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Profile of DJ Zane Lowe, formerly of BBC's Radio 1, as he prepares for the launch of Apple's Beats 1 streaming radio — Zane Lowe, the D.J. Scratching Out Beats 1 for Apple — LOS ANGELES — “Check-check. One two-two-two-two-two. Hello hello hello.”
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Apple may pay 0.247 cents per song streamed during Apple Music three-month free trial period, 0.2 cents to labels and 0.047 cents to publishers
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Apple Music Will Shell Out For Exclusives, Starting With Pharrell's “Freedom”
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Taylor Swift Confirms 1989 Will Now Be On Apple Music
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HuffPost to Launch Film and TV Divisions, Announces 24-Hour Online Video Network (Exclusive) — HuffPost 24 will offer live programming, short-form video, documentaries and original series. — More than two years after the launch of HuffPost Live, The Huffington Post plans to significantly boost …
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Rupert Murdoch's chief of staff steps down — Rupert Murdoch's chief of staff, Natalie Ravitz, has stepped down from her position supporting the 84-year-old chairman of 21st Century Fox and News Corp., Capital has learned. — In a company memo obtained by Capital, Murdoch wrote that Ravitz …
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Founder Mark Little leaving Storyful after five years, with no specific future plans, but says options are endless — Mark Little on leaving Storyful, stronger than ever — Clichés are clichés because they are true. And that applies to my thought for the day: quit while you're ahead.
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Debating The New York Times' new beat to cover the superrich: it's not about “wealth porn” but rather recognizing a new Gilded Age — Is Greater Focus on the Superrich Right for The Times? — To some, it seems counterintuitive to cover the problems of economic inequality …


BBC is listing its web pages that have been removed from Google's search results due to right to be forgotten — List of BBC web pages which have been removed from Google's search results — Since a European Court of Justice ruling last year, individuals have the right to request …
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The Next Web


Sources: Netflix plans to launch in India “by 2016”; Netflix stands by response that it plans to be global by end of 2016 — Netflix to enter India, DTH companies edgy — NEW DELHI: After Singapore-based on-demand internet video provider Hooq launched operations here …
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The Next Web, TIME, Hollywood Reporter, C21Media, Tech2, Ubergizmo and MediaNama


Netflix U.S. Viewing to Surpass ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC by 2016: Analysts — If Netflix were a Nielsen-rated TV network, the No. 1 streaming service would within a year have a larger 24-hour audience than each of the major broadcast networks — ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC — according to a Wall Street analyst firm.
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Business Insider, Bloomberg View, CINEMABLEND and GeekWire


Committee to Protect Journalists says journalists face unprecedented threats in Egypt as government cracks down on press freedom — Watchdog: Journalists face ‘unprecedented’ threats in Egypt — 6 photos — CAIRO (AP) — Journalists face unprecedented threats in President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's Egypt …
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Univision Ending Relationship With Donald Trump's Miss Universe Organization Over Anti-Immigrant Remarks — The Hispanic media organization says it will not air the Miss USA pageant on July 12. — Univision has announced that it is ending its business relationship with Donald Trump's Miss …
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Billboard, Variety, CNNMoney, Mediaite, @realdonaldtrump, @realdonaldtrump, KABE-LP, Financial Times, Bloomberg Business, The Wrap, The Hill and Los Angeles Times


Dow Jones chief executive Will Lewis warns newspapers against impulsively striking deals with Google, Facebook — Dow Jones chief's tech warning on news undermined by ‘cats on skateboards’ — Will Lewis says sharing deals with companies such as Facebook, Apple and Google pose threat to newspapers over control of content
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BuzzFeed took a Lifehacker video, chopped it into 12 .gifs, made a sponsored post from it, then revised without apology or note when called out — BuzzFeed will steal your video and chop it into tiny little GIFs — The battle over digital content is being waged around a few essential questions - Who made it?
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Inside the Sony Pictures hack: an investigation by Fortune, Part 1 — Inside the Hack of the Century — A cyber-invasion brought Sony Pictures to its knees and terrified corporate America. The story of what really happened—and why Sony should have seen it coming. A special three-part investigation.
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