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Netflix says it has throttled its videos on AT&T's and Verizon's wireless networks for more than five years to protect users from exceeding data caps — Netflix Throttles Its Videos on AT&T, Verizon Networks — Streaming service says it limits video quality to protect users from exceeding data caps
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Digital news jobs are concentrating in New York and a few other big coastal cities, leading to unrepresentative media — The game of concentration: The Internet is pushing the American news business to New York and the coasts — Editor's note: Our sister publication Nieman Reports is out with their new issue — go check it out.
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@jbenton, @digiphile, @katzish, @brookejarvis, @pkafka, @pkafka, @mbrauchli, @ccanipe, @rolfewinkler, @bridgitbowden, @kurtgessler, @mikegruss, @mihaibarbulescu, @annaleighclark, @eleanorbarkhorn, @katiehawk, @seandkennedy, @mkramer, @sarahmirk, @calvinmenatwork, @samcmlaird, @mattdpearce and @ashlynstill
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Source: Gawker paid Condé Nast executive the site outed an undisclosed amount in order to avoid another lawsuit — Gawker's Season of Fear and Loathing — The now-pariah gossip website may be bruised in the aftermath of its Hulk Hogan verdict, but those anticipating its demise might be sorely disappointed.
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@rafat, @lahlahlindsey, @alexweprin, @mccarthyryanj, @mlcalderone and @onthemedia
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Anna M. Phillips / Tampa Bay Times:
Judge in Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker has been reversed on appeal more times than any other judge in her county — Trial judge in Hulk Hogan-Gawker case is most reversed in Pinellas — ST. PETERSBURG — Hulk Hogan has plenty of reasons to celebrate his $140 million win against the website Gawker over its publication of a sex tape.
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@felixsalmon and @barthubbuch
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Q&A with Ev Williams on Medium's evolution, monetization efforts, Matter's spinoff as an independent studio, and Backchannel's future — How Can Marketers and Publishers Best Use Medium? Ev Williams Shares His Vision — Ahead of Ad Age's Digital Conference, Co-Founder/CEO Talks …
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Apple working with Will.i.am on unscripted TV show about apps — Apple's First Foray Into Original TV Is a Series About Apps — Apple's ambitions to go head to head with Netflix and create its own lineup of exclusive movies and TV shows has long been the subject of much chatter and speculation.
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Amber Bouman / Engadget:
Engadget shuts down comments for seven days to figure out how to improve quality of system — We're shutting down our comments ... see you next week — A few months back, we rolled out a new comments system. This was, in the words of Douglas Adams, widely regarded as a bad decision.
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Talking New Media, @carcaster, @penenberg, @danawollman, @kyliu99, @numeson, @dameright, @mathewi and @coaster78fan
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Dow Jones launches investigation into pay disparity claims — Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal are examining the company's hiring and compensation practices in response to a report that found evidence of wage disparities at the company. — William Lewis, the CEO of Dow Jones …
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BBC:
Turkish Cumhuriyet journalists to be tried in closed court — Two prominent Turkish journalists, charged with revealing state secrets, will have their trial held in a closed court, a judge has ruled. — Can Dundar and Erdem Gul, from the newspaper Cumhuriyet, were arrested in November …
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Guardian:
Independent prints souvenir last edition marking the end of 30 years in print as it becomes first UK national paper to go online only — Independent prints souvenir pullout as it moves to online only — Final edition features article by co-founder and first editor Andreas Whittam Smith and a letter from its last editor, Amol Rajan
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Politico, @liamyoung, @janemartinson, Guardian, The Drum, The Drum and Jon Slattery
Jason Koebler / Motherboard:
In Angola, Wikipedia Zero and Facebook Free Basics are being used to create a clandestine file sharing network — Angola's Wikipedia Pirates Are Exposing the Problems With Digital Colonialism — Wikimedia and Facebook have given Angolans free access to their websites, but not to the rest of the internet.
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Techdirt
Andrew Albanese / Publishers Weekly:
HarperCollins to offer its entire audiobook catalog via Hoopla streaming to over 950 US public libraries — HarperCollins Teams with Hoopla to Offer Audiobooks to Libraries — HarperCollins this week announced that it has signed a deal with library service provider hoopla digital …
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Digital Book World, Oregonian, PR Newswire and Orange County Register