Mediagazer: Kim Dotcom wins right to livestream his court appeal of extradition to US on YouTube, a first for New Zealand (Charlotte Greenfield/Reuters)

6:30 PM ET, August 30, 2016

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Julia Boorstin / CNBC:

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BBC:

Iran says it has completed the first phase of its plan to operate a “national internet”, which provides access to e-government services and domestic web pages — Iran has announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to operate a “national internet”.

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Oriana Schwindt / The Wrap:

SNL Kagan: a record high of 812K pay TV subscribers cut the cord in the April-June quarter, versus 625K in the same quarter a year ago — Another quarter, another not-insignificant loss for the pay-TV market. All told, 812,000 pay TV subscribers cut the cord from April through June of this year, according to research firm SNL Kagan.

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