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DGA Files Complaint Against Fox News For Illegal Contribution To GOP Candidate (HuffPo)
Keeping up its war with Fox News, the Democratic Governors Association on Thursday filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission accusing Fox of making an illegal in-kind contribution to gubernatorial candidate John Kasich (R-OH). The complaint, clocking in at seven pages and signed by the DGA's Executive Director Nathan Daschle, makes some far-reaching charges.
All The Propaganda That's Fit To Print (Newsweek)
Xinhua may be the future of news for one big reason: cost. Most news organizations are in retreat, shuttering bureaus and laying off journalists. But the former "Red China News Agency" doesn't need to worry about the inconvenience of turning a profit. As a result, it might do for news what China's state-run factories have done for tawdry baubles and cheap clothes: take something that has become a commodity and foist it onto the world far more cheaply than anyone else can.
A New Digital Battlefield (WSJ)
TV shows are emerging as a new front in the war over digital media between Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc., amid their ongoing battles over electronic books and online music. Hours after Apple said Wednesday that it would begin renting some shows for 99 cents per episode, Amazon cut its price on a similar set of shows to 99 cents from $2.99. And unlike Apple, which rents the videos, Amazon lets its customers buy the shows.
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CBS News Fires Back At 'Perverse Hobby' Of 'Ridiculous' Collapse Predictions (Mediaite)
The Daily Beast's Rebecca Dana wrote Wednesday about the "implosion" and "collapse" at CBS News, focusing on a variety of issues -- from ratings to business cards. CBS News has fired back. "Predictions of CBS News' collapse is a perverse hobby for some writers and they are tiresome, unoriginal and always wrong," a CBS News spokesperson said. "And in this case even the article's purported evidence of decline is a ridiculous series of outright fabrications and distortions." One area of evidence in the article relates to business cards. "The claim that nobody at News has been able to get their business cards because someone was cut is nonsense." Daily Beast: Dana wrote: "The person who handled ordering business cards vanished, and staffers haven't been able to get them since. Cell phone services are blocked on company-provided BlackBerrys for many producers, who are now encouraged to communicate by text. The communication between CBS brass, including news division president Sean McManus, and their staff has all but vanished."
Aol, Google Extend Search Partnership (Mediaweek)
Google and Aol have agreed to stay search partners for the next five years. Google will continue to power Aol's natural and paid search results, with the two companies sharing in the associated ad revenue. Plus, as part of the new pact, Aol has agreed to distribute its content on YouTube, Google's massive video destination. In addition, Google will now power search on Aol's mobile properties.
National Journal Undergoing Business And Editorial 'Transformation' (Folio:)
Atlantic Media's National Journal Group has garnered headlines from media outlets across the country in recent weeks because of the big names it has been hiring. The most recent among them was the appointment of Newsweek senior editor and national economic correspondent Michael Hirsh as chief correspondent. But the National Journal's slew of recent hires goes beyond simple staffing up.
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