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WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealands two largest newspaper groups are not sending journalists to cover the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro because of a dispute with domestic broadcasting rights-holder Sky TV and the New Zealand Olympic Committee over accreditation terms they say will unfairly restrict coverage.NZME, which owns the New Zealand Herald, and Fairfax New Zealand, which publishes newspapers including Wellingtons Dominion-Post and Christchurch Press, have been in talks for months with Sky.Both groups on Thursday said negotiations have reached an impasse and they have withdrawn applications for accreditation.The conditions in question restrict the amount of footage used on news websites for non-rightsholders and how soon after an event that content could appear.Fairfax had planned to send nine journalists to the Olympics and NZME was sending a similar-sized team of writers, photographers and videographers.NZME managing editor Shayne Currie said he had informed the New Zealand Olympic Committee of his organizations position.This has been a difficult decision but ultimately we cannot accept what we view as unduly restrictive and unnecessary News Access Rules, Currie said. These do not allow for fair-use of copyright material in accordance with the New Zealand Copyright Act and have the potential to impact heavily on our ability to cover the Games in a fair and meaningful way.Currie said NZME also believed the conditions run counter to the Olympic charter.Fairfax executive editor Sinead Boucher said the proposed local conditions on the use of games footage were unprecedented and didnt not respect terms of the countrys Copyright ACT over fair use from major sports events.In a letter to NZOC chief executive Kereyn Smith, released Thursday, Boucher said We are not prepared to sacrifice our editorial freedom and right to freely report about the Olympics as a major news event.In our view, it is unacceptable that a broadcast rights holder should have been given so much power to control how its competitor media organizations get to report on an event of such national and international significance.The NZOC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Sky TV director of communication Kirsty Way said the company stands by its news access rules that theyre the most generous in the whole world and have been acceptable worldwide, but apparently theyre not acceptable to our news agencies in New Zealand. 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The Royals hit the ball plenty hard, but the softest one made the biggest impact.Salvador Perezs bat broke on a two-strike, two-out, two-run bloop single with the bases loaded the gave the Royals a 4-3 lead. Third baseman Trevor Plouffe awkwardly backpedaled for the slowly rising ball, but it cleared his head and landed in front of diving shortstop Jorge Polanco.Its tough. He hit it into no-mans land, Gibson said.After using eight pitchers, including utility infielder Eduardo Escobar, and giving up 25 runs to Houston while being swept Thursday in a doubleheader, the Twins needed Gibson to go deep into the game. He was removed two batters into the sixth.Its a frustrating day, Gibson said.The right-hander hasnt been able to get in a groove this season. His first-inning ERA is 9.00, and he has recorded quality starts of six innings or more and three runs or fewer only six times in 16 turns. Lefties are hitting .330 in 188 at-bats against him.Ventura (8-9) struck out nine in seven innings, allowing four hits, one walk and three runs, pitching the Royals to their fifth win in the last six games. After posting a 5.15 ERA in the first half, Ventura has a 3.26 ERA after the All-Star break.The Twins have a major league-most 63 home runs in 42 games since June 26, and Dozier leads both leagues in that span with 15 of his 24 homers. Sano has 20 home runs this season, including 16 against right-handers.Itss unfortunate thats been the majority of our output as of late, Molitor said.ddddddddddddEric Hosmer and Raul Mondesi hit RBI doubles for the Royals, and Paulo Orlando combined an RBI single with two lunging catches in center field to take hits from the Twins, who have lost four straight games after winning nine of 12 prior to the streak.The Royals are 6-1 against the Twins this season, with 12 games left between them. After a rough July that all but dashed their dream of returning to the playoffs and defending their World Series title, the Royals are 7-4 in August. Their starting pitchers have a 3.01 ERA.WET WEATHERThe game started 50 minutes late because of steady rain that wiped out batting practice and lasted into the evening. This was the ninth weather-related delay at Target Field this year, a total of 11 hours and 54 minutes of waiting, plus a pair of postponed games including Wednesday.In seven seasons at the ballpark, the Twins have had 30 games delayed and 14 games postponed.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals: Morales returned from a one-game suspension served Thursday following his dropped appeal to Major League Baseball. Kansas Citys home run leader was punished for returning to the dugout following his ejection for arguing Aug. 2 at Tampa Bay about the strike zone.Twins: LH Tommy Milone was placed on the DL with left biceps tendinitis, the third pitcher shelved for injury in three days. RH Trevor May visited a specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for his lower back trouble. More testing is needed.UP NEXTRoyals: Will keep RHP Dillon Gee (4-5, 4.54 ERA) in the rotation and start him Saturday, despite needing him in relief Wednesday in their 14-inning victory over Chicago. Gee struck out three in two perfect innings for the win.Twins: Will send RHP Tyler Duffey (7-8, 5.93 ERA) to the mound for the second game of the series, his 20th start of the season. He struck out eight in six innings for the victory in his last turn, against Houston. ' ' '