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Exclusive: White House says net neutrality legislation not needed

January 15, 2015 creative authority, mistake, necessary-given, reuters-obama, roberta-rampton, rules-because, twitter, white-house

By Alina Selyukh and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday said legislation was not necessary to settle so-called “net neutrality” rules because the Federal Communications Commission had the authority to write them. Republicans in Congress are trying to drum up support for a bill that would counter the FCC's upcoming new rules. “In terms of legislation, we don’t believe it’s necessary given that the FCC has the authorities that it needs under Title II,” a White House official told Reuters

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No increased stress from heavier social media use: survey

January 15, 2015 creative authority, higher-levels, illustration, levels, logo, mistake, photo-sharing, pictured-next, roberta-rampton, rules-because, survey-released, twitter

Heavy users of the Internet and social media do not have higher levels of stress, and women who use Twitter, email and photo sharing show less stress than women who do not use them, a survey released on Thursday showed.

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UK online grocer Ocado confident about 2015 prospects

January 14, 2015 creative country, drives-through, final, instagram, mountain, retail-sales, sales-growth, sets-as-seen, upmarket-grocer

LONDON (Reuters) – British online grocer Ocado outperformed its traditional supermarket rivals over Christmas and said it was confident about prospects in 2015 despite an escalating price war. The firm, whose range includes products supplied by upmarket grocer Waitrose , said on Wednesday sales growth in December continued at the rate it achieved in the final quarter of its 2013-14 financial year

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Amazon’s Golden Globes give it new credibility in Hollywood

January 13, 2015 creative amazon, amazon-com, angeles, golden, golden-globe, initial, retailer-wants, said-on-monday, san, were-not

By Deepa Seetharaman and Piya Sinha-Roy SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc's success at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards may help it win over two key audiences: Hollywood’s A-list talent and the shopping customers the retailer wants to join its Prime membership program.

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Pay TV revamps clunky guides in battle with Internet services

January 9, 2015 creative companies-must, download-movies, find-the-latest, latest-episode, media-companies, new-services, richwine, said-on-friday, voice-control, walking, walking-dead

By Lisa Richwine LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – U.S. cable and satellite TV providers are rolling out new services to solve a problem that drives customers crazy – which channel is HBO? And how do I find the latest episode of “The Walking Dead?” Faced with competition from Internet upstarts with graphical guides that are relatively painless to use, traditional media companies are adding voice control to remotes, cutting the number of buttons, and reducing clutter from screens.

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Facebook buys video startup QuickFire

January 8, 2015 creative after-it-said, averaged-more, billion-video, exchange-rates, lehar-maan, percent-rise, picture, richwine, said-it-bought

(Reuters) – Social network operator Facebook Inc said it bought QuickFire Networks, a startup that helps view high-quality video with low bandwidth. QuickFire announced the acquisition on its blog on Thursday. Facebook and QuickFire did not disclose the terms of the deal.

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MI5 chief warns al Qaeda in Syria planning mass attacks on West

January 8, 2015 creative after-gunmen, chiefs-give, director, faulconbridge, fictional, interview, london, north-korean, obama, planning-mass, security, speech-at-mi5, their-first

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – Al Qaeda militants in Syria are plotting attacks to inflict mass casualties in the West, possibly against transport systems or “iconic targets”, the head of MI5 Security Service said on Thursday. Speaking after gunmen killed 12 people in an assault on a French satirical newspaper, MI5 boss Andrew Parker warned a strike on the United Kingdom was highly likely. “A group of core al Qaeda terrorists in Syria is planning mass casualty attacks against the West,” Director General Parker said in a rare public speech at MI5 headquarters in London

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Media embracing digital TV with strings attached

January 8, 2015 creative after-gunmen, are-plotting, chiefs-give, digital-rights, jennifer-saba, london, planning-mass, programs, safety-hatch, speech-at-mi5, syria, their-first, united, york

By Jennifer Saba and Lisa Richwine NEW YORK/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Media companies that are starting to allow their programs onto Internet-delivered TV and mobile devices are putting limits on digital rights as a safety hatch if problems arise with the new distribution systems, executives say. The debate over digital rights that determine how and when content is consumed is adding a new layer of complexity to negotiations between media companies and distributors, leading to drawn-out wrangling and programming blackouts in some cases. …

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Media embracing digital TV with strings attached

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Starboard reiterates Yahoo should combine with AOL

January 8, 2015 creative after-gunmen, annual, are-plotting, chiefs-give, grounds, jennifer-saba, media-reports, safety-hatch, yahoo

(Reuters) – Activist-investor Starboard Value LP has reiterated that Yahoo Inc should consider a merger with AOL Inc and cut costs to improve profits, spurred by media reports that Yahoo is exploring other large-scale acquisitions. Starboard, in September, urged Yahoo to consider merging with AOL on the grounds that a deal could create up to $1 billion in “synergies” by reducing overlaps in online display advertising and other overhead costs