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A bi-partisan bill to lower royalty rates for online radio services could be the next big battleground between copyright owners and technology developers. Link thehill.com Read more on external site »

As technology platform providers ramp up their own content offerings, pure content plays like Netflix and Pandora risk getting squeezed out. Link professional.wsj.com Read more on external site »

Stand-up comics are finding they don’t have to wait for HBO or Showtime to give them a special to reach fans beyond the confines of a comedy club. Link www.latimes.com Read more on external site »

Long profile of Philippe Dauman, heir apparent to Sumner Redstone at Viacom, a lawyer and numbers guy at a time when the definition of a “media company” is changing rapidly. Link www.nytimes.com Read more on external site »

The integration is informational, not transactional. You won’t be able to charge things to your Amex account with your iPhone. Not yet, at least. Link venturebeat.com Read more on external site »

Just because Fox is making movies available for download weeks ahead of their DVD and at a lower price doesn’t mean the studio has given up on DVD, News Corp., president Chase Carey tells an investor conference. Link www.homemediamagazine.com Read more on external site »

Filling in some blanks around Microsoft’s new studio chief. Link www.readwriteweb.com Read more on external site »

Is the scrappy competitiveness that suited Apple as an underdog unbecoming now that it’s on top? Link www.businessinsider.com Read more on external site »

FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz, one of the Obama Administration’s top trust-busters, is stepping down at the end of the year. Google will not miss him. Link www.nypost.com Read more on external site »

An important step closer to the online advertiser’s holy grail: a standardized online gross ratings point. Link www.videonuze.com Read more on external site »