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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Trump not asked about alleged journalist assault by top aide in more than a dozen TV interviews — No One's Asking Donald Trump About Campaign Manager Accused Of Grabbing Reporter — The Republican front-runner has done more than a dozen TV interviews without getting a single question about his top aide, Corey Lewandowski.
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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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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 …
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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Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Comic-Con to release free, beta of subscription video service May 7, will go paid in June — Comic-Con, the Video Channel, to Begin in May — LOS ANGELES — To spend four days in the hot, sweaty halls of Comic-Con International is an annual endurance test. — But a fan test of another kind begins on May 7.
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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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Los Angeles Times, Robot 6, @tedrall, Business Wire and aNewDomain
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 …
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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Ed Christman / Billboard:
Spotify and National Music Publishing Association reach settlement over unpaid mechanical rights royalties, sources say the payout pool is between $21M and $30M — Spotify and Publishing Group Reach $30 Million Settlement Agreement Over Unpaid Royalties — Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify …
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NMPA, The Verge, Fortune, New York Times, Billboard, Variety and Music Business Worldwide
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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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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The Kickstarter Blog, Quartz, The Next Web, Engadget, @ystrickler, VentureBeat, Billboard, Fast Company, CNET and Consumerist
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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