Mediagazer: Amazon releases its first ad-supported original show, season three of reality series The Fashion Fund, available on Amazon.com without a Prime subscription (Jason Del Rey/Re/code)

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Amazon releases its first ad-supported original show, season three of reality series The Fashion Fund, available on Amazon.com without a Prime subscription — Amazon Debuts Its First Original Show With Ads, Hinting at a New, Free Video Business — Amazon has spent billions to create …

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Metropolitan Police:

Operation Elveden, the probe into leaking of information to journalists, and inappropriate payments by journalists to police and public officials, has ended — Operation Elveden completed — [IMAGE: Infographic on Operation Elveden in numbers] — On Wednesday, 24 February following consultation …

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Yvonne Villarreal / Los Angeles Times:

Theater chains decline to show Crouching Tiger sequel because Netflix is releasing the film online at the same time — Why so many theater chains are refusing to screen Netflix's ‘Crouching Tiger’ sequel — “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny” will be available for streaming …

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