Mediagazer: In Beleaguered Detroit, a Media-Wise Group Shows Reporters the Brighter Side (Jennifer Conlin/New York Times)

2:55 AM ET, January 17, 2013

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The Huffington Post:

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

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Craig Silverman / Poynter:

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Jennifer Conlin / New York Times:

In Beleaguered Detroit, a Media-Wise Group Shows Reporters the Brighter Side — In September, a group of nearly 40 journalists and bloggers, some from well-known news organizations like Forbes, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and Reuters, boarded a bus in downtown Detroit and headed …

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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

It's on: Time Warner Cable alleges that Netflix discriminates against its customers — Time Warner Cable upped the ante in the dicey relationship between Netflix and some of the country's largest ISPs Wednesday, alleging that the video subscription service discriminates against Time Warner Cable customers.

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