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Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Genius adds “report abuse” button and says the web annotation tool does not enable abuse, in response to controversy and letter from US Rep. Katherine Clark — Genius responds to Congresswoman Katherine Clark's letter on preventing abuse — Over the past few days …
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Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Annotation Startup Genius to Launch Advertising Business — Company known for its music lyric database hires first revenue chief — Genius, the music-lyric storehouse and budding Web annotation platform, has accumulated millions of visitors and a stockpile of venture capital cash.
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Digiday and FishbowlNY
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Inside the launch of Bloomberg's new tech-and-travel series Hello World, and Bloomberg's plans for two more web series to launch within weeks — Bloomberg's Hello World tech-and-travel show trades talking heads for Vice-like filmmaking — For Bloomberg, making video for the web means rethinking everything …
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Digiday, New York Post, Editor & Publisher, Fortune and Talking Biz News, Thanks:@amandabcowie
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
UK's Times and Sunday Times merge websites, which will be updated three times a day to focus on reporting, opinion, and analysis instead of breaking news — The Times of London is swearing off breaking news — British national newspaper The Times has been behind a hard paywall since 2010.
Philip Oltermann / Guardian:
Academic journal: Associated Press entered into two-way cooperation with Nazis in order to retain access, allowed regime access to photo archive for propaganda — Revealed: how Associated Press cooperated with the Nazis — Exclusive: German historian shows how news agency retained access …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Spotify raises $1B in convertible debt, led by TPG and Dragoneer — Spotify Raises $1 Billion in Debt Financing — TPG and Dragoneer Investment Group lead the Spotify debt deal — Music-streaming site Spotify AB has raised $1 billion in convertible debt from investors …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
At Robin Toner prize awards dinner, President Obama urges journalists to hold election candidates to account, notes the negative impact of the web on journalism — Obama laments current politics; says media must do better — Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama called on journalists Monday …
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Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Obama calls for better journalism but has contributed to problems with jail threats, subpoenas, stonewalling of FOIA, and end runs around traditional media
Obama calls for better journalism but has contributed to problems with jail threats, subpoenas, stonewalling of FOIA, and end runs around traditional media
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Fullscreen to launch streaming service April 26, featuring 800 hours of content, including programming from YouTube stars and older TV series for $5 per month — Fullscreen Enters Crowded Subscription Video Marketplace — Digital media company believes young fans will pay $4.99 a month for Web originals featuring YouTube stars
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
New York Times won't retract or post a correction to NFL story — The New York Times will not retract a story about the National Football League's research into player concussions that also suggested ties bettwen the NFL and the tobacco industry. — A lawyer for the league demanded …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh and his assistant sentenced to prison in Hanoi in renewed push against independent media and free expression — Vietnamese Bloggers Sentenced to Prison in a Renewed Crackdown on Free Expression — A prominent Vietnamese blogger and his assistant …
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Gederts Gelzis / Reuters:
Latvia shuts down pro-Kremlin website Sputnik, drawing Moscow rebuke — Latvian authorities have shut down the local version of Russian pro-Kremlin news website Sputnik, drawing an immediate rebuke from Moscow. — The Latvian domain of the Russian-owned news site Sputniknews.lv was shut …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Yahoo to skip lavish NewFront event this year, host private event May 4 amid losses in video — Yahoo Scales Back NewFronts Event With Smaller, Less Flashy Affair — Yahoo is cutting back on the NewFronts razzle-dazzle this year, after the company pulled the plug on long-form original series and refocuses its media strategy.
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