1. Netflix launches in France to hostile reception (David Chazan / The Telegraph)
2. In latest volley against Amazon, Hachette’s writers target its board (David Streitfeld / New York Times)
3. There’s a new $23 million venture fund for government startups (Amy Schatz / Re/code)
4. How AOL has quietly become a digital video powerhouse (Eric Blattberg / Digiday)
5. Chinese city creates cell phone lane for texting pedestrians (Adario Strange / Mashable)
6. Ditching Twitter (Erin Kissane)