The Huffington Post, BBC, 9to5Google, Ubergizmo, Billboard, Wired.co.uk, Droid Life, Hollywood Reporter, hypebot, MacRumors and @pierce
James Bradshaw / Globe and Mail:
Canada's Postmedia scraps evening tablet editions 17 months after launch — Postmedia scraps evening tablet editions — Postmedia Network Canada Corp. is pulling the plug on its ambitious evening tablet editions, ending an experiment with daily digital news that launched less than a year and a half ago.
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@jbenton, @lpolgreen, @ivortossell, @tomhawthorn and @mathewi
Dianna Dilworth / GalleyCat:
Yelp-like site WordRates launches to let freelancers rate editors and share pay information about magazines — WordRates: A Yelp-Like Site for Freelance Writers — WordRates.com, a site that aims to be “Yelp for journalists,” is now live. Writer Scott Carney founded the site …
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WordRates, @sgcarney, @ben_a_goldfarb, @wordrates, @wordrates and The Content Strategist
SportsBusiness Daily:
Universal Sports TV Channel Slated To Shut Down Next Month … The Universal Sports TV channel is shutting down next month after nearly a decade in operation. NBC execs told the channel's approximately 75 employees during an early morning meeting in L.A. today.
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@ourand_sbj, @kellydomara, @jmarthaler, @jasongay, Cyclingnews.com, Deadline and Awful Announcing
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Twitter CEO suggests Politwoops might return — Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey hinted at the return of the Sunlight Foundation's well-regarded Politwoops service on Thursday at the Twitter Flight developer conference in San Francisco. In his speech, Dorsey apologized to developers …
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@antderosa, @anildash, @mmasnick, @boblannon, @sunfoundation, BuzzFeed and @openstateeu
Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
James and Lachlan Murdoch in First Interview Atop Fox: Politics, Roger Ailes, Dad and Plans for the Future (Exclusive) — The brothers, who took over the 21st Century Fox empire July 1, sit down together and open up about who's in charge, sister Liz, the new age of television and whether …
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TVNewser, CNNMoney, Guardian, @jmcduling, Mediaite, Politico and Media Wire Daily
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Behind the royalty dispute between indie label Victory Records and Spotify that led to Victory's removal from the streaming service — Spotify in Dispute Over Royalty Payments — On Monday, fans of the punk and metal bands on Victory Records, an independent label in Chicago …
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SlashGear, Fortune, Complete Music Update and Wall Street Journal
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Disney to launch DisneyLife subscription streaming service in the UK in November, expand to France, Spain, Italy, and Germany next year — Disney to launch digital subscription streaming service in UK — Walt Disney will next month launch a first of its kind digital subscription service …
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Variety, moviepilot.com, TechRadar.com, The Drum, New York Times, Polygon, Bookseller News, Deadline, The Independent, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Hollywood Reporter, Gothamist and VentureBeat
Mark Tran / Guardian:
Family of British journalist found dead at Turkish airport say she acted alone — Initial reports indicated Jacqueline Sutton, of IWPR, took her own life and family was sceptical — The family of a British journalist who was found dead at an airport in Turkey have said they believe no one else was involved in her death.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Study shows 71% of national UK newspaper market owned by News UK, Daily Mail & General Trust, and Trinity Mirror, which threatens news plurality — UK media plurality threatened by dominant group of large firms - report — Media Reform Coalition claims News UK, Daily Mail & General Trust …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Melinda Henneberger, senior writer at Bloomberg Politics and founder of AOL's Politics Daily, named Roll Call editor-in-chief — Melinda Henneberger named Roll Call editor-in-chief — Melinda Henneberger has been named editor-in-chief of Roll Call, the paper announced on Wednesday.
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New York Post, Roll Call and Talking Biz News