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Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to introduce a 4K-capable Apple TV and updated TV app that can highlight live TV in September, is in talks with studios about 4K movies — Company plans to announce new Apple TV model in September — New model will play 4K HDR content from movie studios, apps
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Report: Roku's market share among streaming media players in US is up to 37%, with Amazon's Fire TV at 24%, Chromecast at 18%, and Apple TV down to 15% — Roku isn't only maintaining its lead as the top streaming media player device in the U.S., it's increasing it.
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Associated Press:
Fort Wayne afternoon newspaper News-Sentinel to end print, will continue online, folding some pages into business partner's morning paper, The Journal Gazette — https://apnews.com/234f8d9b361e4b9fb5d7 f93f7ebcd5cf — Link copied! — FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — The News-Sentinel of Fort Wayne …
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Spotify renews licensing deal with Warner Music Group, clearing last hurdle before going public — Now that it has Warner Music on board, look for a nontraditional IPO at the end of this year or early 2018. — Spotify has cleared what ought to be the last major hurdle before it goes public …
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Fast Company, Fortune, The Verge and Variety, more at Techmeme »
Nushin Rashidian / Columbia Journalism Review:
Tow Center releases an interactive timeline listing platform developments at Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Google, Twitter, Snapchat, Apple, and Amazon — We have entered an era in which just about every move social media and tech companies make has ramifications for journalism.
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Journalism.co.uk
Dave Brooks / Billboard:
Sources: Amazon is struggling to make inroads in US event ticketing industry due to incumbents like Ticketmaster, exclusive deals with venues, more — With little leverage besides its huge customer base, the online retail behemoth is finding that disrupting the U.S. ticketing market won't be as easy as throwing its weight around.
Nicole Carroll / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Republic editor details how staff faced gas or spray to cover Trump rally aftermath, in response to email calling staff “Fake News Media” — On Wednesday morning, I was reviewing a list of 17 Republic staffers who were caught up in the gas or spray and the aftermath …
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Poynter
Andy / TorrentFreak:
Finnish court orders two founders of Pirate Bay, Fredrik Neij and Gottfrid Svartholm, to pay IFPI record labels $477K+ in case that began in 2011 — Two founders of The Pirate Bay have been ordered by a court in Finland to pay record labels more than $477,000 in compensation.
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Billboard, more at Techmeme »
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Appeals court upholds injunction against VidAngel, a family-friendly service that filters movie content, after studios claim it violated copyright rules — “Star Wars is still Star Wars, even without Princess Leia's bikini scene,” states the opinion. — VidAngel, the self-touted family …
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Deadline, MediaPost and VidAngel Blog
Tom Schoenberg / Bloomberg:
US judge rules DreamHost must hand over user data from anti-Trump website to DoJ, but imposes limits and will vet which information DoJ uses — Information to be used for rioting cases, prosecutors say — About 200 charged for violent protests during inauguration
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DreamHost.blog, BuzzFeed, Reuters, @davidjoachim, @tschoenberg22, Techdirt and Hit & Run, more at Techmeme »
Luke O'Neil / Esquire:
Current and former Village Voice staffers, including food critic Robert Sietsema and film editor Alan Scherstuhl, reflect on their time at the paper — On Tuesday morning, Peter Barbey, owner of the Village Voice, assembled the staff of the storied but turbulent New York City alt-weekly for a meeting.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
WH director of rapid response Andy Hemming, who was paid to spot and distribute positive stories from the mainstream media, left his job on Monday — DRIVING THE DAY — Happy Thursday. AN INTERESTING DATAPOINT — TONY FABRIZIO, whom the Trump campaign paid $1.29 million last year …
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