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Mat Smith / Engadget:
EU accepts Amazon's offer to withdraw strong-arm clauses in e-book contracts to settle antitrust case — The European Commission has accepted Amazon's changes to how it sells its e-books. Following a 2015 investigation over the retailer's anti-competitive behaviour, Amazon said back in January …
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EU Press Room, Reuters, The Register and The Verge
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
In its effort to create TV-like content, Snap has signed original show deals with NBCUniversal, Turner, others, and is in talks with CBS and Fox, sources say — Snap Inc.'s ambitious effort to create television-like content has old and new media companies alike clamoring to learn …
Madeline Stone / Business Insider:
Email newsletter theSkimm says its weekly book recommendations have driven books up an average of 3K spots on Amazon's Best Sellers list — Every morning at 6:00 a.m., more than 5 million subscribers receive an email newsletter from theSkimm. — Launched by former NBC producers Danielle Weisberg …
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@businessinsider and @hadleypdxdc
Nilagia McCoy / Shorenstein Center:
Shorenstein report: to fight false news, researchers should involve more conservatives, amplify facts and collaborate with journalists, and develop shared data — Recent shifts in the media ecosystem raise new concerns about the vulnerability of democratic societies to fake news and the public's limited ability to contain it.
Discussion:
@mmfa and Media Matters for America
Jason Koebler / Motherboard:
For nearly three years, Canadian government has pursued the notes of former Motherboard editor Ben Makuch in court, affecting his job by damaging sources' trust — For nearly three years, our colleague and friend Ben Makuch has had the full weight of Canada's intelligence agencies …
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@derektmead, @andrewwyrich, @workentin, @jackgillum, @jason_koebler, @james__harkin, @svnder and @hadas_gold
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
NFL strikes deal letting Verizon stream London Ravens-Jaguars game on AOL, go90, and Complex; source says price was $21M — The NFL has struck a deal with Verizon to stream one regular-season game in the coming season, in a bet that distributing the matchup free for consumers over the internet …
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Recode, Mashable, Awful Announcing, Consumerist, Deadline, Variety, ProFootballTalk, Axios, @pkafka and @jbflint
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
Profile of The Sun and interview with editor Tony Gallagher on political coverage, Brexit, and the papers' relationship with readers — Despite their falling circulations and tarnished reputations, tabloids maintain a striking grip on power as Britain prepares to cut ties with the European Union.
Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
FBI Director James Comey tells Congressional committee that a huge part of WikiLeaks activities has nothing to do with “legitimate” newsgathering — James Comey's remarks follow reports the Justice Department may prosecute Julian Assange over classified leaks.
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@mlcalderone, @trevortimm, @dangillmor, @79riptide, @pgeddington, Daily Wire and @trevortimm
Diana Marszalek / Broadcasting & Cable:
Sinclair Broadcast Group beats with Q1 revenue of $649.9M, up 12% YoY, with media revenues accounting for $602M as the company eyes deal for Tribune Media — Amid reports that it is vying to buy Tribune Media, Sinclair Broadcast Group said Wednesday that 2017 is shaping up to be ‘a pivotal year.’
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Baltimore Business Journal, Baltimore Sun, Crain's New York Business and Radio & Television …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Guardian head of media Jane Martinson is stepping down, and business reporter Graham Ruddick has been promoted to media editor — Guardian head of media Jane Martinson is stepping down and business reporter Graham Ruddick has been promoted to media editor.
Discussion:
@grahamtruddick, @janemartinson, @bbckamal and The Guardian
Guido Fawkes:
MP Nadhim Zahawi wins £338K in libel case against Iranian state TV channel Press TV that falsely accused him of facilitating sale of oil between ISIS and Israel — Guido can reveal Tory MP Nadhim Zahawi has been awarded a stunning £338,000 payout after winning a libel case against Iranian state television channel Press TV.
Discussion:
@bill_cameron
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Facebook CFO David Wehner says company's video investments “will step up after 2017”; Mark Zuckerberg says programming may eventually involve sports — Facebook is getting close to surpassing two billion monthly active users: The social network ended the third quarter …
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Mark Zuckerberg:
Facebook to add 3,000 people to its community operations team to review reports of inappropriate content, after several videos of violent killings went viral
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New York Times, BuzzFeed, Business Insider, Facebook, Softpedia News, The Verge, VatorNews, GeekWire, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, Wired, USA Today, VentureBeat, The Outline, Engadget, Adweek, The Hill, CNNMoney, TechCrunch, Variety, NPR, Gizmodo, vice, Forbes, Recode, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Consumerist, Press Gazette, Observer, CBS New York, Axios, @willoremus, @hunterwalk, @hunterwalk, @tomcritchlow, @sfiegerman and CNET, more at Techmeme »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Pluto TV Inks Licensing Deals With Lionsgate, MGM, Warner Bros. for Library Titles — Pluto TV is bringing thousands of movies and TV shows — including “Silence of the Lambs” and “Mad Max” — to its free, ad-supported internet television service under pacts with Lionsgate, MGM and Warner Bros.
Discussion:
Multichannel News and PR Newswire
Nancy Tartaglione / Deadline:
ITV CEO Adam Crozier to step down; Ian Griffiths to lead executive team in the interim in newly created combined role of COO and Group Finance Director — ITV Chief Executive, Adam Crozier, who led a turnaround at the broadcaster, is stepping down from his role and from the company's board after seven years.
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“ITV Press Centre”, campaignlive.co.uk, BBC, Scotsman, Hollywood Reporter, Sky News, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk, The Drum and Telegraph
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times adds 308K digital news subscriptions in Q1, with overall revenue up 5% and digital ad revenue up 19% YoY; operating profit rises to $29M — The New York Times Company announced today first-quarter 2017 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $.08 compared …
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Adweek, Associated Press, CNBC, WWD, Recode and Nieman Lab
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Brian Flood / The Wrap:
The New York Times print ad sales dropped 17.9% YoY in Q1
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TechCrunch and Media Wire Daily
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