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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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Jay Barmann / SFist:
Journalist and Recode co-founder Kara Swisher says she plans to run for San Francisco mayor in 2023 — Tech Writer Kara Swisher Announces Plan To Run For SF Mayor... In Seven Years — Tech journalist and Re/code co-founder Kara Swisher has spent two decades sniffing around board rooms …
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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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Catherine Buni / The Verge:
The history of content moderation, the laws that govern internet speech, and how safety works online — The secret rules of the internet — Julie Mora-Blanco remembers the day, in the summer of 2006, when the reality of her new job sunk in. A recent grad of California State University …
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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
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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.
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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Cara Griffith / Forbes:
Politico is seeking $205K in tax credits from California as it makes plans to add 41 Sacramento employees — Should A News Company Accept Tax Credits? — An April 6 news article out of Sacramento caught the eye of an editor in my office. The story provides details about companies that are applying for tax credits in California.
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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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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sources: Verizon readying all IP-based set-top box using OnCue tech, with pay-tv, online services; testing to begin this summer, available Q3 or Q4 — Verizon Readies Next-Gen TV Service for Launch Later This Year (Exclusive) — Verizon is quietly getting ready to launch …
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Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Vice Media and Writer's Guild reach union contract agreement, affecting about 70 digital writers; formal vote to be held next week — Vice Media is the second big digital publisher to unionize — When Gawker Media editorial workers successfully reached a contract agreement at the end of February …
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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 …
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