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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama backs FCC proposal to open the cable set-top box market to third-party vendors — Obama to Help Push for Open Market for Cable Set-Top Boxes — WASHINGTON — President Obama will announce on Friday his support for opening the market for cable set-top boxes, singling out the devices …
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Departing New York Times public editor reflects on the tension of handling complaints, newsroom defensiveness, and defends Style section trend stories — Five Things I Won't Miss at The Times — and Seven I Will — While preparing to leave the public editor's office and move to Washington …
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Bloomberg:
Germany to prosecute German comic Jan Boehmermann over poem satirizing Turkish president Erdogan — Merkel Allows Probe of German Comedian Over Erdogan Satire — German satirist read lewd poem lampooning Turkish president — Merkel reliant on Erdogan to hold to refugee agreement
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Guido Fawkes:
The Irish Times on sale in England may have breached injunction by naming site that revealed celebrity identities, making it easy to find information online — Irish Times Breaks Celebrity Threesome Injunction — Yesterday Guido gave an interview* to the Irish Times about the Celebrity Threesome Injunction.
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Owen Bowcott / Guardian:
Media organizations win right to report anonymized issues on injunction hearing of alleged celebrity threesome — Media wins right to report on celebrity injunction hearing — Application argued for right to report anonymised issues in case involving alleged threesome in interest of open justice
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Sources: Disney in advanced talks for equity stake in BAM Tech, the streaming video unit of MLB Advanced Media — Disney wants to invest in Major League Baseball's video streaming company — Disney is in talks to invest in pro baseball's video streaming business — a sign that the media giant wants …
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Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny!:
Sling is working on AirTV box able to stream local TV channels, FCC filing shows — AirTV Streams Local Channels Directly Into Sling TV … Last summer, I came across a curious Echostar trademark application for “AirTV” which was later discovered to be a pedestrian new Slingbox out of Echo's Sling Media subsidiary.
Daniel Terdiman / Fast Company:
New study predicts 2M VR headsets will be sold this year, and 36.9M by 2020, but the medium is still six to eight years away from mainstream adoption — It May Take Years For Virtual Reality To Go Mainstream, Says New Report — Virtual reality is becoming a more popular technology …
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Louise Watt / Associated Press:
China's live-streaming sites offer chance to gain cash, fame — BEIJING (AP) — China's live-streaming sites have become a burgeoning cottage industry, offering money-making opportunities and even stardom to their mostly female hosts and an entertaining new alternative for millions of viewers …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix to Expand Audio Descriptions for Blind Subscribers — Company to enhance access for visually impaired people under settlement with advocacy groups — Netflix reached a wide-ranging three-year deal with advocacy groups for the blind, under which it has pledged to add audio-description tracks …
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Jordan Valinsky / Digiday:
How the 20-strong Bloomberg Graphics team creates interactives using algorithms and low-tech manual persistence — How Bloomberg's 20-person graphics team visualizes the news — Last month, Washington D.C.'s Metro system experienced an unprecedented situation: It was shutting …
Politico:
Inside the European Commission's efforts to create a digital single market and how the creative industry is pushing back — Copyright fight club — EU wants to change how millions watch Hollywood films and YouTube videos, but legacy media groups are pushing back hard.
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