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Rich Lowry / National Review:
Parting Ways — Anyone who has read Derb in our pages knows he's a deeply literate, funny, and incisive writer. I direct anyone who doubts his talents to his delightful first novel, “Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream,” or any one of his “Straggler” columns in the books section of NR.
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Politico, Guardian, The New York Observer, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, Gawker and The Huffington Post
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Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Internet Responds To John Derbyshire's Shockingly Racist ‘Non-Black Talk’ With Universal Disgust — John Derbyshire is likely best known as a contributor to National Review, though he became the target of intense revulsion this weekend for something he wrote elsewhere- at Taki Mag …
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
NBC Fires Producer of Misleading Zimmerman Tape — NBC News has fired a producer who was involved in the production of a misleading segment about the Trayvon Martin case in Florida. — The person was fired on Thursday, according to two people with direct knowledge of the disciplinary action …
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Reuters:
NBC News ‘In Shock’ Over George Zimmerman Error
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The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The FJP and TVNewser
paidContent:
DRM is crushing indie booksellers online — In June of 2011, my friend Emily Gould came up with an idea for a new kind of online bookstore: one that would sell only e-books, but would strive to offer the personalized customer service and curation of a local independent bookshop.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of the Next Issue magazine future — So what is it? iTunes for magazines? Maybe Hulu for periodicals? How about Piano Media for American titles? Tivo for print? — In the hurly-burly of digital content innovation and monetization, it's hard to figure out what things are, so we try to find apt comparisons.
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Wired and O'Reilly Radar
Guardian:
Murdoch press savages Australian rival in pay TV row — News Limited accuses Fairfax group of trashing media principles — Australia's raucous press is no stranger to confrontational journalism, but the last week has seen a bitter war of words between the country's two largest newspaper groups …
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NPR, NPR, Big News Network.com and NPR
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Why Bob Woodward is wrong about the internet and journalism — Anyone who has followed the media for the past half century or so knows that Bob Woodward is a giant in the field, one half of the legendary investigative team of Woodward and Bernstein — a man who helped to bring down a U.S. president …
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Britannica experiences run on final print edition — The decision to end publication of the printed edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica after 244 years has turned it into a best seller. — When the Chicago-based company announced March 14 that the printed version of Britannica …
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Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Virgin Atlantic tip-off allegations put workings of media back in spotlight — Leveson inquiry urged to examine secret trade in private information that fuels the paparazzi — They are the secret tip-offs at the heart of the paparazzi. Far from the heavily trailed showbiz parties and red-carpet events …
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Press Gazette, Guardian and Digital Spy
Steve Buttry / The Buttry Diary:
Dear Newsroom Curmudgeon, — I sometimes share your anxiety and occasionally share your concerns about some of the changes in journalism. I learned journalism in the old school, same as you. I am steeped in the same values of accuracy, fairness, dogged reporting and good writing that you cherish.
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@carr2n and JIMROMENESKO.COM
Roger Parloff / Fortune:
The real importance of the revived Viacom-YouTube case — The case is a modest win for content-owners. But it also fiddles with bedrock definitions that determine the outcome of a crucial recurring question: When are companies liable for their users' copyright infringement? — By Roger Parloff, senior editor
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Techdirt and paidContent
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: Yahoo's Chief Product Officer Blake Irving Resigns — According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo's Chief Product Officer Blake Irving has turned in his resignation and it has been accepted by the company. — The process for Irving's departure is a bit more formal since …
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Bloomberg, Reuters, Search Engine Land, FishbowlNY, Deadline.com and The Verge
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