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Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
Four New York Times Journalists Are Missing in Libya — 6:19 p.m. | Updated The New York Times said Wednesday that four of its journalists reporting on the conflict in Libya were missing. — Editors said they were last in contact with the journalists, who were reporting from the northern port city …
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Julie Moos / Poynter:
2 of 4 missing New York Times journalists were kidnapped previously — Four journalists working for The New York Times are missing in Libya, says Executive Editor Bill Keller. Anthony Shadid, Stephen Farrell, Tyler Hicks and Lynsey Addario were last heard from Tuesday morning.
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CNN, The Daily Beast and J-Source
Washington Post:
Editor's Note: An apology — Two articles published by The Post online and in its print editions earlier this month contained substantial material that was borrowed and duplicated, without attribution, from The Arizona Republic newspaper. — The articles described an indictment …
Chicago Sun Times:
Sun-Times Media, Mesirow Financial chief Jim Tyree dies at 53 — James C. Tyree, chairman and CEO of Mesirow Financial and the chairman of Sun-Times Media, died Wednesday afternoon after battling cancer for several months. He was 53. — “With a heavy heart, I am saddened to tell …
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Felix Salmon:
How blogs have changed journalism — Benzinga's Laura Hlebasko sent me some questions about blogs and online media for a feature she's writing. Here they are, along with my answers: … I find pretty big differences in how I write, depending on whether it's for a traditional media outlet or for the blog.
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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Is AOL Skirting Worker-Protection Law With Mass Layoff? — Last week, as you might already know, AOL laid off over 200 U.S.-based employees, the vast majority of them from its Manhattan-based media operation. But that's not the full tally of those who will lose their jobs as a result …
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Tanzina Vega / New York Times:
Viral Videos Catch On That Only Hint at a Sponsor's Purpose — Can a man with a tiny electronic device hack into the multitude of jumbo screens in Times Square and play videos from his iPhone? Maybe, if you believe a YouTube video that has been watched by more than half a million viewers in the last four days.
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Dan Sabbagh / paidContent:
The Daily Set For Europe Availability; 5,000 Subs? — Rupert Murdoch's iPad newspaper The Daily will be available in the UK within months, depending on when Apple's new online subscription model becomes available in this country. — The chief digital officer of Murdoch's News Corporation …
Jay Rosen:
Anatomy of a Twitter Screw-up: My Own — “Twitter invites casualness, yet it demands extra care.” — Science writer Carl Zimmer. — Yesterday I made a serious error on Twitter. Here is what happened. — TechCrunch ran this story: AOL Asks Us If We Can Tone It Down.
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: Yahoo News Head Moves to Disney.com, Which Will Get Big Redo — Yesterday, BoomTown reported that Mark Walker, the head of the powerful Yahoo News site, was leaving the Internet giant for another company. — That company, sources said, will be Disney, where Walker will be leading …
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Michele McLellan / Knight Digital Media Center …:
SXSW takeaway: Rising user expectations will pose a tough challenge for news organizations — Session after session added to a dizzying canvas of ideas and innovations - platforms, devices and practices that are revolutionizing the way people interact with information.
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Dylan Stableford / The Wrap:
Jimmy Finkelstein Buys IWantMedia.com — A Site He Once Left at the Altar — Jimmy Finkelstein — The Hill owner and media investor who once courted and dumped IWantMedia.com — has acquired the media aggregation website. — Financial terms of the deal, first reported by Keith Kelly, were not disclosed.
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Ryan Singel / Epicenter:
Zediva Streams New Releases Through Copyright Loophole — Zediva, a streaming movie service you've likely never heard of, is a most clever and useful middle finger to Hollywood — even if the site is careful to say it's not about sticking it to the studios.
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Nils Mulvad / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Collaboration, an investigative reporting network, and the development of Farmsubsidy.org — Editor's Note: Our sister publication Nieman Reports is out with its spring issue, which spotlights the efforts of reporters trying to uncover corruption. We're highlighting a few entries that connect …
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Stefan Candea / Nieman Journalism Lab:
From the ground up: The growth of independent media in Romania
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