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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
NPR changes policy to prohibit promotion of podcasts and NPR One app on the air in apparent effort to appease local radio stations — NPR decides it won't promote its podcasts or NPR One on air — NPR is — sort of like the Associated Press and the major broadcast networks — a creature of its structure.
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US Department of Justice files antitrust suit to block Tribune Publishing from buying the Orange County Register and Riverside Press-Enterprise — Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit to Stop L.A. Times Publisher from Acquiring Competing Newspapers — Acquisition Would Monopolize Newspapers …
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Popbitch:
Recap of major testimony in Hulk Hogan-Gawker lawsuit as closing arguments are set to begin — Gawkward Answers — The second week of the Hulk Hogan sex tape trial has seen the defendants - New York gossip blog, Gawker - attempt to justify publishing uncensored footage of Hulk Hogan having sex.
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Mona Lalwani / Engadget:
Interview with Giphy team on resurgence of GIFs, importance of the loop, and Giphy Studios, its new original content studio in LA — Giphy wants to be the Netflix of GIFs — GIFs are portable human expressions. Looped images of grumpy cats, falling babies and weird Drake moves convey …
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Parker Richards / The New York Observer:
Cartoonist Ted Rall to Sue LA Times for Defamation — Ted rall is sticking by his story, and now he's lawyering up to prove his point — Acclaimed writer and cartoonist Ted Rall, who was let go from the Los Angeles Times last summer, has announced that he is suing his former client …
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Sony Pictures Television shifting to an international-first model, with sales to UK's Channel 4 and ITV and Canada's Shaw before selling shows US channels — TV starts to rewrite its US-first script — Television viewers around the world have feasted on a diet of imported …
Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Kickstarter acquires Drip, a music streaming service and fan community for independent labels — Kickstarter acquires its first company — Kickstarter has acquired Drip, a music-streaming service and fan community for independent labels, the company announced today.
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Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Sources: SoundCloud signs licensing deal with Sony Music, the last of three major labels, paving way for launch of paid subscription service later this year — SoundCloud has signed a licensing deal with Sony Music, giving it deals with all three major labels and paving …
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Digital Music News and The Wrap
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube and Google Play agree to join T-Mobile's Binge On Program, following criticism of video throttling — YouTube and Google Play Movies & TV will now participate in T-Mobile's “Binge On” program, which offers cellular subscribers the ability to watch a variety of services without those streams counting against users' data plans.
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Amy X. Wang / Quartz:
Click fraud moves into music streaming, draining money from companies and artists, and it's almost impossible to detect — Music streaming has a nearly undetectable fraud problem — Loud controversies are a hallmark of the music streaming industry. — Remember Taylor Swift's public feud with Spotify?
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Patently Apple and Digital Music News
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Broadcaster Sky jumps into virtual reality, launches new content studio and readies VR app — European pay-TV broadcaster Sky — a long-time investor in virtual reality startup Jaunt — has positioned itself as a more direct content player in the VR world. Today the company …
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Tom Dotan / The Information:
Sources: Time Warner investing more in Mashable, following prior funding from Time Warner Investments — Time Warner Investing More in Mashable — Time Warner is pumping more money into Mashable, a millennial-focused tech and pop culture news site, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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