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12:00 PM ET, September 29, 2014

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Variety:
Instagram, Chinese Media Restricted as Hong Kong Riots  —  Media in mainland China has limited its coverage of the severe social unrest taking place on the streets of Hong Kong.  —  In contrast, Hong Kong and international media have been carrying non-stop reports from the barricades …
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Patrick Boehler / South China Morning Post:
Hongkongers flock to ‘off-grid’ chat app FireChat amid fears of internet shutdown  —  Main menu  —  You are here  —  A mobile messaging application enabling users to communicate without internet access has seen large numbers of new sign-ups from Hong Kong as pro-democracy demonstrators …
Discussion: The Independent
Patrick Boehler / South China Morning Post:
Record censorship of China's social media as references to Hong Kong protests blocked
Discussion: Quartz and @laurencewsj
Jack Gillum / Associated Press:
Ferguson officials charge news outlets thousands of dollars to retrieve public records about Brown shooting  —  Ferguson Demands High Fees To Turn Over City Files  —  2 photos  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bureaucrats in Ferguson, Missouri, responding to requests under the state's Sunshine Act …
Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:
Universal Music Group to introduce native in-video advertising in streaming music videos  —  Your Favorite Old And New Music Videos Are About To Get A Brand Makeover  —  Universal Music Group, the world's largest record label, advertising agency Havas, and ad tech company Mirriad have teamed …
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
With Perspective From Both Sides of His Desk, F.C.C. Chairman Ponders Net Neutrality  —  WASHINGTON — As a lobbyist for the cable and wireless industries, Tom Wheeler played a role in shaping almost every major telecommunications policy and innovation over the last three decades.
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Association of Magazine Media launches new metric to track audiences beyond print  —  Magazines to Count Readers in New Way  —  Publishers Seize Chance to Show Growth With Metric Tool That Tracks Audiences Across Categories  —  Magazine publishers have long argued that traditional industry print metrics …
David Bloom / Deadline:
Actors, Showrunners Live-Tweeting Their Shows: The New Hollywood House Party?  —  At the first commercial break of the first airing of the first episode of his new TV show, Scorpion actor Robert Patrick was bent over, scowling at his smartphone, grumbling with some exasperation, “I can't keep up!
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Digital Media to Take Center Stage at Advertising Week  —  BuzzFeed, Instagram, Automated Ad Buying to Dominate Chatter at Annual Conference  —  Advertising is quickly becoming a digital business.  For proof, look no further than Advertising Week in New York.
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
New Yorker's Magazine Covers Shift From Polite to Provocative  —  A few weeks ago, as scandals engulfed the National Football League, The New Yorker magazine's cover showed a player being chased down the field by police officers.  —  During the height of the demonstrations in Ferguson …
Clifford Coonan / Hollywood Reporter:
Chinese Online Movie-Ticket Sales Rose 43 Percent Last Year, Study Finds  —  The number of people who paid for tickets with mobile phones increased by 109 percent  —  China's box-office boom, which has seen theatrical revenue rise by 20 percent a year, has been accompanied by a jump …
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iran State TV: BBC Tried To Steal From ‘archives’  —  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state television accused the BBC on Sunday of trying to steal “artistic, historic and cultural documents” from government archives in the Islamic Republic.  —  The BBC had no immediate comment on the claim …
 
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