Mediagazer: Petitioners tell Tribune Co.: Don't sell Los Angeles Times to Koch brothers (Jim Romenesko)

1:40 PM ET, March 21, 2013

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Associated Press:
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Greg Mitchell / The Nation:

Margaret Sullivan, an Ombud Who Cares — This article appeared in the April 8, 2013 edition of The Nation. — The first Times public editor, Daniel Okrent, raised some tough issues, such as his criticism of executive editor Bill Keller for failing to fully come to grips with the paper's misconduct in the run-up to the Iraq War.

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Robert X. Cringely / InfoWorld:

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Committee to Protect Journalists:

Journalists attacked in Egypt over the weekend — At least 14 journalists were attacked by police and supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood group outside the group's headquarters in Cairo on Saturday and Sunday, according to news reports and local journalists.

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Joshua Gillin / Poynter:

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Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …, Strange Attractor, Common Sense Journalism and allysonbird.com

Jim Romenesko:

Petitioners tell Tribune Co.: Don't sell Los Angeles Times to Koch brothers — A Courage Campaign petition calls David and Charles Koch “the worst of the worst ... known for buying elections, funding anti-science organizations, union busting, dodging taxes, and twisting democracy any way they can to promote their personal agenda.”

Discussion: LA Observed

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John Cook / Gawker:

The New Roger Ailes Biography Manages to Go 35 Pages Before Credulously Repeating a Documentable Lie — Fat dick Roger Ailes is the subject of a deeply, deeply terrible new biography by magazine writer Zev Chafets. You can gauge its value by the fact that Chafets saw fit to acknowledge his …

Discussion: National Review and GalleyCat

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Washington Post seeks blogger for Style section — The Washington Post's arts and living section, Style, is looking for a blogger, an internal announcement reads. Whoever lands this position may want to invest in a serious coffee machine: … The job “will require early mornings …

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