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Jillian C. York:
Thoughts on Twitter's Latest Move — Today, Twitter announced a new system that will allow the company to geolocationally block (or, to use their terms, “withhold") specific tweets in specific countries. On the company blog, Twitter explained: … It's been difficult to comment …
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Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
Twitter Now Able To Censor Tweets, If Required By Law, On A Country-By-Country Basis — Until now, Twitter's not had the ability to censor certain tweets or accounts, to prevent them from being seen — if legally required — by users in particular countries.
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Zeynep Tufekci / technosociology:
Why Twitter's new policy is helpful for free-speech advocates — I know many people are upset at Twitter's announcement that it will now be able to block tweets country by country. There has been a lot of excellent writing / reporting on the content explaining that this is not as bad as it looks.
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Alex Klein / Jim Romenesko:
Yale Daily News editors sat on explosive Patrick Witt story for months — Earlier this year, national news outlets breathlessly reported that Yale's quarterback, Patrick Witt, had chosen to skip a Rhodes Scholarship finalist interview in order to lead our team against Harvard in the annual Game.
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Forbes, National Review, New York Times, Gawker, Deadspin, College Media Matters and Bleacher Report
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Maureen O'Connor / Gawker:
Sitting on Quarterback Sex Assault Story, Yale Daily News Considered Seeking a Private Jet for Witt — This morning we read how Yale Daily News, “Gutsiest Campus Newspaper of 2011,” sat on the story of perfect Yale quarterback Patrick Witt's sex assault scandal for two months.
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Forbes, msnbc.com and newsfeed.time.com
Bloomberg:
New York Times Co. Faces Leadership Vacuum — The departure of New York Times Co. (NYT) Chief Executive Officer Janet Robinson last month leaves the company with a leadership vacuum amid falling revenue, profit squeezed by pension costs and pressure from family members to restore a dividend once worth more than $20 million a year.
Julie Moos / Poynter:
Adam Jacobi says CBS fired him over Paterno death report — In a series of tweets, Adam Jacobi says CBS let him go after he published a story Saturday night saying that former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno had died. Jacobi tweets:
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Erik Wemple and @awallenstein
Matthew Creamer / AdAge:
Dan Abrams on Profitability, a New Food Site and Impending Fatherhood — Plus Why Jane Dough, the Rebranded and Refocused Mogulite, Is Already Doing Better Than Its Predecessor — TV host. Entrepreneur. Friend of David Zinczenko. Acceptor of Andrew Breitbart.
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FishbowlNY and @romenesko, Thanks:@matt_creamer
David Lipke / WWD:
Bloomberg to Launch Luxury Lifestyle Magazine — A design spread from the first issue of Bloomberg Pursuits. — Photo By Courtesy Photo Photo By Courtesy Photo — BLOOMBERG'S FASHIONABLE PURSUITS: Users of the Bloomberg Terminal are among the richest demographic in the world …
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The New York Observer and Media Buyer Planner
Dylan Byers / The Politico:
Reuters laments Marco Rubio ‘fiasco’ — Reuters is still kicking itself over an article about Republican golden boy Senator Marco Rubio that yielded five corrections yesterday and may have warranted more. — One senior staffer at Reuters described the episode to me as a “fiasco,” another as a “disgrace.”
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FishbowlDC, Mediaite, Poynter, The Daily Caller, Reuters, Big Journalism and National Review, Thanks:@beet_tv
Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:
Assertive, conflicting presentations of the Greg Kelly rape accusation — Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? — I'm going to do this a little …
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New York Post, National Review, msnbc.com, DNAinfo and NY Daily News
Charles Arthur / Guardian:
Acta protests break out as EU signs up — MEPs of 21 EU states, including the UK, have signed off on the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement — The UK and 21 other European Union member states on Thursday signed an international copyright agreement treaty called Acta …
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Memo to media: Supply and demand are out of your hands — There are plenty of reasons why the traditional media business — including the advertising industry — is in the shape it is in, including a failure to move quickly enough to adapt to changing market conditions.
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Erik Wemple, Poynter and eMedia Vitals
Daniel Frankel / paidContent:
Why CNN's Digital Strength May Cause Problems For Fox — CNN has become a prime-time ratings afterthought in the cable news business it started three decades ago, as Fox (NSDQ: NWS) News continues to dominate a traditional television realm mostly supported by older viewers.
Janet Paskin / CJR:
The Velvet Rope — Why do journalists still care about seeing their name in print? — If print media is truly in an advanced stage of decline, if journalism's great hope is online, why do journalists still like so very much to see their names in print? By now, it ought to be like …
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Ad Pages Up for Fashion Magazines' Important March Issues — Vogue's March Issue Includes 443 Ad Pages — Most fashion magazines increased ad pages in their important March issues again this year, showing some strength in an uncertain economy. — Vogue's March issue includes 443 ad pages …
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