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Alex Thomson / Channel 4:

Q&A: How foreign journalists operate in Syria — Judging by my twitter feed and inbox, an awful lot of people out there have some very wrong ideas about how ‘official’ reporting of the Syrian war happens with the government's permission, what controls are put on us and the key difference between reporting …

Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:

Syrian Newspapers Emerge to Fill Out War Reporting — ANTAKYA, Turkey — Absi Smesem became the editor in chief of a new weekly Syrian newspaper hoping to leave behind what he disparaged as the “Facebook phase” of the uprising. — The tall tales and outright misinformation that tainted …

Peter Cluskey / The Irish Times:

New quality online ‘newspaper’ without ads planned for Dutch market — Amsterdam title itle is raising cash from subscribers — De Correspondent: raised more than one million euro in eight days … A new quality online “newspaper” due to launch in Amsterdam in September has raised …

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Changes afoot in ‘New York Times’ European bureaus — The New York Times building. wallyg via flickr — The New York Times' foreign desk today announced a handful of staffing changes in its European bureaus involving some of the paper's most recognizable bylines.

Discussion: The New York Observer and The Huffington Post

Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Shaping technology to the story: The Brown Institute for Media Innovation is finding its niche — The Brown Institute for Media Innovation just began accepting applications from students or alumni of Columbia and Stanford for its second round of Magic Grants.

Discussion: @tmjennings, @stkonrath and @worldcom_pr

Lauren Indvik / Mashable:

The ‘Financial Times’ Has a Secret Weapon: Data — For more than a century, publishers knew very little about their audiences: who they were, their interests and professions, or what other materials they were reading. Since newspapers went online two decades ago — The New York Times …

Discussion: Poynter, Talking Biz News and eMedia Vitals

Jim Romenesko:

Tina Brown: ‘We do not have enough respect for content’ — Daily Beast and Newsweek editor Tina Brown tells Bloomberg TV that “we're living in a time when everybody is so obsessed with delivery systems and gaming systems and business. It is actually very, very soul destroying.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Politico and @jeffjarvis

Adrienne LaFrance / Digital First Media:

Journal Register Company sale delay comes after late-minute union vote, Newspaper Guild says — A delay in the sale of Journal Register Company newspapers to 21st CMH Acquisition Co. is the result of an eleventh-hour union vote that will enable the deal to move forward, said Michigan Newspaper Guild president Lou Mleczko.

Discussion: Poynter, news_Local from http …, Connecticut News and The Newspaper Guild

Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

Warner Bros. launches its own streaming video subscription sevice — The movie studios certainly get an A for thinking outside the box, or at least Warner Brothers does. the studio's online archive site, Warner Archive, has just launched a new streaming service that gives people access …

Discussion: paidContent, Broadcasting & Cable, Engadget, Electronista, Seeking Alpha, Geeky-Gadgets, The Slanted, CriterionCast, The Verge and WebProNews

Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:

The New Yorker launches new tech and science vertical for its website — The New Yorker is today launching a new science and technology vertical and accompanying blog for its website, NewYorker.com. — The section will feature a mix of new posts and stories from the New Yorker's archives …

Greg Sandoval / The Verge:

Aereo CEO predicts TV networks will go to Congress if lawsuits fail — Chet Kanojia told The Verge that the court victories have “validated” Aereo — Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia's demeanor was downright subdued today, despite his win in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Discussion: Forbes, New York Times, BTIG Research, VideoNuze Analysis and TechSpot

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Kobo starts selling e-readers directly through its website again — Kobo has begun selling its devices directly through its website in the U.S. and Canada instead of making customers in those countries go to third-party retailers, the Toronto-based company announced Tuesday.

Discussion: Digital Book World, PublishersWeekly.com and The Next Web