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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
European Parliament votes against controversial Article 11 and Article 13 copyright reform proposals, meaning they will now be open for debate and amendments — A 318-278 majority of MEPs in the European Parliament has just voted to reopen debate around a controversial digital copyright reform proposal …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Bill Shine, who was co-president of Fox News after the ouster of Roger Ailes, officially joins Trump administration as deputy chief of staff for communications — Trump says former Fox News exec Bill Shine joins White House staff
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Rachel Chason / Washington Post:
Journalists plan moment of silence at 2:33pm ET Thursday for Capital Gazette victims: Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith, Wendi Winters — In honor of the victims of the Capital Gazette shooting, newsrooms worldwide are being asked to observe a moment of silence …
Daniel Lewis / New York Times:
Claude Lanzmann, French journalist and documentarian, most notably of “Shoah”, is dead at 92 — Claude Lanzmann, the journalist and film director whose obsession with the Nazi genocide brought forth “Shoah,” a groundbreaking film that relived the annihilation of Jews through …
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Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
A look at how Samba TV collects viewing data from 13.5M smart TVs in the US to make personalized show recommendations and enable ad targeting — The growing concern over online data and user privacy has been focused on tech giants like Facebook and devices like smartphones.
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Following CTO's departure in June, TiVo loses its CEO Enrique Rodriguez to Liberty Global after just eight months amid broader uncertainty about its future — After less than a year in the role, the CEO of Tivo is leaving the troubled company and jumping to Liberty Global, where he will become its CTO.
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Spencer Turcotte / JSource:
Interview with Globe and Mail reporter Susan Krashinsky Robertson on her Globe Primer project, which adds in-line explainers to articles to provide context — The Globe and Mail is testing a new feature that could enhance readers' understanding of its online stories and the mechanics of its journalism.
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Wired launched an OTT ad-supported streaming channel on July 1 featuring its content from YouTube and Wired.com, with original programming coming soon — Wired has launched its first streaming channel to reach people who are spending more time in over-the-top video environments.
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James Whitbrook / Gizmodo:
BBC takes court action in California against messaging service Tapatalk to find out who in its production chain is responsible for a leaked Doctor Who clip — Last week, an incomplete scene featuring Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor surreptitiously hit the web, giving fans eager for leaks …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Survey of 2,500 US adults: 27% said Netflix was what they watch most often on their TVs, followed by 20% for basic cable, 18% for broadcast, and 11% for YouTube — Netflix has established a substantial foothold in the American living room — especially among millennials.
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Elias Biryabarema / Reuters:
Uganda president defends new 5 cent/day tax for citizens wanting to access platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp, says social media is used for “lying” — KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has defended the country's new social media tax …
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Adrian Chen / New Yorker:
Profile of Paul Denino, an “IRL” streamer who goes by Ice Poseidon and streams most of his life on YouTube, often with serious consequences — When your job is to constantly share your life, even your worst moments are an opportunity to please your audience.
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