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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Obama Video on Fox News Criticized as Attack Ad — The “Fox and Friends” video. — The Fox News Channel came under withering criticism on Wednesday for a four-minute video, broadcast on its morning show “Fox & Friends” that portrayed President Obama's tenure as a series of failed promises.
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Erik Wemple, TVNewser, Baltimore Sun, Hot Air, Media Matters for America, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, Guardian and ABCNEWS
Associated Press:
Former NY Daily News editor Michael O'Neill, who led newspaper in the late 1970s, dead at 89 — NEW YORK — A former New York Daily News editor-in-chief who oversaw coverage of the city's financial crisis in the 1970s has died. Michael O'Neill was 89. — Daughter Kathryn O'Neill …
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Charles Apple
Micah L. Sifry / techPresident:
As WikiLeaks Struggles, Copycats Die But Online Whistle-Blowing Thrives — It's been months since WikiLeaks, the whistle-blowing website, has posted anything other than appeals for support for its embattled founder Julian Assange. Weakened by internal dissension with Assange's imperious management …
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Keegan Hamilton / Seattle Weekly:
Journalist Mark Rahner Files Lawsuit Against Seattle Times Alleging Disability Discrimination — Ex-Seattle Times reporter/current comic book writer Mark Rahner, last seen crawling out of a coffin made of bacon to promote Crypticon, is suing his former employer, claiming he was unfairly fired after he refused to work a night shift.
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Penguin, Macmillan respond to DOJ in e-book price fixing suit — Penguin and Macmillan, the two publishers fighting the Department of Justice's e-book price fixing lawsuit in court, have both filed responses to the DOJ suit. — Both publishers flatly deny that they engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy with other publishers.
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Judge allows live-tweeting, live-blogging during Jerry Sandusky trial — Reporters will be allowed to live-tweet and live-blog during the jury selection and trial of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky on sexual abuse charges, according to a court order issued Wednesday.
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@niemanlab and PennLive.com
Harriet Sherwood / Guardian:
Israeli journalist to be tried over leaks that revealed illegal military killings — Haaretz's Uri Blau faces espionage charges after being passed thousands of secret documents by jailed ex-soldier Anat Kam — An Israeli journalist is to stand trial for possession of secret military documents leaked …
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Associated Press, Jerusalem Post and IMEMC
Jen Doll / The Atlantic Wire:
Do Female Journalists Have a Confidence Problem? — Every couple of weeks another report comes out with a new statistic that demonstrates what we should all know by now: women writers are not being published as often as men. Except, of course, in certain areas of journalism, the “pink” ones, like service and food and style.
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Poynter, CJR, The Huffington Post and The Byline Blog
Tom Bill / Reuters:
Al Jazeera eyes new London home in Shard skyscraper — (Reuters) - Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera is in advanced talks to move into London's Shard skyscraper, the tallest tower in western Europe, a source close to the deal told Reuters. The 95-storey Renzo Piano-designed glass tower …
Severin Carrell / Guardian:
Andy Coulson detained by police for suspected perjury — Andy Coulson, David Cameron's former director of communications, has been detained by police investigating alleged perjury at the trial of the Scottish socialist politician Tommy Sheridan. Strathclyde police said Coulson was detained …
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@skynewsbreak, Guardian, @dansabbagh, Telegraph and @jamesro47
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Is Forbes the model for a digital-first media entity? — By now, we have some pretty good examples of what a digital-native media entity looks like: it looks a lot like The Huffington Post or BuzzFeed or Vox, with a relentless focus on the dynamics of the real-time web and the way that content lives online …
Discussion:
Poynter and Talking Biz News, Thanks:@mathewi
FRANCE 24:
FARC rebels release FRANCE 24 journalist Roméo Langlois — Held by Colombia's FARC rebels since April 28, FRANCE 24 journalist Roméo Langlois was freed Wednesday after more than a month in captivity. Despite an arm injury sustained during his capture, Langlois appears to be in good health.
Discussion:
Committee to Protect …, Guardian, AJE, Voice of America and Reuters
Ben Sisario / Media Decoder:
Digital Notes: Judge Presses U.S. in Megaupload Case — When the police in New Zealand raided the headquarters of the file-sharing site Megaupload in January on behalf of the United States authorities, the case, at first, seemed strong. — In what was described as one of the largest …
Discussion:
Plagiarism Today and CNET
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon-Owned LOVEFiLM, The Netflix Of Europe, Signs Streaming Deal With NBCUniversal — In the midst of Amazon's recent moves to rapidly grow its content collection on Amazon Prime Instant Video, the company has also been brokering deals for another one of its video properties: European Netflix competitor LOVEFiLM.
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PC World, paidContent, Radio & Television …, Online Video News and Home Media Magazine
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