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Telegraph:
Marie Colvin killed: Syrian forces had pledged to kill ‘any journalist who set foot on Syrian soil’ — Syrian forces murdered journalist Marie Colvin after pledging to kill “any journalist who set foot on Syrian soil”, it has emerged. — The 55-year-old Sunday Times reporter …
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Committee to Protect …, @ramsaysky, The Daily What and The Journalism Foundation
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New York Times:
Two Western Journalists Killed in Syria Shelling — CAIRO — Two Western journalists, one American and one French, were killed early Wednesday as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad pursued a deadly bombardment of the central city of Homs, according to activists and officials.
Discussion:
Telegraph, msnbc.com, BBC, Newsday, CNN, fleet street fox, Committee to Protect …, Charlie Beckett, Gawker, Press Gazette, Guardian, @thetimes, Prof Chris Daly's Blog, The Lede, The Week, Media Decoder, Capital New York, Tim Porter, The New Yorker Blog, @laurapitel, BLOGGING via TYPEWRITER, Muck Rack and The Huffington Post
Michael Rundle / The Huffington Post - UK:
Syrian Minister ‘Unaware Foreign Journalists Were In Country’ After Deadly Shelling — Syria has said they were unaware foreign journalists were in the country after an American and French journalist were killed on Wednesday. Marie Colvin, a veteran correspondent for the Sunday Times …
Reuters:
U.S., French journalists killed in Syria — (Reuters) - Two Western journalists were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when shells hit the house they were staying in, opposition activists and witnesses said. — They were named as Marie Colvin, an American working …
Discussion:
Erik Wemple, Telegraph, CNN, Journalism.co.uk, @nytjim, @pdanahar, @fieldproducer, Guardian, ITV, @laurapitel, @katz, @billneelyitv, Digital Spy, @nytjim, @jessradio, Press Gazette, The Staggers and Jon Slattery
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Syria Correspondent Wanted Her Reporting Read Outside Pay Walls
Syria Correspondent Wanted Her Reporting Read Outside Pay Walls
Discussion:
Poynter, Lens, CBS New York and The Wall Blog
Erika Solomon / Reuters:
Syria asks foreign journalists to report to government
Syria asks foreign journalists to report to government
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@producermatthew
Lindsey Hilsum / Channel 4:
My friend, Marie Colvin
My friend, Marie Colvin
Discussion:
Guardian, blogs.telegraph.co.uk and The Huffington Post
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Gannett Building Paywalls Around All Its Papers Except USA Today — The vogue for digital paywalls sweeping the news business has made it all the way to the top: Gannett, the nation's largest newspaper publisher, is planning to switch over all of its 80 community newspapers to a paid model …
Discussion:
@jackshafer and 10,000 Words
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Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Cherie Blair to sue News International — Tony Blair's wife to take action against Glenn Mulcaire and NI over the alleged hacking of her phone by News of the World — Cherie Blair, the wife of the former prime minister, is suing News International and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire …
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Church hacking case ‘not resolved’ — Despite reports of settlement of up to £500,000, star's manager says talks with News of the World publisher are still ongoing — Charlotte Church has not yet settled her phone-hacking case against Rupert Murdoch's defunct tabloid the News of the World …
Jim Romenesko:
Did CNC ‘cause problems’ for MacArthur's City Hall friends? — Chicago journalist Geoff Dougherty claims the Chicago News Cooperative and MacArthur Foundation relationship went sour because CNC “had enough reporters and know-how to cause problems with MacArthur buddies at City Hall.” He writes:
Discussion:
CJR, Time Out Chicago and Chicago Current
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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Sam Zell Blames Tribune Failure on ‘Greedy’ Journalists. — Sam Zell. Credit: Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images — Sam Zell must miss being the most hated man in the newspaper industry. Why else would the ever-pungent real estate billionaire be speaking up about his disastrous time running Tribune Co., all this time later?
Discussion:
Gawker, LA Biz Observed and New York Times
Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:
FT facing discrimination claims and strike action — The Financial Times is facing an employment tribunal over discrimination allegations involving journalists working on the Chinese version of the FT website, according to the NUJ. — It is also facing the possibility of strike action on Friday in a separate dispute over pay.
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Whitney Houston Funeral Drew Millions on TV and Online — Millions of television and Web viewers spent time Saturday afternoon watching the funeral service for Whitney Houston, the pop music icon who died a week earlier. — CNN was the biggest beneficiary of the viewer vigil, according to Nielsen ratings.
Discussion:
Digital Spy, FishbowlNY, The Wrap, TVNewser, Capital New York, Chickaboomer, Multichannel, Mediaite and Broadcasting & Cable
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John Glenday / The Drum:
BBC Whitney Houston coverage criticised
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Amazon Yanks 5,000 Kindle Titles In Fight Over Terms — Updated: IPG's full memo to publishers on page 2. — Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has turned off the buy button on nearly 5,000 Kindle titles from distributor Independent Publishers Group after IPG refused to capitulate to Amazon's demand for better terms.
Discussion:
WebProNews, Publishers Lunch and Electronista
Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
FRICTION AT AOL: Arianna Is A Huge ‘Headache’... But Also The Most Valuable Person At AOL — A year after AOL acquired The Huffington Post for $350 million, sources say AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is getting frustrated with working with Arianna Huffington, who became President at AOL after the deal.
Discussion:
FishbowlNY and mediabistro.com
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
TBS Extends ‘Conan’ Through 2014 — The cable channel TBS announced on Wednesday that it had extended its contract with Conan O'Brien to star in the late-night series he began on the network in November 2010. — The new agreement, which amounted to picking up an existing option …
Discussion:
Broadcasting & Cable and rbr.com
Vanity Fair:
Reed Hastings on Netflix's Recent Rise and Fall — Still bloodied by one of the worst self-inflicted corporate disasters in recent memory—last year's $12 billion wipeout—Netflix C.E.O. Reed Hastings remains adamant about his goal: moving from red envelopes to streaming video.
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