Mediagazer: Pandora, iHeartRadio can stream songs from Adele's top-selling album 25, unlike Spotify, Apple Music, others, thanks to law for “non-interactive” services (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)

9:20 PM ET, November 25, 2015

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Jeremy Borden / Columbia Journalism Review:

How a little-known, Uber-driving freelancer brought the lawsuit that forced Chicago to release a police shooting video — It was the moment Brandon Smith and legions of media had been waiting for: the city of Chicago's release of a damning video that showed a white police officer shooting …

Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:

Google announces ad partner support for Accelerated Mobile Pages, its version of Facebook's Instant Articles, launching early next year — Google Announces New Advertising Support For AMP Pages — Fast-loading pages may also mean fast-loading ads, with advertising platform support for AMP that's been announced.

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:

Sources: Amazon to bundle other online movie and TV subscriptions with Prime Instant Video as soon as next month, with most partners expecting to share revenue — Amazon Said Planning to Add Other Online Networks to Prime Video — Major movie, TV channels said to join Prime as partners

Discussion: Variety, Engadget and @lucas_shaw

Alex Weprin / Politico:

CNN pivots HLN back toward news — CNN is pivoting its sister channel HLN back toward news, abandoning the social media focus it had been pursuing in recent years. HLN's chief executive, Albie Hecht, will depart the channel, and CNN executive VP (and former HLN chief) Ken Jautz will step in on an interim basis.

Discussion: Variety, @bristei, @alexweprin, New York Post, Hollywood Reporter, Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, Deadline, CNNMoney, Ad Age, Radio and TV Talk, Associated Press and The Wrap

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica UK:

US district judge sides with Rightscorp, says DMCA doesn't protect ISP Cox Communications in order ahead of December trial — Judge sides with copyright cop Rightscorp, says DMCA doesn't protect ISP — In what could be a landmark copyright case, an ISP loses its “safe harbour.”

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, FierceCable, Wall Street Journal, @biellacoleman, Wall Street Journal, DSLreports, TorrentFreak and TorrentFreak

Wall Street Journal:

Justice Department investigating whether Comcast's business practices in the “spot” cable ad market violates federal antitrust law — Justice Department Probing Comcast's Role in ‘Spot’ Cable Ad Sales Market — DOJ investigating whether Comcast hinders competition in cable ad sales

Discussion: Reynolds Center, Fortune, Business Insider, AdExchanger, FierceCable, Multichannel News, Consumerist, Deadline, @shaliniwsj and @srabil

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Pandora, iHeartRadio can stream songs from Adele's top-selling album 25, unlike Spotify, Apple Music, others, thanks to law for “non-interactive” services — Pandora is streaming Adele's 25 and her label can't stop it — Adele's 25 is the biggest album in the world right now …

Discussion: Re/code, @pkafka, @mathewi, @rfaughnder, Fortune and Entertainment Weekly

Baxter Holmes / Esquire:

Profile of The Washington Post's Executive Editor Martin Baron, who colleagues call one of the greatest newspaper editors — Is Martin Baron the Best News Editor of All Time? — Most all of his colleagues, present and former, sure seem to think so. — “I not only think he's …

Discussion: @genepark, @sarahgrieco, @jenny8lee and @elanazak

J.K. Trotter / Gawker:

Emails to and from State Department aide Philippe Reines show negotiations by Politico's Mike Allen for access to Chelsea Clinton and more — Emails Show Politico's Mike Allen Promised Positive Coverage of Chelsea Clinton — Few journalists are more thoroughly connected to Washington's power elite …

Discussion: TVNewser, Fox News, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, bookforum.com, @dangillmor, @jim_newell, @whpresscorps, @tombevanrcp, @buzzfeedandrew, @byronyork, @jktrotter, @ggreenwald, @kerpen, @timothypmurphy, @hamiltonnolan and @buzzfeedandrew

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Mail Online misses annual target on slowed digital advertising, revenue of £73m for the year to end of September, print ad revenue down 11%, growth rate at 16% — Mail Online misses £80m revenue target — Daily Mail & General Trust reports decline in print advertising of 12% …

Discussion: Reuters, Telegraph, Guardian, @marksweney and Press Gazette

James Estrin / New York Times:

World Press Photo Introduces New Ethics Guidelines for Contest — The World Press Photo Foundation on Wednesday announced major changes to its photo contest for 2016, including a code of ethics for entrants and detailed guidelines regarding digital manipulation of images.

Discussion: World Press Photo

Bruce Livesey / National Observer:

Postmedia, with nearly 200 Canadian newspapers, faces a declining editorial reputation as it pays off $646M in long-term debt, primarily to two US hedge funds — The tawdry fall of the Postmedia newspaper empire — Right: Postmedia CEO Paul Godfrey (Canadian Press)

Discussion: @mathewi, @natobserver, @natobserver and @janewordsmith