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Hogan suit was about racist comments on another videotape, and Gawker will win on appeal — The Hogan Verdict — The decision by a Florida jury to grant $140 million in damages for a story on Gawker.com about a Hulk Hogan sex tape was extraordinary. The number is far larger than even the plaintiff himself had asked for in relief.
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Blendle launches pay-per-story app in the US with articles from The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Economist, and Financial Times, starting at $.09 each — Paid journalism startup Blendle launches in the U.S. — Blendle, the Dutch journalism start-up developing an iTunes-style payment method …
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Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
RIAA report: streaming accounted for more US recorded-music revenue than downloads in 2015, rising from 27% in 2014 to 34% in 2015 — US recorded-music revenues rose slightly in 2015, says RIAA — US music industry body the RIAA has published its figures for 2015, revealing …
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC proposed cable box rules don't prohibit third party set-top box makers from inserting more ads next to TV channels or in frames around them — FCC's cable box rules won't prohibit extra ads around TV channels — Ban unneeded as companies like TiVo “are not disrupting advertising,” FCC says.
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Verizon kills FiOS live TV apps for Xbox and smart TVs
Verizon kills FiOS live TV apps for Xbox and smart TVs
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Supreme Court rejects Trinity Mirror challenge against paying damages of £1.2m to eight hacking victims — The Supreme Court has rejected Trinity Mirror's challenge against a £1.2m damages award made to eight victims of phone-hacking. — The publisher is facing at least 158 claims …
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
How the Financial Times racked up 45M downloads of its 12 podcasts in 2015 and why it continues to launch more — The Financial Times racked up 45 million podcast downloads last year — Podcasting is the hot new thing to many publishers, but not to the Financial Times.
Robert Cookson / Financial Times:
Times newspaper group 2015 revenue down to £345M, profit of £11M, digital subscriptions down 6% to 147K, print circulation up 1% to 394K over year to June — Profits rise at Times newspaper group — Rupert Murdoch's Times newspaper group substantially increased its profits last year …
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Associated Press:
Activists call for investigation into March 10 death of Salvadoran radio journalist Nicolas Humberto Garcia — Human rights body condemns Salvadoran journalist's killing — SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — An arm of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is condemning the slaying of a radio journalist in El Salvador.
Agence France-Presse:
French news sites Le Monde, L'Equipe, and Le Parisien, plus music streamer Deezer ask users to disable adblocking tools in effort organized by trade association — French news sites block the adblockers, telling readers to uninstall or lose access — Websites including Le Monde …
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Glyn Moody / Ars Technica UK:
UK court rules that 8-second videos are long enough to infringe on copyright in case brought by cricket board and Sky UK against Fanatix website and app — Eight-second videos are long enough to infringe on copyright, says UK judge — Sharing key sporting moments on Fanatix site just not cricket, court decides.
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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google:
Google renames Chromecast app “Google Cast”; Vizio P-Series TVs launched with Cast support — Google renames Chromecast app ‘Google Cast’, announces Vizio P-Series TVs w/ Cast & Android tablet remote — To reflect the recent expansion of its Google Cast streaming platform …
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Smartclip:
RTL, the German TV and Radio group, aquires video ad tech firm SmartClip for about €47M — Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland to acquire smartclip — Investment in online video advertising sales — Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland will make an important step in implementing its strategy …
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