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Forbes investigating after freelance contributor replied to a pitch from PR agency asking for £300 for company profile, saying Forbes pays “very small sum” — Forbes investigates after ‘contributor’ asks PR for £300 to write online profile


Producers of Spotlight movie, Open Road Films, acknowledge fictionalized dialog after Boston College worker Jack Dunn asks for scene to be removed — ‘Spotlight’ Distributor Absolves Boston Man of Complicity in the Church Cover-Up — Open Road, which distributed the Oscar-winning movie …
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New York Times, Associated Press, Boston Herald, Guardian and NECN


Analytics firm Jellybooks shares ebook data: most ebooks not read in full by majority of readers, and just 5% of ebooks finished by more than 75% of readers — Moneyball for Book Publishers: A Detailed Look at How We Read — Andrew Rhomberg wants to be the Billy Beane of the book world.
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@randfish, @qntm, BOOK RIOT and Melville House Books


Fairfax Media to cut 120 full-time jobs at Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review, and The Age — Fairfax Media journalists on strike until Monday after 120 jobs axed — Staff at Sydney Morning Herald, Age and Australian Financial Review respond after editorial director announces major redundancy program


Trump campaign blocks Politico reporter Ben Schreckinger from Tuesday night press conference — POLITICO reporter denied access to Trump event — POLITICO reporter Ben Schreckinger was denied entry to Donald Trump's press conference on Tuesday night, despite having previously been granted credentials by the campaign.
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German court rules Apple violated OpenTV streaming video patents, orders company to stop selling infringing products in Germany — German court rules against Apple in video streaming patent case — A German court has ruled against Apple Inc in a case over video streaming patents …
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TechCrunch, Engadget, MacRumors, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider


Relativity Says It Has Closed $400M Financing Deal With Maple Leaf Films — Relativity Media said today that it has secured $400M in film financing from Michael Wexler and Tove Christensen's Maple Leaf Films and that the two companies have executed a binding agreement for Maple Leaf Films …
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Hollywood Reporter, Business Wire and Variety


Major sites including New York Times and BBC hit by ‘ransomware’ malvertising — Adverts hijacked by malicious campaign that demands payment in bitcoin to unlock user computers — A number of major news websites have seen adverts hijacked by a malicious campaign that attempts to install …
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@dansinker, BetaNews, BBC, Malwarebytes Labs, ZDNet, Talking New Media, Computerworld, Ars Technica, @clipperchip, @asymbina, @getadblock, SiliconBeat, Neowin, PC Perspective, CSO, TechWeekEurope UK, Telegraph, CNBC, ComputerWeekly, BetaNews, @s_m_i, The Next Web, @segphault, @jenstar, Softpedia News and The Register


The Coral Project to release Trust open source comment management app in beta later this year, will be tested at The New York Times and Washington Post — The Coral Project unveils its first product to make comments better — On Monday at SXSW, The Coral Project provided more details …


Fandango to Rebrand M-Go Video Service ‘FandangoNow’ — Rollout timed for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ April 1 home-video release — NBCUniversal's Fandango is aiming to phase out the M-Go brand by the end of the month, announcing plans to relaunch the service as “FandangoNow.”
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Broadcasting & Cable, Indiewire, Broadcasting & Cable, Deadline, The Wrap and Home Media Magazine


Sources: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler poised to circulate draft order approving Charter-TWC deal as soon as this week, with clauses ensuring growth of online video — FCC Drafting Order to Approve Charter-Time Warner Cable Deal — Order, expected as soon as this week, will set conditions focusing on promoting online video competition
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The Hill, Digital Trends, Los Angeles Times, Free Press Blog, ZDNet, Light Reading, Fortune, Consumerist, The Verge, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Variety and Deadline


Retailer Lord & Taylor settles with FTC for not making clear disclosures that it paid for Nylon magazine article and social influencer Instagram posts — Lord & Taylor Reaches Settlement with FTC Over Native Ad Disclosures — FTC said retailer didn't make clear that it paid for magazine article, social influencer posts
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Federal Trade Commission, Adweek, CNBC, Reuters, Marketing Land, Ad Age, Associated Press, CBS News, Fortune, USA Today, ABC News and Refinery29


Chinese website publishes, then pulls, explosive letter calling for President Xi's resignation — Two weeks after China's President toured state media offices and called for absolute loyalty from the press, a website with links to the government published an explosive letter asking him to resign …
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Shanghaiist, @williamsjon, @annafifield, BBC, Guardian and Wall Street Journal